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

Episode 185: HoldenOut (@BloodborneGame)

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 07:00:00 -0500

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Episode 184: Judson Cowan

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 08:00:00 -0500

Hello skeletons! This week on the podcast, we are joined by Judson Cowan, who you might know if you've been following Souls stuff for awhile. Besides making some great videogame soundtracks (like Rogue Legacy 2), he's also the creator of Laudate Solis, the most perfect map of Dark Souls 1 that has ever existed. Until his new one comes out, anyway. We talk about his history with the games, the magic of making maps, and more. Enjoy!

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Judson Cowan (@Tettix) / Twitter
Dark Souls - Laudate Solis - Fangamer
Tettix – Tettix Games
Judson Cowan on Twitter — I'd like to tell you about how I made an extremely detailed and map of Lordran (a second time) for @tuneandfair 's #abyssalarchive.

DGUS Remastered: Lokey

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 07:00:00 -0500

Welcome back, skeletons! This week we get to visit with our old friend Lokey, who has a whole book coming out about Dark Souls. A real book! That you can hold in your hands! See the links below if you want to check it out, and listen to the episode if you want to hear some of the ins and outs of the thought process behind it.

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Episode 183: Karlgerm

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 06:00:00 -0500

Welcome back, skellies! This week's guest is KarlGerm, a Souls fan and speedrunner, and more importantly, and all around good dude. Karl walks us through his experiences with the game, what led him to do challenge runs and eventually speed running, and at one point we go a lengthy tangent about Final Fantasy 8. Be sure to check out all of Karl's links below!

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DGUS Remastered - Zach, Lordran & Beyond

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 06:00:00 -0500

Heya Skeletons! It's been awhile, but I'm back with another episode of DGUS Remastered, the series where I catch up with old guests from the podcast, and see what they're up to. Today it's Zach, the writer behind Lordran & Beyond, back to talk about his experiences in the last four years, as well as his Kickstarter project for collecting all of his webcomics into a physical book. Check out the links below!

On a personal note, I just want to say that I hope all of you are doing ok in this whirlwind of a year. Stay safe, stay healthy, and stay skeletons.

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Lordran & Beyond 1st Edition Anthology by Zach Sharpe — Kickstarter — Nearly seven years ago, with aspirations of writing comics but no entry or foothold to establish myself, I launched Lordran & Beyond, the on-going Dark Souls web comic. For years on a monthly basis, I worked with various amazing artists to deliver chapters in a cumulative 25 different stories! Supporting us every step of the way have been the hundreds of amazing patrons on Patreon, and this partnership between creator, artist, and supporter resulted in over 300 comic pages of delicious, Soulsy material.
Zach Sharpe (@cursedsirkai) / Twitter

DGUS Remastered - Paolo

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 05:00:00 -0500

Hello skellies! We're back with another DGUS Remastered episode, this time with my buddy Paolo. He was one of the most passionate Souls fans I interviewed, way back in 2016, and it was an absolute delight getting to catch up with him and talk about how the last four years have changed in terms of our appreciation for the games and the media around them. Enjoy!

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DGUS Remastered - Illusorywall

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 07:00:00 -0500

Hello skellies! I'm back again with another Remastered, this time my good friend Illusorywall. We catch up with what's been going in the four years since we last spoke on a podcast together, and have a great time doing so. Check out the links below for all of his extremely cool content.

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DGUS Remastered - Paddy Stardust

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 10:00:00 -0500

Hey there! It's a surprise skeleton! Paddy DM'd me a few weeks ago and wanted to come back on the show and talk about his experience since we last recorded, almost FOUR YEARS ago. We chat about being a One Bro, what challenges we like and which we don't, and of course, Souls Souls Souls. Enjoy!

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Episode 182: You Died

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 07:00:00 -0500

NEW EPISODE OUT OF NOWHERE!

My good friend Jason Killingsworth is Kickstarting a new edition of You Died, the book he and Keza MacDonald wrote about Dark Souls back in 2016. You Died is a celebration of Dark Souls, and contains stories, anecdotes, and lore about the game. It was an inspriation for this podcast, and I'm not just saying that because I'm in it, I promise! Jason brought his designer, Andrew Hind, to the podcast, and the three of us talk about the book, the game, and of course, the community. Enjoy!

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Jason Killingsworth
Tune & Fairweather: Quality Books
Jason Killingsworth (@jkillingsw0rth) / Twitter
Hongvanngh on Twitter: "#Sekiro Texture, this time is the cranky pikachu of Ashina. His amour pieces might requite a separate post tho. https://t.co/ueUIwFFZyj" / Twitter — The artist I mentioned that is doing deep dives into Sekiro textures.

DGUS Remastered - Sean aka The Lore Hunter

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 08:00:00 -0500

Hello skellies! If you haven't been following me on Twitter or on the recently closed Patreon, I have some news. My original plan after putting DGUS on hiatus was to begin recording and releasing "remastered" episodes, in which I'd re-interview some of the original guests of the show and see how things have changed. I recorded one of these, which you are hopefully listening to right now, and since then have decided to shut down the Patreon. I don't have any direct plans to record more of these, but if I do they'll be publicly available on this feed.

All of that aside, the guest is my friend Sean, who releases content under the moniker The Lore Hunter. Sean is a lore junkie, as you might imagine, and in the three years since we recorded the first time his life has gone through many changes. He has more kids, he bought a house...the usual stuff. Also: his Souls content began to get way more popular than usual. Popularity is a good thing right? Not always. As Sean tells us in this episode, sometimes it can lead to all sorts of unusual places.

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Hiatus Announcement

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 08:00:00 -0500

Hello skeletons! As you'll hear in this short episode, the podcast is going on hiatus! So no new episodes for quite some time (maybe forever, who knows). Thanks to all of you that listen week to week, and thanks to all the guests that have made this show great over the last three years. If you have any questions, feel free to hit me up on twitter. <3

You can still catch my voice over at [Monster of the Week](monsteroftheweek.cool), [Days of Future Cast](daysoffuturecast.com), or [Dead Blood Club](deadblood.club).

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.

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Episode 181: Jay Gill

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 08:00:00 -0500

Hello skeletons! This week's guest is Jay Gills, a game designer that works on World of Warfcraft and more importantly: a big Dark Souls fan. We spend a lot of time discussing the magic that is DS1, and then branch out to some of the other games. There is some discussion of Sekiro, including some late boss names, but there aren't any plot spoilers. Enjoy the episode everyone!

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Episode 180: Mark S.

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 08:00:00 -0500

Hello everyone! This week's guest is Mark, a game reviewer, musician, dad, and all around video game guy. Mark and I sat down for a long chat about the entire series, including Sekiro! This will be on the few episodes with Sekiro chat, so stay tuned (and also watch out if you're spoiler-phobic). Enjoy, and be sure to check out Mark's link below to read some of his reviews.

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.

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DarkStation

Episode 179: Alexander McConnell

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 29 May 2019 05:00:00 -0500

Hello skeletons! This week's guest is Alexander, a friend of mind from the Duckfeed Slack. We sit down and discuss his journey through the Souls series, going on some unique side paths like "what's the deal with parrying" and "how to be the only person in your town that knows what Demon's Souls is." It's a good one, so 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.

