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An undead favourite. From Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross, the creators of "Watch Out for Fireballs!", Bonfireside Chat is a podcast dedicated entirely to the Souls series of games. Starting with Dark Souls, we take a journey through the areas of the game and comment on lore, gameplay, bossfights... everything. Now covering Elden Ring on Patreon. Praise the Sun!
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Don't Give Up, Skeleton is a podcast inspired by one simple question: how did you get into the Souls games? Every week, Jeremy Greer interviews a guest about their own personal Souls story. Guests include a wide variety of people, both well known on the internet and completely unknown. Each episode is a bit different, with guests discussing what the games mean to them, whether it be a technical look into the inner workings, how NPC quest lines mirror personal relationships, fun and exciting ...
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This morning saw the release of the first trailer for the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC expansion for Elden Ring, and we think it looks pretty neat. So we recorded a little reaction episode and are making it available for everyone to share in the excitement. In this episode we also discuss our tentative plans for covering the DLC. Since it's releasing …
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This is an unlocked, free-for-everyone version of our second episode about Stormveil Castle. Want more? Check out our [Patreon](patreon.com/duckfeedtv). Happy Elden Ring Anniversary and DLC Announcement! We've been in the shadow of Stormveil Castle for the entire game, learning of Godrick's misdeeds... and it's time to make him pay. This episode pi…
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This is an unlocked, free-for-everyone version of our first episode about Stormveil Castle. Episode 2 will come out next week. Want more? Check out our [Patreon](patreon.com/duckfeedtv). Happy Elden Ring Anniversary and DLC Announcement! It's time we finally show that horny bastard Margit what we're made of, so we storm Stormveil Castle and find th…
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Hello skeletons! This week on the podcast, we are joined by Judson Cowan, who you might know if you've been following Souls stuff for awhile. Besides making some great videogame soundtracks (like Rogue Legacy 2), he's also the creator of Laudate Solis, the most perfect map of Dark Souls 1 that has ever existed. Until his new one comes out, anyway. …
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Welcome back, skeletons! This week we get to visit with our old friend Lokey, who has a whole book coming out about Dark Souls. A real book! That you can hold in your hands! See the links below if you want to check it out, and listen to the episode if you want to hear some of the ins and outs of the thought process behind it. You can also support t…
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On this first big episode of the Elden Ring series, we go over Elden Ring's mechanics and generalities in broad strokes. What's returning from previous From games? What's been improved? What's brand new? We talk about as many systems and aesthetics as we can, in order to establish a basic understanding before we dive into more lore-heavy parts of t…
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Rise, Tarnished, and attend the first episode about Elden Ring! There's no way to describe the great unclenching that happened when we realized that Elden Ring is, in fact, good. Whether that bears out over the course of the entire game remains to be seen, but we have high hopes. This episode covers our first impressions after about a week of havin…
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Welcome back, skellies! This week's guest is KarlGerm, a Souls fan and speedrunner, and more importantly, and all around good dude. Karl walks us through his experiences with the game, what led him to do challenge runs and eventually speed running, and at one point we go a lengthy tangent about Final Fantasy 8. Be sure to check out all of Karl's li…
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Heya Skeletons! It's been awhile, but I'm back with another episode of DGUS Remastered, the series where I catch up with old guests from the podcast, and see what they're up to. Today it's Zach, the writer behind Lordran & Beyond, back to talk about his experiences in the last four years, as well as his Kickstarter project for collecting all of his…
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Hello skellies! We're back with another DGUS Remastered episode, this time with my buddy Paolo. He was one of the most passionate Souls fans I interviewed, way back in 2016, and it was an absolute delight getting to catch up with him and talk about how the last four years have changed in terms of our appreciation for the games and the media around …
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Hello skellies! I'm back again with another Remastered, this time my good friend Illusorywall. We catch up with what's been going in the four years since we last spoke on a podcast together, and have a great time doing so. Check out the links below for all of his extremely cool content. You can support the show by leaving an iTunes review, or by sh…
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Hey there! It's a surprise skeleton! Paddy DM'd me a few weeks ago and wanted to come back on the show and talk about his experience since we last recorded, almost FOUR YEARS ago. We chat about being a One Bro, what challenges we like and which we don't, and of course, Souls Souls Souls. Enjoy! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon, which is a grea…
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NEW EPISODE OUT OF NOWHERE! My good friend Jason Killingsworth is Kickstarting a new edition of You Died, the book he and Keza MacDonald wrote about Dark Souls back in 2016. You Died is a celebration of Dark Souls, and contains stories, anecdotes, and lore about the game. It was an inspriation for this podcast, and I'm not just saying that because …
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Hello skellies! If you haven't been following me on Twitter or on the recently closed Patreon, I have some news. My original plan after putting DGUS on hiatus was to begin recording and releasing "remastered" episodes, in which I'd re-interview some of the original guests of the show and see how things have changed. I recorded one of these, which y…
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Hello skeletons! As you'll hear in this short episode, the podcast is going on hiatus! So no new episodes for quite some time (maybe forever, who knows). Thanks to all of you that listen week to week, and thanks to all the guests that have made this show great over the last three years. If you have any questions, feel free to hit me up on twitter. …
