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“Hollow Horror” analyses Dark Souls from a previously unexplored angle of horror, examining how its themes and game mechanics model a meaning crisis.
This discussion traces the relation between Hollowing (the game’s true monster) and the search for meaning in Dark Souls through an examination of its illusions, poetic qualities, constructions of heroic player identity, narrative contradictions, historical subjectivity, and the Age of Fire regime in Lordran. And of course, there is a twist.

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Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
02:05 Opening Credits
Part 1: The Hollow Condition
02:55 Summary of Dark Souls 1
05:02 Gaming and Persuasion
07:06 What is Postmodernism?
10:10 The Monster of Dark Souls
Part 2: Topple that which is Falling
15:29 Metanarrative of Dark Souls
19:27 Illusions and Poetry
25:03 The Myth of the Self
28:48 History vs the Past
32:19 A Voice in the Dark
37:57 A Regime of Truth
Part 3
45:42 We, the Undead
47:58 And yet We Sing, And yet We Dance
50:00 Outro, Works Cited, and Credits
50:41 Channel Update

Cinematic Dark Souls Footage
@TheParryGod    / @theparrygod  

Guest Narration
@raymondmagdallon9033    / @raymondmagdallon9033  

YouTube Videos cited in the essay
@anonecki    • The Little Things About Dark Souls  
@TheActMan    • Why Is Dark Souls 1 A Masterpiece?!  
@TBSkyen    • The many meanings of Dark Souls || Boss De...  
@TheGemsbok    • Philosophical Analysis of Dark Souls  
@TheHappyHob    • Soulsborne No Hit Run - The End  

Music (In chronological order)
   • Prologue  
   • For the dark soul  
   • Firelink Shrine - Dark Souls Soundtrack 03  
   • Great Grey Wolf Sif - Dark Souls OST  
   • Cyberpunk 2077 OST - The Rebel Path (Cello...  
   • "Danse Macabre Op 40" by Camille Saint Sae...  
   • Premonition  
   • 1. Introduction - Curse Of Strahd Soundtra...  
   • TES V Skyrim Soundtrack - Awake  
https://pixabay.com/music/ambient-dar...
   • Dark Sun Gwyndolin  
   • Firelink Shrine  
https://stocktune.com/free-music/whis...
   • 2. Into The Mists - Curse Of Strahd Soundt...  
   • Knight Artorias  
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/hor...
   • Hunter's Dream  
   • Penumbra Soundtrack-Kennel Area  
   • Bloodborne Soundtrack OST - Hail The Night...  
   • Daughters of Chaos - Dark Souls Soundtrack 09  
   • Crossbreed Priscilla - Dark Souls Soundtra...  
   • Gwyn, Lord of Cinder  
   • Battle of Stoicism  
   • "Moonlight Sonata, Piano Sonata No 14, Op ...   (reversed)
   • Gwynevere, Princess of Sunlight - Dark Sou...  
   • Nameless Song  

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