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Episode 178: Joel

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 22 May 2019 06:30:00 -0500

Hello skellies! This week's gues is Joel Corelitz, a video game composer and huge Souls fan. We sat down early on a Sunday morning to talk about his journey through these games, starting with a rough start and ending with, well, him appearing on this podcast because he's into the games that much! Be sure to stay after the credits for a song he wrote from the game Gorogoa (which is gorgeous and you should all play it immediately), and check out the links for more of his work.

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.

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Episode 177: Chris J

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 15 May 2019 06:00:00 -0500

Hello folks! This week's guest is Chris J. He's a long time Souls fan that never got too deep into the series until he started up Dark Souls 2 in an interesting way. We talk about his love for that game, playing online, and of course, Bloodborne. Enjoy!

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Episode 176: Chris S

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 08 May 2019 08:00:00 -0500

This week's guest is Chris, a Dark Souls Dad and lover of all things Souls. We chat about all the various games, we solve the question of whether or not video games are art, and rave about how much fun it is to play Souls with other people. It's a good one, folks, so 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.

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Episode 175: Laura

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 01 May 2019 06:00:00 -0500

Today is a very special episode! For a long time now, the idea of doing a "Dark Souls Widows" podcast, where I would interview the partners of Souls addicts who aren't as much into the games to get their perspective on the series. This is almost that, but instead of me interviewing a guest, I asked my wife to host the show and interview a special guest: Laura Stardust! That's right, we got the star of Paddy Does a OneBro to come onto the show and talk about her view of the series. 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.

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Episode 174: Tyler

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 07:00:00 -0500

Hello skellies! This week's guest is Tyler, who has had an interesting journey through the Souls games. He started out pretty young, chooses to not to use any sort of online/internet help, and made a very interesting decision during the Bloodborne DLC that had some life changing consequences. 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.

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Episode 173: Roxie Lynn

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 07:00:00 -0500

Hello skeletons! This week's guest is Roxie, a friend of mine and huge Souls fan. We talk about her inital falling out the games, but then falling back in love with them once she embraced the community. Also: lots of co-op and Dark Souls 2 love in this episode. 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.

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Roxie *intensifies* (@MyPetRoxie) | Twitter

Episode 172: Patrick Klepek

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 07:00:00 -0500

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.

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Episode 171: Andy

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 07:00:00 -0500

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.

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(1) English Jones - Home

Episode 170: Klaus_destroyer

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 05:00:00 -0500

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.

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Klaus the Destroyer - YouTube

Episode 169: Spice

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 05:00:00 -0500

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.

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Episode 168: Brian D.

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 06:00:00 -0500

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.

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Episode 167: Alex D

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 07:00:00 -0500

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.

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Episode 166: Brad Gallaway

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 07:00:00 -0500

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.

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Episode 165: Salin (rinboz)

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 07:00:00 -0500

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.

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🌌 Salin S 🌌 adopting rocks (@rinboz) | Twitter

Episode 164: Paul Canavan

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 07:00:00 -0500

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.

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Episode 163: Briar T.

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 06:00:00 -0500

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.

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Briar Thompson (@13briars) | Twitter

Episode 162: Mick

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 06:00:00 -0500

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.

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(1) Mick Synodis (@Mad_Mage) | Twitter

Episode 161: Jon S.

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 06:00:00 -0500

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.

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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!

Episode 160: Hana

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 07:00:00 -0500

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.

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Kieren (@BabyBunOW) | Twitter

Episode 159: Dahlia's Dark Side

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 07:00:00 -0500

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.

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Episode 158: Terribly Much

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 08:00:00 -0500

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.

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The Likes of You

Episode 157: Vodkafolie

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 26 Dec 2018 07:00:00 -0500

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.

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Episode 156: Steph D.

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 07:00:00 -0500

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.

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Episode 155: Morticia

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 05:00:00 -0500

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.

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morticia 🍂🐿🍁 (@GoodHunty) | Twitter

Episode 154: Ashy

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 05:00:00 -0500

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!

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Episode 153: Scott B.

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 08:00:00 -0500

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!

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Avenged Sevenfold - Bat Country (Drum Cover) Scott Barnett - YouTube

Episode 152: Nick-Foo

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 07:00:00 -0500

Hey folks! This week's guest is Nick-Foo, an artist and very big fan of Bloodborne. Her and I sat down to talk about why Bloodborne inspired her to draw fanart, and also why it's just a dang good video game. Y'all are gonna enjoy this one.

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Episode 151: Danny O'Dwyer

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 07:00:00 -0500

Hey folks! This week's guest is Danny O'Dwyer, a name you may already know if you pay attention to video games at all. Danny worked at Gamespot for years, and is now running a crowd-funded video game documentary series called Noclip. I have links to my favorite eps of that in the show notes, but I'm going to reinforce it here: the video on Warframe is extremely good, and worth your time even if you've never played or heard of the game. Danny was nice enough to sit down and talk about his unique experience playing the game in this extra long episode, and I KNOW you are going to enjoy it.

Special thanks to AllisonByProxy for putting this bug in Danny's ear, and thanks of course to Danny for agreeing to be on the show.

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Episode 150: Johannes (Immortal:Unchained)

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 07:00:00 -0500

Hello everyone! This episode is quite a bit different from the usual. Recently, I was introduced to a game called Immortal:Unchained. I believe I've mentioned it on one or two episodes of this podcast, and if you've been following me, or Twin Humanitities, or SenPlus on Twitter, then you probably saw us talking about it. I was struck at how many Demon's Souls/Dark Souls vibes the game was giving me, so I wrote to the developer and asked if any of their staff had played the games, and if so, would they be willing to come onto the show and talk about their experiences. I was very surprised and delighted when they got me in touch with Johannes, the Lead Level Designer for Toadman. We sat down and talked all about Immortal, and just a little bit about Dark Souls and how it relates to the game. Forgive me for geeking out a bit, I was pretty excited! I hope you enjoy this as something a bit different from the normal Don't Give Up, Skeleton episodes. Thanks for listening everyone!

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Episode 149: Devon G.

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 07:00:00 -0500

Hello folks! This week's guest is Devon, a writer and artist who has gotten into Bloodborne/Souls just this year. Don't let that fool you, though: she's one of the biggest Bloodborne fans we've had on the show. We talk about her love for the stories and the characters, and just how darned attractive most of them are. Y'all are gonna enjoy this one!

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Episode 148: Chase

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 08:00:00 -0500

Hey folks! This week's guest is Chase, a friend of mine from the Duckfeed community. Chase walks me through all of his experiences with the games, including what sounds like an incredibly fun way to play through Demon's and DS1 for the first time. Enjoy!

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Episode 147: Kat

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 06:00:00 -0500

Hello folks! This week's guest is the extremely nice Kat, who came to video games late but has really embraced them. Her first Souls game was Bloodborne, but she's played almost all of them (when are we getting that PS4 Demon's, Sony?) since then, and done some extremely hard challenge runs since. Check out her Twitch and YouTube to watch some of those. Enjoy!

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Episode 146: Oodles

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 06:00:00 -0500

Welcome folks! This week's guest is Oodles, an author and huge Bloodborne fan. He talks about finding Bloodborne for the first time, and what inspired him to begin writing his own fiction about the universe. From there we get into Dark Souls 3, the rest of the series, and what he wants to see in the future. Enjoy!