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Hello skeletons! This week's guest is Jay Gills, a game designer that works on World of Warfcraft and more importantly: a big Dark Souls fan. We spend a lot of time discussing the magic that is DS1, and then branch out to some of the other games. There is some discussion of Sekiro, including some late boss names, but there aren't any plot spoilers.…
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Hello everyone! This week's guest is Mark, a game reviewer, musician, dad, and all around video game guy. Mark and I sat down for a long chat about the entire series, including Sekiro! This will be on the few episodes with Sekiro chat, so stay tuned (and also watch out if you're spoiler-phobic). Enjoy, and be sure to check out Mark's link below to …
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Hello skeletons! This week's guest is Alexander, a friend of mind from the Duckfeed Slack. We sit down and discuss his journey through the Souls series, going on some unique side paths like "what's the deal with parrying" and "how to be the only person in your town that knows what Demon's Souls is." It's a good one, so enjoy! Don't Give Up, Skeleto…
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Hello skellies! This week's gues is Joel Corelitz, a video game composer and huge Souls fan. We sat down early on a Sunday morning to talk about his journey through these games, starting with a rough start and ending with, well, him appearing on this podcast because he's into the games that much! Be sure to stay after the credits for a song he wrot…
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Hello folks! This week's guest is Chris J. He's a long time Souls fan that never got too deep into the series until he started up Dark Souls 2 in an interesting way. We talk about his love for that game, playing online, and of course, Bloodborne. Enjoy! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon, which is a great way to support the show if you can. Dona…
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This week's guest is Chris, a Dark Souls Dad and lover of all things Souls. We chat about all the various games, we solve the question of whether or not video games are art, and rave about how much fun it is to play Souls with other people. It's a good one, folks, so enjoy. Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon, which is a great way to support the …
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Since we re-launched this show, people have asked us where to find the episodes about Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Though we explained it in a few places, it cannot hurt to do so once more here. Bonfireside Chat Rekindled is a show that's exclusive to our Patreon campaign. Main episodes come out every other week, and we will begin doing off-week epis…
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Since we re-launched this show, people have asked us where to find the episodes about Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Though we explained it in a few places, it cannot hurt to do so once more here. Bonfireside Chat Rekindled is a show that's exclusive to our Patreon campaign. Main episodes come out every other week, and we will begin doing off-week epis…
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Today is a very special episode! For a long time now, the idea of doing a "Dark Souls Widows" podcast, where I would interview the partners of Souls addicts who aren't as much into the games to get their perspective on the series. This is almost that, but instead of me interviewing a guest, I asked my wife to host the show and interview a special g…
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Hello skellies! This week's guest is Tyler, who has had an interesting journey through the Souls games. He started out pretty young, chooses to not to use any sort of online/internet help, and made a very interesting decision during the Bloodborne DLC that had some life changing consequences. Enjoy! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon, which is a…
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Hello skeletons! This week's guest is Roxie, a friend of mine and huge Souls fan. We talk about her inital falling out the games, but then falling back in love with them once she embraced the community. Also: lots of co-op and Dark Souls 2 love in this episode. Enjoy! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon, which is a great way to support the show i…
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Welcome Skellies! This week's guest is Patrick Klepek, a gaming journalist with a long history with From games. We sat down to talk about his origin story with the games, why Bloodborne is the best in the series, and of course, we talk a little bit about the difficulty in Sekiro. Don't worry though: no spoilers here. Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on P…
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Hello skellies! This week's guest is Andy, a musician from the UK who LOVES the Souls games. His story should be familiar to listeners of this show: he started playing Demon's Souls, and has been addicted since then. He walks us through his favorite parts of the games, how it's effected his relationship with other games, and talks a little about wh…
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Welcome back everyone! This week's guest is Klaus_destroyer, a big Souls fan and friend of the show. Klaus and I talk about his love of the Series, starting from Armored Core and going all the way to the present. Enjoy everyone! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon, which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the p…
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Sekiro is different. Sekiro is hard. Sekiro is here! Listen in for our nascent opinions on the game, based on the first few hours. This episode is free and available for everyone, and if you want other episodes of Bonfireside Chat Rekindled, and want to hear the rest of the Sekiro season as it releases, please consider backing us on Patreon..…
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Sekiro is different. Sekiro is hard. Sekiro is here! Listen in for our nascent opinions on the game, based on the first few hours. This episode is free and available for everyone, and if you want other episodes of Bonfireside Chat Rekindled, and want to hear the rest of the Sekiro season as it releases, please consider backing us on Patreon..…
