In Souls games, I need to be actively social in the present.

I rely on the messages left by others throughout the game, I decide how badly I want to pursue

one of the unadorned of two side quests, and check to see if anybody else knows how to do

it.

All of this is why I'm so often confused by the claim that what people like about Souls

games is the difficulty.

I can't rely on myself in Bloodborne or at the very least, it would be incredibly foolish

to try and do so.

Again and again, I'm relying on the work of others.

To be clear, my point isn't just that Dark Souls or Souls allows for social activity,

it's that the sociality is part of the game.

The game doesn't exist on the screen alone, it also exists in our tweets, it exists in

the hoops we jump through.

It refuses me the idea that I can succeed as an embodied hero, I have to want to succeed

not as me, but as an us.

That is reaching out of the screen, games that play with immersion, and that is written by

my co-host here, Austin Walker.

Like years ago.

Years and years ago.

I was anywhere.

But it's very relevant to our topic today, here on Waypoint Radio, of which this is episode

112 and it is Friday 111017, we have a very special guest.

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