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Oodles! THE WEREWOLF KING! 🐺 (@oodleswrites) | Twitter
Oodles | Archive of Our Own
K. Morris — This is Oodles' art friend he was talking about midway through the episode.
lovelorn were-pineapple | Bloodborne comic WIP!! SEE THE SEIGE OF CAINHURST... — That one comic strip Oodles had illustrated

Episode 145: Lewis S

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 08:00:00 -0500

This week's guest is Lewis S, a teacher and more importantly, huge Souls fan. He encountered the series after a long hiatus from gaming, and on this episode he tells us about his journey through them, starting with watching LPs and eventually going out to buy a PS4 for a certain Sony exclusive.

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.

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Episode 144: Chris L.

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 07:00:00 -0500

Hello folks! This week's guest is Chris L, a delightful dad and husband who loves loves LOVES the Souls series. He was very excited to sit down and talk with me, and it was a lot of fun hearing his stories about starting, bouncing off, and then eventually conquering the series, along with his family.

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.

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Episode 143: Astral Lace

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 06:00:00 -0500

Hello folks! This week's guest is Astral Lace, who I met through friend and previous guest, Kou. Lace has a passion for Bloodborne that I've rarely seen, and it was great being able to sit down with her and discuss how she found the games, the difficulty she had at first (which I think all of us can relate to), and why she stuck around. We also get into some DS1 and DS3! Enjoy the episode, and make sure to stay till the end to hear her song about Dark Souls.

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Episode 142: Michael W.

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 07:00:00 -0500

Hey folks! This week's guest is Michael, a very nice and effusive gentleman (I assume anyone with a British accent is a gentleman, tbh) that's a big Souls fan. We chat about Bloodborne, depression, old video game systems, and a host of other things during this episode. It's a lot of fun! Enjoy!

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Episode 141: The Littlest Cthulhu

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 07:00:00 -0500

Hi there! This week's guest is The Littlest Cthulu, a Souls speedrunner. We sat down in the Don't Give Up, Skeleton HQ and talked all about his experience with the games, speedrunning strats, and everything in between. It's a great episode and I think y'all are gonna dig 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.

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The_Littlest_Cthulhu - Twitch

Episode 140: Rookie

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 08:00:00 -0500

Hello friends! This week's guest is Rookie, and it's a great one! We talk about her trip through the Souls series, which started off rocky and then eventually got way, way better. We dip into a lot of different things in this episode: combat mechanics, Souls helping people come to terms with their personal identity, and competivie Minesweeper. Like I said, all over the place! Enjoy the epsiode!

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.

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Rookie Faraon 🌱 (@rookiefaraon) | Twitter

Episode 139: rythin

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 06:00:00 -0500

Hello! So, awhile back I had an idea: interview a bunch of speedrunners, and release an episode per day during the week of SGDQ. For a variety of reasons, this didn't come to happen, but I did end up interviewing a couple of speedrunners about the things they do. The first of these interviews is with rythin, this week's guest. They explained a lot of aspects of speedrunning, and talked a little bit about their history with the series in general. Enjoy!

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Episode 138: Jon aka CatatonicNali

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 07:00:00 -0500

Hello everyone! This week's guest is Jon, a frequent contributor to the Cane & Rinse podcast and all around good dude. We talked for a looong time (I think this might be the longest ep of DGUS yet), and covered just about everything you can imagine and then some. I had a blast, and I think you will too. Enjoy!

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Episode 137: Emily W.

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 07:00:00 -0500

Hey folks! This week's guest is Emily, a friend of mine from THE INTERNET. She's an artist and cosplayer that is fascinated witht the Souls series, Micolash in particular. We talk about her finding Bloodborne, the reasons she decided to cosplay Micolash, and a whole host of other things in this episode.

Heads up: there are some audio issues with this one. Discord was misbehaving, so every so often Emily cuts out. I listened back and I didn't find it too distracting, and I think you can understand everything she was saying via context, so I'm leaving it pretty much as is. Remember: always blame the editor, never the guest, so this one is on me. Sorry if it's distracting folks!

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Episode 136: iota-09

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 06:00:00 -0500

Welcome back, everyone! This week's guest is iota, an Italian Souls player that is a friend of a former guest, Teresa. iota loves playing these games with other people, and it shows in this episode. We had a delightful conversation that I'm sure you will enjoy. So get listening!

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Episode 135: Hunter M.

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 06:00:00 -0500

Welcome everyone! This week's guest is Hunter M, a lore fiend and huge Souls fan. The two of us talk about their experience with Souls, starting way back when with Demon's, and why some of those experiences don't live up to others. It's a good one folks!

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Episode 134: Rach

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 08:00:00 -0500

This week's guest is Rach, who I met from my friends over at Dark Insight. She guested over there for an episode and started talking about Souls, so of course they pointed her my way and I got her on the show. We take a meandering path down her Souls journey, really getting into Bloodborne (of course) but talking about all the games. Thanks for listening!

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.

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Episode 133: Jakob

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 07:00:00 -0500

Please welcome Jakob to the podcast! I know Jakob from the Duckfeed community (take a drink!) and it was fun sitting down and getting to know how he started with the series. As you might imagine, he had some problems at first, going into the Catacombs first and not realizing the correct path. It's a fun listen, and I hope you enjoy. Thanks for listening!

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Episode 132: Sayem Ahmed

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 06:00:00 -0500

Welcome back Skeletons! This week's guest is Sayem, a games writer, Souls fan, and an extremely great dude who has been playing the Souls games since they came out. We sat down to talk about his history with the series, how the games have changed over the years, how the games have changed him, and of course, his meeting with Miyazaki (yes, that Miyazaki) for an interview before Dark Souls 3 was released. Enjoy the episode 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.

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Episode 131: Mimi

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 05:00:00 -0500

Hello! This week's guest is Mimi, a newcomer to the Souls series. She picked up Bloodborne back in December and has become a huge fan. We talk about how Bloodborne inspires love of its characters, her love for Gherman, and yes, a bit of Bald Gascoigne. Enjoy!

PS: After the ep was recorded, I found out Mimi does a little bit of singing in her spare time. So stay tuned after the outtro music plays for her take on a Twilight Princess track.

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.

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Episode 130: Eric C

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 07:00:00 -0500

Hi everyone! This week's guest is my friend Eric, who I met via the Duckfeed.TV network. Eric is a great dude that has a hangup about spiders, but that didn't stop him from getting heavily into the Souls series. I've know Eric on the internet for awhile, so it was nice to get a chance to talk to him. I think you're going to enjoy getting to know him as well.

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.

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Episode 129: Zygi

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 07:00:00 -0500

Hey everyone! Jeremy here with another episode of DGUS for your listening pleasure. This week's guest is Zygi, a guy who started with Demon's Souls way back in 2010, but didn't finish the game until almost three years later. Don't worry, he played a bunch of Souls games in between though. Enjoy the episode 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.

Episode 128: Celene

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 06:00:00 -0500

Hello everyone! This week's guest is Celene, a friend from Twitter who loves Dark Souls 2. We talk about the game in great detail, and also get into Bloodborne, Dark Souls 1, and a bunch of other stuff in between. Be sure to stay until the end to hear some of her extremely great music!

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.

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Episode 127: Rolling Ewok

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 30 May 2018 05:00:00 -0500

This week's guest is Rolling Ewok, a very fun Souls and Bloodborne fan that I had a wonderful time talking to. We discuss her various cosplays, following her brother into the series, her love for Gherman, and a ton of stuff in between. Enjoy the episode everyone!

Editor's note: there was some audio echo prevalent in this episode. I think I was able to squash most of it, but if you hear some I'm sorry. I tried to get all of it!