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Hey! You! Are you old enough to hear grown ass adults talk about some sexy times with monsters? Then let's go. This week I'm joined by some very good friends and previous guests of the show: Sara (Episode 85), Kou (Episode 98), and Mimi (Episode 131). Similar to episode 69, where a group of women came on to talk about (mostly) their love for Lady M…
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This week's guest is Brian, a metalworking artist from Brooklyn with a huge love of the Souls series. For him, it all started with Armored Core 2, so of course we talk about that series for awhile, before moving onto Souls (as well as a bunch of different games, we sort of rambled on this one folks). Brian is an extremely good dude, so go check out…
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Every once in awhile I get to interview someone who started with Demon's Souls, and you can always tell by how much they LOVE that game. Alex is one of those people! We spend a lot of time on Demon's, but also get around to discussing the rest of the games, PVP, and (because I can't shut up about it) Spiderman. Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon…
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Welcome back, skellies! This week's guest is Brad Gallaway, Editor in Chief of GameCritics.com, and all around captial G Gamer. Brad has been following FROM for longer than most of the guests and listeners of this podcast, so it was great being able to talk about his opinions changing over the years. From playing games before they're released and p…
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Hey there skellies! This week's guest is Salin, a concept artist and student from Thailand who is also, luckily for us, a big Souls fan. I sat down to talk to her about boss design, Lady Maria cults, broken controllers, and why DS3 worked for her when DS2 didn't. Enjoy! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon, which is a great way to support the show…
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Hello skellies! This week's guest is Paul Canavan, a video game artist and creator that also happens to love the Souls games. Paul did the cover for the book You Died, written by my good pal and former guest of the show Jason Killingsworth (along with Keza Macdonald, of course), which is a gorgeous picture of the grave Sif is guarding. He's done a …
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Hello skeletons! This week's guest is Briar, a very charming person with a huge love of the Souls games. We start with their SEVEN playthroughs of Demon's and talk about all of the games (even Immortal Unchained!) from there. Also: love advice! So you know it's going to be a good one. Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon, which is a great way to s…
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Hello skeletons! Super special skeleton and friend of the show Niki asked me to reach out to her friend Mick, and get him on the show. So I did! And this is that episode! Mick and I talk Souls, PVP, and little bit of everything in between. Enjoy! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon, which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations g…
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Hey there skellies, this week's guest is Jon S, an extremely nice fellow with a passion for the Souls games. We go through the whole series pretty much in order, and even manage to squeeze a little Deracine chat in there for fun. Enjoy! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon, which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keepi…
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Hey skellies! This week's guest is Hana, a big Souls fan that told me she got into the series in an unusual way. We talk about that, why lore does and doesn't works sometimes, PVP, OCs, and everything in between. I'll think you'll enjoy this one, everyone. Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon, which is a great way to support the show if you can. D…
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Hello folks! This week's guest is Dahlia, a very interesting person with an interesting story about Souls games. Just a brief content warning on this one: Dahlia is in recovery, and discusses her addiction on this episode. Outside of that is a lot of funny and insightful commentary, as well as deep lore dive on Willem. Enjoy! Don't Give Up, Skeleto…
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Hello skeletons! This week's guest is Terribly Much, who got into Bloodborne despite hearing about the awful difficulty of the series, and fell in love. She walks us through her journey and tells us how relaxing Bloodborne's co-op is, why she doesn't like the hair in Dark Souls, and a BUNCH of stuff in between. Enjoy! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on …
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Hello, listeners and patrons alike. We come to you with some exciting news: We are changing the Patreon around! It feels like we just did this, but the last major change was back toward the beginning of 2017. We’re trying to constantly observe what’s happening with the network and learn what to do better. That means making changes like this from ti…
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Hello, listeners and patrons alike. We come to you with some exciting news: We are changing the Patreon around! It feels like we just did this, but the last major change was back toward the beginning of 2017. We’re trying to constantly observe what’s happening with the network and learn what to do better. That means making changes like this from ti…
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Hey everyone! This week's guest is the delightful Vodka, a person I've been internet friends with for awhile. Vodka loves to analyze lore, and she was watching lore videos on Bloodborne before she even had a PS4. She's also an artist (she did the amazing artwork for my Cowboy Bebop podcast, Don't Give Up, Space Cowboy) and has an interest in fashio…
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Hey folks, this week's guest is Steph! I've been following Steph for awhile on Twitter as she's been making her way through DS1, adn let me tell you: she gets attached to these characters, y'all. It was a blast sitting down and talking to her about her experiences, and why she bonded so closely with everyone. Enjoy! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Pa…
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Hi folks! This week's guest is Morticia, an excellent artist with a huge love of Bloodborne. We discuss how they got into the games, talk about favorite ships, and everything in between. Enjoy! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon, which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ev…
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