Dark Souls Podcast

This podcast was inspired by my friends, and especially my boyfriend, forcing me to watch and play Dark Souls over the past few years. At first I would just watch my boyfriend and his roommate play everyday, every chance they got to play. Then I decided to finally give it a try to play it for myself. Once I realized that I am not very quick, and that I have too short of a temper to play Dark Souls I decided that just watching them play is better for me. I also think it is really interesting to listen to them talk endlessly about a game they love.

I thought that having three of my friends who are very passionate about the game, just talk in a round-table style would work best for this podcast. At first I considered doing individual interviews and having just one person talk at a time, but then I realized that it is much more interesting and comical hearing them talk to each other about their opinions on the game. I had to cut out a decent bit of bicker between them because they would just go off on side tangents but I tried to keep some of it so that it showed character development.

At first I thought it would be really easy and fun to get three of my best friends together to talk about a game that we all love. Then, I realized that working with three guys is complicated. Originally there were supposed to be five guys, but because of scheduling conflicts only three could be together at the time of the recording. Finding a time where we all could get together was a complication, and because I chose this form I had to have them all together at the same time. Another complication that I did not account for was that when people get really excited or really heated about topics, they all want to talk at the same time. I kept having to remind them to not talk over each other because you could not hear everything at one time. I thought it was really interesting to hear their favorite parts of the game, because I have been watching them play for years, so, some of their responses actually surprised me. Although working with guys was not as easy as I thought it would be, it was a lot of fun hearing about their favorite parts of the game.