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Episode 126: Helicon

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 23 May 2018 06:00:00 -0500

This week's guest is Helicon, a delightful guest that got into Bloodborne in a very interesting way. I'll let you hear that one for yourself if you haven't already. We talk about his journey through the Souls game, and make some interesting stops along the way. Enjoy!

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Episode 125: Jay Jay

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 16 May 2018 06:00:00 -0500

Hi folks! This week's guest is JayJay, and extremely nice guy that has spent a lot of time playing the Souls games, specifically with his brother. We find out about his journey through the series, the various ways him and his brother troll each other, and of course: why Dark Souls is the best game series around. Enjoy!

PS: JayJay asked me to add his Gamertag: HorrorShow1981

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Jayjay \\[T]// (@lower.level.lowlife) • Instagram photos and videos

Episode 124: Twiggy1197

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 09 May 2018 06:00:00 -0500

Hello everyone! Please welcome Twiggy1197 to the podcast. Twiggy is a passionate Souls fan and a passionate games player, so she fits right into our usual guests on Don't Give Up, Skeleton. She tells us about her somewhat strange way of finding the series for the first time, some PVP stories, and then I take us on a bunch of tangents. It's super fun!

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Episode 123: Lokey

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 02 May 2018 06:00:00 -0500

Hi everyone! This week's guest is Lokey, who specializes in translating the Japanese text of Souls games to see if those translations offer any insight to the lore of the games. Often times, they do. In this episode Lokey talks in detail about Havel, as well as his general experience with the games. It's a good one, folks. Lokey also gave me his email address to share if you'd like to get in touch: darksoulslokey@gmail.com

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Episode 122: Carson Drew It

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 06:00:00 -0500

Hello and welcome! This week's guest is the super great Carson Drew It, a well known artist and huge Souls fan. I first encountered Carson on Tumblr, where he was posting cute drawings of characters from Dark Souls 1. Since then he's gone on to design all sorts of Souls merch, and is now a full time streamer and artist. On top of all of that, he's a super nice guy. Enjoy the episode 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.

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Episode 121: Joseph Fink

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 06:00:00 -0500

Hiya skellies. This week's guest is Joseph Fink, one of the writers of Welcome to Night Vale and Alice Isn't Dead. Joseph has an interesting relationship with horror that comes out during our conversation about the Souls games. We talk about his love of Bloodborne, despite not liking hard games, and how Dark Souls doesn't work for him in the same way. It's a great episode!

If you use iTunes, a good way to support the show is to leave a review for it. If you want to support the show directly, there's a Patreon. Thanks for listening!

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Episode 120: NeoLucky

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 06:00:00 -0500

You know that feeling when you sit down to talk to someone, and immediately know they're one of the most passionate Souls fans out there? Probably not, because I'm guessing that you don't sit down and talk to as many Souls fans as I do on a daily basis. Anyway, that's beside the point because I'm here to tell you that this week's guest, NeoLucky, is easily one of the biggest Souls fans I've had on the show. We talk about her journey through the series, her history with games in general, and her desire to create dolls based on Souls characters. How cool is that?

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Episode 119: Caitlin

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 06:00:00 -0500

Hello! This week's guest is Caitlin, aka OrSomeSayKosm on Twitter, a guest you probably already know. Caitlin is a big friend of the show, and even though we've been chatting on the internet for some time, I didn't know her Souls story. We finally conquered the time zones and managed to sit down and talk about it, though. Enjoy the episode, y'all!

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Visceral Queen (@OrSomeSayKosm) | Twitter

Episode 118: Dollow Rlance

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 05:00:00 -0500

Hello skeletons! This week's guest is Dollow, a friend of mine from the INTERNET. Dollow and I have known each other since my days running Dark Souls Haters, so it was really nice to be able to sit down with him and have a conversation about his experiences with the Souls games. It's an interesting journey, starting with a year long attempt at getting the platinum in Demon's Souls. It's a good one folks!

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Episode 117: Michela Dee

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 07:00:00 -0500

Hello skeletons! This week's guest is Michela Dee, a relative newcomer to the series that nonetheless has a huge passion for the games. We talk about her initial trouble with Bloodborne, the strategy she learned from Forbes to help her through, and her eventual love for Lady Maria. Be sure to check out her Lady Maria cosplay, as it's wonderful. She made a working Rakuyo!

Support DGUS directly using Patreon. Did you know that we all have a skeleton in our body? Let it out and give it some cash!

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Michela Dee (@micheladlondon) | Twitter
Michela - YouTube - YouTube
Michela Dee (@micheladeelondon) • Instagram photos and videos
Twitch
Lady Maria by goatrocket on DeviantArt — The fanart Michela saw that inspired her

Episode 116: PetrifiedWing

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 07:00:00 -0500

Hello friends! This week's guest is Petrified Wing, an extremely nice dude that ran into some problems with the Souls games when he first started playing them. Luckily for us, he persisted, and is now a huge fan. PW and I sat down to discuss all of that and more in this week's episode. Enjoy!

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Episode 115: Matt

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 07:00:00 -0500

Hello skeletons! This week's episode is Matt, a guy I know from (take a drink) the Duckfeed Slack. He and I sat down to talk about his history with the Souls game, and it was a fun conversation. It's always nice to trace someone's path through these games, and to hear the difference between coming to the series late and being spoiled on something versus going in totally blind. It's a good'un folks!

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Episode 114: Steph

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 06:00:00 -0500

Hello! Listeners of the show will probably remember episode 69, which was a special episode of this podcast. My good friend Niki asked to invite three of her friends onto the show so they could talk about one of their favorite subjects: Lady Maria choking them all out. It was a riot! Since then I've been interviewing those women one by one, and this week's guest is Steph! She and I sat down and talked about being inspired by the series, what its like to play with very tiny hands, and a ton of things in between. This is one of those rambly ones, so enjoy!

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Episode 113: Jordan Osbourne

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 07:00:00 -0500

Hello skellerinos! This is your friendly nieghborhood host, Jeremy, here to introduce the guest for this week: Jordan. Jordan and I sat down and talked through his experiences with the game, and poured some love onto Dark Souls 2 while we were at it. Enjoy the episode everyone, and remember to stay after the episode to check out some of Jordan's music.

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Episode 112: Jonathan D.

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 07:00:00 -0500

Hi! Hello! Hey! This week's guest is Jonathan, a religious student that brings a very interesting perspective to the Souls games. It's not every week that we have comparisons of Bloodborne and Dark Souls lore to actual religions, so of course when he emailed me I jumped at the chance to interview him. We sat down to discuss his history with the series, as well as how his religious studies have effected his various playthroughs of the Souls games.

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Sanadsk

Jeremy Greer — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 08:00:00 -0500

Hello skeletons! Welcome to a special episode of Don't Give Up, Skeleton. Sanadsk is one of the first people on YouTube to start posting videos that show off cut content from Bloodborne, so when I got the opportunity to interview him, I jumped. We had a great conversation, and as you probably know from his videos, he's a very charming and personable guy. Hopefully you'll enjoy this podcast where he talks about his methodology, the unusual charm of the Souls series, and of course, all the cut content he's found. I know I enjoyed recording it!

