– Norse Mythology, by Neil Gaimanĭark Souls, like its precursor Demon’s Souls and From Software’s sister title Bloodborne, is about killing monsters and boosting stats in the same way Norse mythology is about Loki messing with Thor, or Greek mythology is about some gods behaving badly. This was the beginning of all things, the death that made all life possible. There was no other way to make the worlds. Odin and Vili and Ve killed the giant Ymir. What makes one story feel like the legend of some lost culture rather than something a writer just made up? Why does a series like Dark Souls - which is just as much about running around with a sword killing monsters as any fantasy game - have the ability to fill players with wonder and sorrow through something as simple as a discarded set of armor or an abandoned grave? What makes something a myth as opposed to a mere story, and why do we find ourselves seeking myths out so fervently?

It was how Greek people imagined guilt, because being guilty feels like being haunted.” Her eyes widened in a way only a child’s do. “If Lancelot killed one of Gawain’s brothers while rescuing Guinevere wouldn’t the furies haunt him?” my girlfriend’s youngest daughter asked as I finished the story and tucked her in.

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