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

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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. We talk about his history with the games, the magic of making maps, and more. Enjoy! You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 links below! You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 webcomics into a physical book. Check out the links below! On a personal note, I just want to say that I hope all of you are doing ok in this whirlwind of a year. Stay safe, stay healthy, and stay skeletons. Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 them. Enjoy! You can support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 I'm in it, I promise! Jason brought his designer, Andrew Hind, to the podcast, and the three of us talk about the book, the game, and of course, the community. Enjoy! You can support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 you are hopefully listening to right now, and since then have decided to shut down the Patreon. I don't have any direct plans to record more of these, but if I do they'll be publicly available on this feed. All of that aside, the guest is my friend Sean, who releases content under the moniker The Lore Hunter. Sean is a lore junkie, as you might imagine, and in the three years since we recorded the first time his life has gone through many changes. He has more kids, he bought a house...the usual stuff. Also: his Souls content began to get way more popular than usual. Popularity is a good thing right? Not always. As Sean tells us in this episode, sometimes it can lead to all sorts of unusual places. Enjoy the episode friends! You can support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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.

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. Enjoy the episode everyone! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 read some of his reviews. Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 wrote from the game Gorogoa (which is gorgeous and you should all play it immediately), and check out the links for more of his work. Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 guest: Laura Stardust! That's right, we got the star of Paddy Does a OneBro to come onto the show and talk about her view of the series. Enjoy! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 why playing online with others can be so much fun. Enjoy! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 (https://www.dontgiveupskeleton.com/85)), Kou (Episode 98 (https://www.dontgiveupskeleton.com/98)), and Mimi (Episode 131 (https://www.dontgiveupskeleton.com/131)). Similar to episode 69, where a group of women came on to talk about (mostly) their love for Lady Maria and we got into the shipping side of this series, but this episode is slightly different. We discuss some of the more...not socially acceptable side of the shipping fandom. Gherman/Maria, what makes Gascoigne so sexy, and why we gotta bone these werewolves. It's an interesting and racy conversation that I don't think you can get anywhere else. Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 his work in the links below! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 patched all the way to being frustrated at Dark Souls 3, we cover it. Thanks for listening, everyone! :) Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 lot of work since then, so be sure to check out his portfolio below, and then tweet at him about how much you love Bloodborne. Enjoy everyone! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 fashion. Listening to her dissect the fashion influences of what Bloodborne NPCs are wearing is very interesting. Enjoy! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

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 (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

Heya listeners! This week's guest is Ashy, an artist and serious Bloodborne fan. She tells me all about her and her friend co-oping the games together, why these worlds inspired her to make art, and we discuss the weird overlap in Final Fantasy XIV and Bloodborne. Enjoy! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

Welcome folks! This week's guest is Scott, an avid Souls fan. Despite bouncing off of Dark Souls 1 initially, he bounced back with Dark Souls 2 and hasn't quit since. We talk about his history with the games in this episode, and I hope you enjoy it! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

Hey folks! This week's guest is Nick-Foo, an artist and very big fan of Bloodborne. Her and I sat down to talk about why Bloodborne inspired her to draw fanart, and also why it's just a dang good video game. Y'all are gonna enjoy this one. Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

Hey folks! This week's guest is Danny O'Dwyer, a name you may already know if you pay attention to video games at all. Danny worked at Gamespot for years, and is now running a crowd-funded video game documentary series called Noclip. I have links to my favorite eps of that in the show notes, but I'm going to reinforce it here: the video on Warframe is extremely good, and worth your time even if you've never played or heard of the game. Danny was nice enough to sit down and talk about his unique experience playing the game in this extra long episode, and I KNOW you are going to enjoy it. Special thanks to AllisonByProxy (https://twitter.com/allisonbyproxy) for putting this bug in Danny's ear, and thanks of course to Danny for agreeing to be on the show. Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

Hello everyone! This episode is quite a bit different from the usual. Recently, I was introduced to a game called Immortal:Unchained. I believe I've mentioned it on one or two episodes of this podcast, and if you've been following me, or Twin Humanitities, or SenPlus on Twitter, then you probably saw us talking about it. I was struck at how many Demon's Souls/Dark Souls vibes the game was giving me, so I wrote to the developer and asked if any of their staff had played the games, and if so, would they be willing to come onto the show and talk about their experiences. I was very surprised and delighted when they got me in touch with Johannes, the Lead Level Designer for Toadman. We sat down and talked all about Immortal, and just a little bit about Dark Souls and how it relates to the game. Forgive me for geeking out a bit, I was pretty excited! I hope you enjoy this as something a bit different from the normal Don't Give Up, Skeleton episodes. Thanks for listening everyone! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

Hello folks! This week's guest is Devon, a writer and artist who has gotten into Bloodborne/Souls just this year. Don't let that fool you, though: she's one of the biggest Bloodborne fans we've had on the show. We talk about her love for the stories and the characters, and just how darned attractive most of them are. Y'all are gonna enjoy this one! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

Hey folks! This week's guest is Chase, a friend of mine from the Duckfeed community. Chase walks me through all of his experiences with the games, including what sounds like an incredibly fun way to play through Demon's and DS1 for the first time. Enjoy! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

Hello folks! This week's guest is the extremely nice Kat, who came to video games late but has really embraced them. Her first Souls game was Bloodborne, but she's played almost all of them (when are we getting that PS4 Demon's, Sony?) since then, and done some extremely hard challenge runs since. Check out her Twitch and YouTube to watch some of those. Enjoy! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

Welcome folks! This week's guest is Oodles, an author and huge Bloodborne fan. He talks about finding Bloodborne for the first time, and what inspired him to begin writing his own fiction about the universe. From there we get into Dark Souls 3, the rest of the series, and what he wants to see in the future. Enjoy! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

This week's guest is Lewis S, a teacher and more importantly, huge Souls fan. He encountered the series after a long hiatus from gaming, and on this episode he tells us about his journey through them, starting with watching LPs and eventually going out to buy a PS4 for a certain Sony exclusive. Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

Hello folks! This week's guest is Chris L, a delightful dad and husband who loves loves LOVES the Souls series. He was very excited to sit down and talk with me, and it was a lot of fun hearing his stories about starting, bouncing off, and then eventually conquering the series, along with his family. Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

Hello folks! This week's guest is Astral Lace, who I met through friend and previous guest, Kou. Lace has a passion for Bloodborne that I've rarely seen, and it was great being able to sit down with her and discuss how she found the games, the difficulty she had at first (which I think all of us can relate to), and why she stuck around. We also get into some DS1 and DS3! Enjoy the episode, and make sure to stay till the end to hear her song about Dark Souls. Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)

Hey folks! This week's guest is Michael, a very nice and effusive gentleman (I assume anyone with a British accent is a gentleman, tbh) that's a big Souls fan. We chat about Bloodborne, depression, old video game systems, and a host of other things during this episode. It's a lot of fun! Enjoy! Don't Give Up, Skeleton is on Patreon (https://patreon.com/dontgiveupskeleton), which is a great way to support the show if you can. Donations go to keeping the podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-give-up-skeleton/id1106166382?mt=2) review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly! (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2442044-dont-give-up-skeleton-logo-shirt?store_id=124826)