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Episode 111: Liz

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 07:00:00 -0500

Hello friends! Welcome to another episode of Don't Give Up, Skeleton. This week's guest is Liz, who is a big gamer. She started out way back when in the PS1 days, but hung up her controller once kids came along. After they grew up a bit, she picked it back up in a big way. After seeing some of Dark Souls 2's character creation, she bought it blind and jumped in. Later, she fell in love with Bloodborne and Dark Souls 1. This is a great episode, y'all, and Liz is a super sweet and nice guest. Enjoy!

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Episode 110: Robin

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 05:00:00 -0500

Hello skeletons! Welcome back to the show. This week's guest is Robin, who contacted me forever ago and asked to be on the show. Robin has a lot of hours into these games, so we spend quite a bit of time discussing the ins and outs of each one, and also spend quite a bit of time rambling about everything in between. Enjoy the episode, folks!

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Episode 109: Scott L.

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 05:30:00 -0500

Hi Skeletons! This week's guest is Scott, an extremely nice guy who likes Dark Souls, Armored Core, and Nier. As you might imagine, we talk about all three in this somewhat rambly podcast. Scott also talks about his day job of inspecting satellite imagery to deduce missile activity in North Korea, and how that made him appreciate the way the story is told in Souls and Bloodborne. No, really! #MissileTwitter is here!

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Episode 108: Sam from Dovah Design

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 06:00:00 -0500

Hello and welcome, friends. This week I sit down with Sam, a cosplayer who is playing through the Souls games for the first time and planning on building an Artorias cosplay. I had never talked to a cosplayer before, so when she emailed me and I saw how crazy good she is at this stuff, I knew I had get her on the show. We talk about designing cosplay, her experience with the Souls games, and a bunch of stuff in between. Be sure to check out the links below!

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Episode 107: Wayne

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 07:00:00 -0500

Wayne and I have been Tumblr mutuals for some time now, so I was glad to finally get to talk to him about our shared passion. He talks about his experiences with the games, coaching his wife while she plays, and some of the art he's drawn in response to the game. It's a great episode, but of course I say that about every episode, so who can you really trust?

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Episode 106: Kris

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 08:00:00 -0500

Howdy skeletons! This week Kris makes himself comfortable in the guest chair, and we go through his entire Souls story. Kris emailed me with a subject line "Senior and OCD Souls gamer" so of course I clicked through that. At 50+, I wouldn't consider him a senior, but he took a long break from video games and came to them much later in life, so he has an interesting perspective on the Souls game.

I think y'all are going to enjoy this episode.

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Episode 105: Sinclair Lore

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 06:00:00 -0500

On this week's episode of Don't Give Up, Skeleton, Sinclair sits down with me to talk about how she got started making lore videos. After a solid 15 minutes of great conversation, I realized I hadn't been recording the dang podcast! After a brief reboot we get back to the topic at hand, and it's a great conversation. She talks about playing Bloodborne for the first time, how making videos has changed her approach to the games, and her plans for the future. Enjoy!

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Episode 104: Davide A. Fiandra

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 06:00:00 -0500

This week's guest is Davide, an Italian game designer who has a strong love for Dark Souls 1, and a grudging respect for Dark Souls 2. We sat down to talk about his entire history with the games, and it came out to be a great episode. Be sure to check out the links below for Davide's games and podcasts, especially the episode of Going Digital I guested on.

Thanks for listening, everyone!

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Episode 103: EllieJoyPanic

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 07:00:00 -0500

This week's guest is the extremely nice EllieJoyPanic. Ellie and I have been twitter buds for awhile now, and she's good friends with quite a few if not all of the English guests that have been on the show. She started playing Bloodborne, her first real Souls game, not too long ago and rushed through it. I caught up with her towards the end of her first playthrough to talk about her experience. Enjoy the episode, y'all!

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El ❄️ (@elliejoypanic) | Twitter

Episode 102: Bryan May

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 07:00:00 -0500

This week's guest is Bryan May, another friend of mine from the Duckfeed.tv community (I know, I know, take a drink). Bryan and I discuss his history with the games, and why he feels the Souls series has left him behind to some extent. Enjoy the episode everyone!

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Episode 101: Paul M. Davis

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 06:00:00 -0500

This week's guest is Paul M. Davis, a friend of mine from the Duckfeed.tv community. Paul and I met in person a year or two ago, and instantly decided he needed to be on the show. He discusses how he got started with the game, and how Dark Souls 2's depiction of dementia is one of the most accurate in a video game. Enjoy the episode!

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Megaten Marathon

Episode 100: Jason Killingsworth

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 06:00:00 -0500

This week's guest is the great Jason Killingsworth, one half of the team that literally wrote the book on Dark Souls. Jason was one of those people that inspired me to do this podcast, even though I don't think he knew that until we recorded this episode. Jason has been into Souls since the very beginning, and has wrote numerous articles on the series. This conversation drifts in between Souls and life, religion, and how Dark Souls can teach us lessons on parenting.

If you're reading this (and I have no idea how many of you read these notes), I just want to say thank you for listening and/or guesting. Episode 100 is just a number, but it seems like an accomplishment. Over 100 individual guests, all with their own unique stories, all told in their own voice in their own way. I've been remarkably lucky to have all of you listeners and guests. I'm writing this before recording the intro of the show, and I'm planning on rambling a bit thanking people there as well, so I'll try to keep this brief: Thanks!

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Jason Killingsworth
Jason Killingsworth (@KillingsWords) | Twitter
You Died: A Retrospective — Jason Killingsworth
Dark Souls review: Is a 100-hour video game ever worthwhile?
Opinion: Long live the long RPG - Edge Online — (Note: this is the web archive version of Jason's response to Michael Thomsen's Slate essay, and as such all the image links are broken, but the text is still there)
You Died – The Dark Souls companion
Keza MacDonald (@kezamacdonald) | Twitter
Jason and Miyazaki, at From Software HQ

Episode 99: Garrett

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 07:00:00 -0500

This week's guest is Garrett form the Going Digital podcast! Garrett and I sat down to talk about his thankfully actually existing Souls history. How many times does he try the games before he finally finishes one? Find out in the episode!

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Episode 98: Kou

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 07:00:00 -0500

This week's guest is Kou, who has a deep and powerful love of Bloodborne. So much so that we spoke for a full hour about just that game and somehow managed to forget about the Chalice dungeons. Oops! I know y'all are going to love this one anyway, though.

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Episode 97: Joe Donnelly

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 06:00:00 -0500

This week we have Joe Donnelly on the show! Joe is a writer for PC Gamer and a huge Souls fan. He and I sat down a few months ago, ostensibly to talk Souls but it ended up going all over the place. It's a real fun conversation! Unfortunately, the audio gods weren't smiling when we recorded, so Joe's audio is a bit rough in places. On top of that, we lost a good 5-10 minutes of audio right in the middle. I still think it's a great episode, though, so why are you still reading this? Go listen!

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Joe Donnelly (@deaco2000) | Twitter

Episode 96: Barry

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 07:00:00 -0500

This week's guest is Barry, a guy that got into Dark Souls a big way despite his mate's best effort to scare him off. Barry and I talk about his progress through the games, what it was like playing Demon's Souls last, and why his partner hates the Souls games now. Y'all are gonna enjoy this one! Thanks for listening, skellies.

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Episode 95: Jessi

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 07:00:00 -0500

This week's guest is Jessi, an extremely filthy wizard and now co-host of the Salt Report podcast (seriously, go listen to the Salt Report podcast, it's extremely good and funny, and is entirely made up of former guests of this show). Jessi is an illustrator and artist who hasn't played all the games, but approaches them from a unique perspective. She agreed to sit down with me and discuss her funny names for Bloodborne bosses, why Souls handles women and gender so well, and to bring up friend-of-the-show Niki approximately 100000 times. Enjoy!

