Don't Give Up Skeleton: A Dark Souls and Bloodborne Podcast

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Episode 63: bansheebeat Mar 29, 2017

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Dylan, aka bansheebeat is an extremely talented musician with a love of the Souls series, so he’s a perfect fit for the show. We sit down and talk about what he does and does like about the games, his disappointment with the music, and his dream Souls game. Spoiler: he has a VERY unique idea about future Souls games.

Links!
https://www.bansheebeat.net/
https://www.patreon.com/bansheebeat
https://soundcloud.com/bansheebeatmusic
https://twitter.com/bansheetweet
https://www.facebook.com/bansheebeatmusic/

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Links:

bansheebeat is creating electronic music | Patreon

Episode 62: Monk Mar 22, 2017

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Monk is an old buddy of mine I met during the heyday of Dark Souls 1 PVP. He and I used to get together with the other Something Awful thread regulars to do fight clubs and dumb gimmick builds. He’s played the Souls games a LOT, like hundreds and hundreds of hours. Enjoy his invasions stories, his hatred for Dark Souls 2, and everything else in between.

Links:
Monk’s cool Chalice Glyph site: chalicedungeonglyphs.com
PSN: MonkRocker

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Episode 61: Chris M. Mar 15, 2017

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This week’s guest is Chris, host of the Now and Again podcast. Chris discovered Dark Souls at a low point in his life, but has since come to enjoy them even in the good times. We talk about his journey through the series, his sort of ambivalence to Dark Souls 2, and his love for Bloodborne (because everyone loves Bloodborne and if you don’t your opinion is wrong).

Just a quick note: you should totally check out Now and Again! It’s a great concept for a show (talking about a volume of Now That’s What I Call Music with a guest), and is very much fun to listen to. I guested on a year end episode to talk about my favorite thing I discovered in 2016, which you can find below:

http://www.cageclub.me/now-and-again-2016-side-b/

Chris’s Links:
https://twitter.com/instachapman
http://www.cageclub.me/category/now-and-again/now-and-again-podcasts/
@NowAgainPodcast

For all the Don’t Give Up, Skeleton related links you can shake a femur bone at, visit www.dontgiveupskeleton.com

Episode 60: Nick A. Mar 08, 2017

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This week’s guest is Nick! Nick and I chat about his journey though the Souls games, and we had a lot of fun. Nick started with Demon’s, and has played each game all the way through DS3. I knew I would like Nick when he told me he would do Monk invasions in DeS with the scraping spear. Heheheh

Nick’s twitter: https://twitter.com/tepplen

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Episode 59: Anthony Mar 01, 2017

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This week’s guest is Anthony, an experimental musician with a great love of the Souls games. So much so that it even was a small part of his wedding (details inside). Anthony and I sit down and talk about how he found the series, how it’s changed him, and most importantly: how does is wife feel about the giant poison skeleton in Dark Souls 3. Be sure to listen after the credits for some of his music!

Anthony’s links:
https://twitter.com/apfeid
https://anthonysaunders.bandcamp.com/
http://ageoffire.tumblr.com/

Mentioned links:
Quelaag on YouTube, lore vids from 2011: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1FFC0C4F88D3A150
Select Button Podcast from 2011 about Souls and King's Field: http://selectbutton.libsyn.com/episode-42-this-place-is-cursed-

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This week's guest is Anthony, and is a fun conversation if you like Souls and weird electronic music. Hit the link for the full episode! http://www.dontgiveupskeleton.com/59 #darksouls #podcasts #dontgiveupskeleton #gaming #bloodborne #demonssouls #fromsoftware

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Episode 58: Justin Feb 22, 2017

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This week’s guest is Justin, who is a video game writer and podcaster. Justin and I sat down and talked about his unique first playthrough of Dark Souls 1, why he thinks Dark Souls 2 is better than DS1, and his opinions on Dark Souls 3. It was a fun conversation and I’m almost certain you will enjoy it.

Justin’s links:
https://twitter.com/lordhuffnpuff
https://twitter.com/redpagespodcast
http://jabortnick.com/

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Episode 57: Robert Feb 15, 2017

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Hello! This week’s guest is Robert, who is a very enthusiastic Souls fan. After almost getting abandoned during our recording time by yours truly (full details in the ep), we get into why he loves them. It’s a very fun episode (with some audio difficulties that drag it down at the beginning, sorry about that).

Robert’s links:
https://twitter.com/RobertWOBrien
 
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Additional Links! Included because Robert pulled them all together on his own and I didn't have to do any work! He's an excellent guy!
Dark Souls Lore comic: http://imgur.com/gallery/iuJ7h
Article about the above comic: http://www.johnnyetc.com/someone-investigated-the-lore-of-dark-souls-and-it-is-insane
Ever Play Dark Souls? Fucking Don't: http://midnightresistance.co.uk/articles/dark-souls-has-ruined-videogames
Prepare to Try: http://m.ign.com/articles/2016/06/20/prepare-to-try-season-2

Episode 56: Lewis Feb 08, 2017

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This week’s guest is Lewis, who sent me what could almost be called on essay about, as he called it, “Dark Souls as the human condition.” How could I not bring him on after that? Lewis talks quite a bit about his history with the games, and how it affected his depression and even his personal religion. It’s a very good show, with some minor but persistent sound artifacting that is slightly distracting. Nothing terrible, though. Stay tuned through the end of the episode for a listen to Lewis’ band, Wild Apples.

Lewis’ Links:
https://wildapples.bandcamp.com
http://www.mlewisbarker.com/ (this might not be up at the time of release, but it will be soon!)

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Episode 55: Nicholas Feb 01, 2017

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This week’s guest is Nicholas, aka StrenuousOrb on Twitter. Nicolas and I have long been twitter buds, so it was nice to sit down and talk about some Souls games. Check out his YT links for his challenge runs, which are great and I could also defeat the end boss of the DS3 DLC at SL1, just like him. Totally. I mean it.

A couple of notes: (1) I’m a terrible person who let this one sit around for awhile instead of releasing it on time. As such, you get to hear my and Nicholas talk about the aforementioned DLC before it even came out! It was that long ago. Luckily Nicholas is a very nice guy and didn’t seem to mind at all. (2) Back when we recorded I was using Zencastr, which seemed to randomly and spontaneously breakdown in creative ways. That happened in this recording, but after the first 10 minutes or so I think everything clears up. Sorry about that!

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Episode 54: Tim Jan 25, 2017

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This week’s guest is from (take a drink) the Duckfeed community. I was able to meet Tim in person when Watch Out For Fireballs did live a show in Austin, TX. We’ve been in touch since, and I’m glad we were able to sit down and talk about his Souls experience. Tim talks about turning to Souls when his father passes away, and how he might just be a little bit tired of the games after the last five years.

Tim’s links:
https://twitter.com/frothy_ham

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