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

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, 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 review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly!Links:The Demon's Souls Troll That Made Me Rage QuitPatrick Klepek (@patrickklepek) | TwitterWaypoint - Why we play. VICE's guide to gaming with daily editorial, video, podcast, and streams.

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, 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 review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly!Links:(1) English Jones - Home

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 podcast bills paid, as well as my ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly!Links:Klaus the Destroyer - YouTube

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 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, 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 review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends.

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, 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 review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly!Links:Brian Dencklau - Madman/Maker (@bro_builder) • Instagram photos and videosSolaire/Onionbro sculptureBrian Dencklau - Madman/Maker on Instagram: “Zaku-II ver. Pursuer (MG Char's Custom MS-06 with scratch built modifications and custom paint.) #gundam #zaku #mg #gunpla #custom…”Brian Dencklau

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, 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 review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly!Links:DARK SOULS : Bartholomew Trailer - YouTubeAlex De-Gruchy (@AlexDeGruchy) | TwitterAlex De-Gruchy

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, 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 review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly!Links:GameCritics.com – Games. Culture. Criticism.Brad Gallaway (@bradgallaway) | TwitterPodcasts – GameCritics.com

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 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 review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly!Links:

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, 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 review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly!Links:PAULSCOTTCANAVAN.COMPaul Scott Canavan (@abigbat) | Twitter

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 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 review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly!Links:Briar Thompson (@13briars) | Twitter

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 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 review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly!Links:(1) Mick Synodis (@Mad_Mage) | Twitter

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 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 review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly!Links:American Heart Association — Jon is passionate about getting defibrillators into schools and work places, so asked me to include a link to the American Heart Association. Click here to help out!

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. 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 review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly!Links:Kieren (@BabyBunOW) | Twitter

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, 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 review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly!

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, 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 review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly!Links:The Likes of You

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, 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 review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly!Links:Still crying over fairies | tinton whippy (@VodkafolieBB) | Twittersmall tear stonr bloobdoe

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, 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 review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly!

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 ever growing collection of Souls games. You can also support the show by leaving an iTunes review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly!Links:morticia

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, 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 review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly!Links:Bloodborne - Suite (Live with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra : SCORE Orchestral Game Music) - YouTubeTumblrGood Hunter

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, 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 review, or by sharing the podcast with your friends. Merch! Wear a skelly on your belly!Links:Avenged Sevenfold - Bat Country (Drum Cover) Scott Barnett - YouTube