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Episode 94: Stephen Rhodes

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 07:00:00 -0500

This week's guest is Stephen Rhodes, a games writer that has definitely worked on at least one of your favorite games. He and I sat down to talk about his history with the series, starting way back when Demon's Souls came out. We talk about all of the games, how Dark Souls influenced games writing, and a bunch of stuff in between. Be sure to check the links for more of Stephen's writing. Thanks for listening!

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Episode 93: Cameron

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 06:30:00 -0500

The third and final cohost from the Monster Dear Monster podcast is Cameron, and this is his episode of Don't Give Up, Skeleton. Cameron and I had a blast talking about his history with the series, why Dark Souls 2 is great, and why invasions are so scary. Be sure to go check out MDM (I would highly recommend starting with the episode on Shin Godzilla) and Cameron's twitter. Thanks for listening everyone!

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Episode 92: Dave

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 06:15:00 -0500

This week we have three guests, all hosts of the Monster Dear Monster podcast. This episode's guest is Dave, who started way back with Demon's Souls but never really got hooked until Dark Souls 2. We talk about his history with the games, and why he was a little disappointed with the direction Bloodborne took. Be sure to check the links for Dave's twitter and podcasts. Thanks for listening everyone!

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Episode 91: NinjaBadger7

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 06:00:00 -0500

Hello! We're starting this week with a bang! Three episodes, each one with a host from the Monster Dear Monster podcast. This episode's guest is NinjaBadger7, an extremely nice person who has lots of affection for the series, specifically Bloodborne. We talk about how the game's difficulty can prevent it from being accessible to "normal" gamers, and that special sense of satisfaction of killing a boss that you've been banging your head against for hours. Be sure to check out the Monster Dear Monster podcast for all of your monster needs.

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Episode 90: Theomeny

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 06:00:00 -0500

Welcome back, listeners. This week's guest is Theomony, a Souls lore enthusiast with some fascinating insights into the Souls/Bloodborne games. We've been friends on Twitter for awhile now, so it was great to sit down with her and talk about her experiences with the games. Be sure to check out her Souls streams and YouTube for some great hashtag content. Thanks for listening everyone!

Heads up everyone: since recording this podcast, Theomony released an essay entitled Lethe and Aletheia: The Essence of the Soul in Dark Souls, which you can find in the links below. I asked her to come back onto the show and discuss it, so after the credits in the main episode, stay tuned for an extra 30 minutes of lore talk centered around the essay.

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Episode 89: Adam F

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 06:00:00 -0500

This week's guest is Adam, a guy who loves making lists about his favorite and least favorite things in Dark Souls. Adam and I sat down and talked about him discovering the games, his desire for a Star Wars themed Souls game, and the fact that he loves the Chalices (yes!). Enjoy the episode, everyone!

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Episode 88: Sightless Pyromaniac

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 07:00:00 -0500

This week's guest is a friend of mine from tumblr and a big contributor to my old blog, Dark Souls Haters. Sightless and I sit down and talk about DS1, 2, and 3, because he's mostly a PC guy and skipped Demon's and Bloodborne. We talk about why everyone hates magic users in PVP, why cookie cutter builds are bad, and I get salty over Souls PVP in general. Enjoy!

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If ever a blog should not exist, this is it

Episode 87: Terese

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 07:00:00 -0500

Well, prepare to fall in love with Terese. Teresa's son bought her Demon's Souls, but she was a bit too intimidated to start it. So she waited until a co-worker convinced her to play Dark Souls, and she's been in love ever since. She talks about her journey through the games, how she spends time doing co-op runs with her husband, and the reasons she didn't click with Bloodborne. I promise you, this is one you don't want to miss.

And look! Terese made a comic about being on the show!

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Episode 86: Trond

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 07:00:00 -0500

Trond is a Dark Souls fan all the way from Norway, and has a very interesting in depth look into the games. We sat down a few months ago and talked about his introduction to the series, and how he used the game's reputation for difficulty to power through the early parts of the game.

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Trond S. Børsum (@trondborsum) | Twitter

Episode 85: Sara

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 07:00:00 -0500

Sara (who goes by BellringerKat on tumblr) is a professional illustrator and part time Bloodborne lore guru. Because of the distance between us (she's in Italy), the audio quality is a bit rough this week. I promise you're going to want to listen, though, because Sara has some very interesting insight into the world of Bloodborne. She also has a different opinion to on the subject of people shipping Gherman and Lady Maria, which I think is pretty fascinating. Enjoy!

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Episode 84: Wiegraf

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 06:00:00 -0500

This week's guest is one of my friends from the Duckfeed Slack: Wiegraf! Wiegraf is an interesting dude with an interesting approach to the Souls games, as you'll hear on the episode. We also discuss Armored Core and Nier Automata (don't worry, no spoilers), plus his progress on developing his own RPG based on Bloodborne. All of those links are in the show notes below, so be sure to check them out. Thanks for listening!

www.dontgiveupskeleton.com

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Nier: Automata Spoilercast - YouTube
Yharnam Shadows (Alpha) - Google Drive — Send Wiegraf a message if you want to playtest the game!
Let's Play - Front Mission - YouTube
Kyle Thompson (@wiegraf_) | Twitter

Episode 83: Nick

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 07:15:00 -0500

Hello! This is part two of the double release week with the gents from Dingus Boys Gaming. This is Nick, who tells me all about his experiences with the Souls series, including the craziest challenge runs and trying to get his girlfriend to play Souls games. Be sure to check the links for the charity stream Nick and Andrew did and that I guested on, and stay tuned to their Twitter for the next stream even. Thanks for listening everyone!

www.dontgiveupskeleton.com

Live Stream:
https://youtu.be/MQFuOYaqDNQ

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Episode 82: Andrew

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 07:00:00 -0500

This week we have two episodes for you to get down on. First up is Andrew, who is one have of the Dingus Boys. I met Andrew and Nick when Fiona (whom you might remember from episode 20) asked me if I wanted to participate in their charity stream. They were streaming Dark Souls 3 for 24 hours straight, so I jumped in for an hour or two and chatted with them about their Souls experiences. You can find that video below! A few months later Andrew and I sat down to talk about his entire history with the games. Enjoy.

Live Stream:
https://youtu.be/MQFuOYaqDNQ

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Episode 81: Cara

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 06:00:00 -0500

It's another episode! This week's guest is Cara, who is maybe the nicest Souls player I've talked to so far, which I make a point it tell her throughout the episode. Anyone willing to volunteer their time to help people through 5-2 in Demon's Souls is basically a saint as far as I'm concerned. Cara started from the beginning and worked her through the series chronologically, and likes to play through these games multiple times and has hundreds of hours across all the games. We talk about all five, and I'm 100% sure you will agree with me when I saw Cara is super nice.

www.dontgiveupskeleton.com

As I usually do, I sent Cara an early copy of the episode to make sure she was ok with the edit. She sent me back a list of time stamped notes that I found super interesting, so I asked if I could include those. So here's a live tweet version of her reaction to the episode (note: some times might be slightly off due to additional editing).

2:29 – I haven’t played games in a solid month, but my fav character Chop Chop is well on her way to 400 hrs @_@
4:00 – I sound exactly like someone mixed my high school cousin and my dad in equal parts
27:11: I’m underselling a little bit how much I died on ladders LOL
29:40: ahaha I paused so long there I thought the stream glitched
30:32: oh finally circled back around to the mechanics thing lol
33:40 : I want you to know when I’m casting around for a word and come up with center, I’m visualizing a creamy nougat center of like a candy bar
35:05: BLOODBORNE 2 LET ME FIGHT THE MOON
35:26: “little” disappointed I’m underselling again. VERY disappointed. When I was playing through corpse tank area I forget the name, I went outside and took pictures of the full moon and sent it to my friends with the captions “FIGHT ME!!!”
44:40: I love that level but I can’t remember its name :D I have my own names for everything so lining those up official names is pretty hard for me
46:15: I couldn’t remember this at the time, but I got one piece of hatemail in DS3 and it was meant for someone else ☹ I did get a lot of rage quit disconnects in demon’s, I count those as a version of hatemail :D
47:10: I was also coming in directly from bloodborne (jan 16– apr16) which I came directly from dark souls 2 dlc (july 15 – dec 15). Aaand I just spent ten minutes researching my twitter for these dates
47:33: It was the thief class, not the assassin. Lol why am I always picking thiefs
48:05: I made a video of my iudex Gundry for my mom and a friend I was trying to get to play souls to prove that even experts die a lot it’s good for a laugh at least tl:dr 17 deaths and 59 minutes before I remembered I could block with my shield
51:25: ringed city invasions took over my life after we recorded this
53:15: it’s been almost four months and we still don’t know what’s next for from soft :/
54:50: fyi, my mom plays starcraft

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Cara (@Carabbitlee) | Twitter

Episode 80: Ben H.

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 06:00:00 -0500

Hello! This week's guest is Ben, a big Souls fan with some interesting stories about the games. He talks about bouncing off of Demon's Souls, his first "cheated" playthrough of Dark Souls 1, and how Dark Souls brought him and his son together. I also include some of his son's music, specifically a Soul of Cinder remix that you might have heard about on an appendix episode of Bonfireside Chat. It's a great chat, and I know y'all will enjoy it.

www.dontgiveupskeleton.com

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Episode 79: Aegon of Astora

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 07:00:00 -0500

Hello skeletons! This week's guest is Aegon of Astora, a name you probably recognize if you've spent any time on YouTube watching lore videos. I caught up with Aegon on the day The Ringed City DLC came out for Dark Souls 3, and both of us took a break from playing that to record this podcast. It's pretty fun listening to us try not to spoil one another while trying to figure out where the other one is. Aegon and I talk about his history with the Souls series, how he approaches these games as a player and also someone that makes lore videos, and a bunch of stuff in between. Stay tuned after the credits of the show for a brief conversation about the DLC itself.

Since recording this episode, Aegon has started a twitter where he chats Souls with people. It's not mentioned at the end, but you can find links below. Thanks for listening!

www.dontgiveupskeleton.com

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Episode 78: Grace

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 06:00:00 -0500

You probably remember episode 69 (nice), right? Where 4 extremely gay ladies came on to talk about their love for Lady Maria? Well, today's guest is one of those ladies: Grace! Her and I sit down to talk about our mutual love for the Souls games, and man, it's just so much fun to talk to someone who is genuinely enthusiastic about these games! You can just tell she loves them a whole bunch. Enjoy the episode, and remember to check out Don't Give Up, Skeleton for all the links to the show you could possibly want.

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Episode 77: Alex K.

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 06:00:00 -0500

Today's guest is Alex K! Alex and I sit down and talk about his initial difficulty with the Souls games, and how quickly he went from "this is too hard" to "I must play all of these games immediately." In fact, he tells me finished all five within six months, something I've heard a few times on this podcast but still don't believe is actually possible.

Thanks for the listening everyone!

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Episode 76: John G.

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 07:00:00 -0500

This week's guest is John G. John got in touch with me awhile back and said he freakin' loved the Souls games, and he was NOT kidding. You can hear the intensity come out in the conversation. John is a cool guy and I think y'all will like this episode.

www.dontgiveupskeleton.com

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John Gamble (@99dexterity) | Twitter

Episode 75: Silver

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 07:00:00 -0500

This week's guest is Silver, a friend of a friend I met that loves the Souls games, and plays them in a very intense way. Silver and I walk through their history of the games, and get into Silver's opinion on why Dark Souls 2 failed to live up to Dark Souls 1. It's a fun conversation, as it generally is every episode, and I think you'll dig it. Make sure to check the links and help save the red pandas, which Silver has been doing for a long, long time.

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Episode 74: Zach, from Lordran and Beyond

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 06:00:00 -0500

If your'e a Souls fan that's spent any sort of time on Tumblr, you've probably heard of Lordran and Beyond. A Dark Souls fanart blog and webcomic, it's pretty much THE blog for all your Dark Souls needs. I sat down with Zach to chat about his history with the series, how and why he started the blog, and why he thinks Resident Evil Souls is the future of the series. No, I'm not kidding. It's a great conversation, so enjoy!

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Episode 73: Jake Lionheart

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 06:00:00 -0500

Don't worry folks, that song you're hearing doesn't mean you accidentally downloaded the wrong podcast. It's just this week's guest, Jake Lionheart! Jake is an indie rapper that likes to rap about something he loves: video games! Here's a twist though: his songs are actually good! Honestly, most people rapping about video games are pretty terrible, but Jake's songs walk the fine line between taking something seriously and also having fun with it. We talk about his experience with the Souls games, and the songs he's written based on them. Jake's new Bloodborne album comes out TODAY, so go check it out the full version. It's FREE.

Warning folks: Jake and I are both hip hop heads, so we spend some time talking about music we like. WE CAN'T HELP IT. Also, I put a bunch of Jake's music in this episode because I really like it. Enjoy!

https://www.dontgiveupskeleton.com

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Episode 72: Open Mike Eagle

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 31 May 2017 06:00:00 -0500

I'm very excited to say that this week's guest is Open Mike Eagle. I've been a fan of his for a few years now, and was (as you'll hear in the episode) completely surprised when he followed me on twitter. I was floored when he said he was a Dark Souls fan, so of course I had to get him on the podcast. We talk about his journey through the Souls series, touching on all the games one way or another. It's a very fun episode! If you aren't familiar with him, go check out his music, it's GREAT.

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Episode 71: Alex G.

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 24 May 2017 06:00:00 -0500

You know what you shouldn't be when you play Dark Souls for the first time? Drunk. Unfortunately, that was Alex's experience. He arrived at a friend's house to find them playing Dark Souls 2 and doing Drunk Souls: take a shot or drink every time you die. Needless to say, it didn't go well. Fortunately, it didn't ruin the series forever for him. We talk about the rest of his journey in this episode of Don't Give Up, Skeleton. Enjoy!

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Alex Graboyes (@AlexanderG413) | Twitter

Episode 70: Heath

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 17 May 2017 06:00:00 -0500

This week’s episode is all about one thing: authenticity. Heath has found lots of things in search for authenticity, so we go through a variety of topics this week. If you had told me I’d be talking about mixed martial arts and how it can be compared to Dark Souls, I would have called you crazy. But here we are.See the links below to find Heath on the internet.

www.dontgiveupskeleton.com

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Episode 69: Nice

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 10 May 2017 07:00:00 -0500

Time for something completely different, listeners. Our old friend Niki from episode 36 sent me the following DM a few months back: "hey, do you have any plans for episode 69?" Some of y'all probably know that I record these pretty far in advance, so while I had something for episode 69, I immediately told Niki I didn't and asked her what she was thinking. Her idea was to have her three gay friends come on the show, and have a sort of hour long chat about how great Lady Maria is. That seemed like it could be a super interesting and hilarious podcast, so I agreed, and I was right: it IS a super interesting and hilarious podcast. As someone who doesn't get into shipping or even developing crushes on fictional characters, I was interested in getting an opportunity to ask about this stuff. So, the episode you're hearing is exactly that. Four ladies (Niki, Molly, Steph, and Grace) gushing over Lady Maria and various other Dark Souls women, and trying to explain what they see in these characters to me.

A bit of a warning: the audio in this is FINE, but as you might imagine, having four people on the same track isn't ideal. Steph's audio is fairly low, but I tried to boost it when she was talking by herself. There's also some over talk I would have cut out of a normal episode, but unfortunately here I couldn't do that. I think it's perfectly listenable, just a bit...chaotic, which I think suits the tone of the conversation.

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Links:

Truly Wild Curiosity, Isn't It? - Royalrastafariannaynays - Bloodborne (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own] — Maria waits, and watches, and she still notices.
Jacqueline Boatswain - IMDb — Eileen from Bloodborne
the gutter — Been playing through Bloodborne and decided to try... — Eileen art from Molly
the gutter — Finished the sculpt for my Eileen mask, soon it’s... — Eileen mask by Molly
Messengers + Cat = Hilarity
Orphan of Kos.gif
Vicar Amelia.gif
Molly on Tumblr
✨ moon sinner ✨ (@andrasteslight) | Twitter — Steph on Twitter
The Dawn Will Never Rise Again — Grace on Tumblr
DELUXE TRASH (@Nox_Luminos) | Twitter — Grace on Twitter
✨DS3 dlc Apologist✨ (@lostpanda) | Twitter — Niki on twitter

Episode 68: Richard Pilbeam

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 03 May 2017 07:00:00 -0500

Hello Skeletons! If you're here, you've probably heard of Richard Pilbeam, aka Jerk Sans Frontiers, who does the series of lore videos called Bloodborne Up Close. If you haven't, check the links below and make sure you go do that. Richard has a special kind of insight into the Souls series, and it was a delight getting to sit down and talk to him about it. We sort of go all over place, as you might expect, but it's a fun conversation nonetheless. Enjoy!

Remember to go to Don't Give Up, Skeleton for previous episodes, links to social media, and all the RSS feeds you can shake an iPhone at.

Links:

Episode 67: Ario

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 05:00:00 -0500

This week we sit down with Ario, who created the Tumblr Brick by Brick. Stop right now, click on the link below, and go check out his series CRT Souls. I’ll wait. Stay tuned for some of Ario's music at the end of the episode.

http://doshmanziari.tumblr.com/

Ok, back? Isn’t that cool?! Ario talks about his love of architecture, his unique view of the Souls games, and his disappointment with the music of the series. This isn’t your typical episode, but I think you will enjoy it that much more.

Links:

https://twitter.com/Doshmanziari
http://doshmanziari.tumblr.com/
https://soundcloud.com/diplocephalus

Episode 66: Jorge

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 07:00:00 -0500

This week’s guest is Jorge, a games writer who has somehow managed to play all of the Souls games in under a year. He talks about how he came to the series, his discovery of PVP and fight clubs, and what it’s like role playing a pacifist character in an extremely hostile PVP environment. Enjoy!

Links!
https://twitter.com/JAlbor
http://www.experiencepoints.net/
http://www.popmatters.com/archive/contributor/708/#

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Episode 65: Nick C.

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 06:00:00 -0500

This week’s guest started the conversation in an interesting fashion: by telling me he looked up Estus in one of the Dark Souls wikis and got extremely confused. It’s a good conversation, and we get to chat about all of the games, which is fun. Find Nick on twitter at the link below!

https://twitter.com/nchuha

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Episode 64: Syrg

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 07:00:00 -0500

What’s it like when someone doesn’t particularly care about the Souls series, but is surrounded by people that do? That’s the question we answer on this week’s DGUS. I know syrg from the Duckfeed Slack, and when I put a call out for people that don’t hate the Souls series, but have tried it and failed to bond with it, he answered. We talk about Demon’s, DS1, and Scholar, as well as a surprisingly in-depth look into Lords of the Fallen. Enjoy!

Syrg’s links: hellscaper.com

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Episode 63: bansheebeat

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 07:00:00 -0500

Dylan, aka bansheebeat is an extremely talented musician with a love of the Souls series, so he’s a perfect fit for the show. We sit down and talk about what he does and does like about the games, his disappointment with the music, and his dream Souls game. Spoiler: he has a VERY unique idea about future Souls games.

Links!
https://www.bansheebeat.net/
https://www.patreon.com/bansheebeat
https://soundcloud.com/bansheebeatmusic
https://twitter.com/bansheetweet
https://www.facebook.com/bansheebeatmusic/

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Links:

bansheebeat is creating electronic music | Patreon

Episode 62: Monk

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 05:00:00 -0500

Monk is an old buddy of mine I met during the heyday of Dark Souls 1 PVP. He and I used to get together with the other Something Awful thread regulars to do fight clubs and dumb gimmick builds. He’s played the Souls games a LOT, like hundreds and hundreds of hours. Enjoy his invasions stories, his hatred for Dark Souls 2, and everything else in between.

Links:
Monk’s cool Chalice Glyph site: chalicedungeonglyphs.com
PSN: MonkRocker

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Episode 61: Chris M.

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 07:00:00 -0500

This week’s guest is Chris, host of the Now and Again podcast. Chris discovered Dark Souls at a low point in his life, but has since come to enjoy them even in the good times. We talk about his journey through the series, his sort of ambivalence to Dark Souls 2, and his love for Bloodborne (because everyone loves Bloodborne and if you don’t your opinion is wrong).

Just a quick note: you should totally check out Now and Again! It’s a great concept for a show (talking about a volume of Now That’s What I Call Music with a guest), and is very much fun to listen to. I guested on a year end episode to talk about my favorite thing I discovered in 2016, which you can find below:

http://www.cageclub.me/now-and-again-2016-side-b/

Chris’s Links:
https://twitter.com/instachapman
http://www.cageclub.me/category/now-and-again/now-and-again-podcasts/
@NowAgainPodcast

For all the Don’t Give Up, Skeleton related links you can shake a femur bone at, visit www.dontgiveupskeleton.com

Episode 60: Nick A.

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 06:30:00 -0500

This week’s guest is Nick! Nick and I chat about his journey though the Souls games, and we had a lot of fun. Nick started with Demon’s, and has played each game all the way through DS3. I knew I would like Nick when he told me he would do Monk invasions in DeS with the scraping spear. Heheheh

Nick’s twitter: https://twitter.com/tepplen

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Episode 59: Anthony

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 06:00:00 -0500

This week’s guest is Anthony, an experimental musician with a great love of the Souls games. So much so that it even was a small part of his wedding (details inside). Anthony and I sit down and talk about how he found the series, how it’s changed him, and most importantly: how does is wife feel about the giant poison skeleton in Dark Souls 3. Be sure to listen after the credits for some of his music!

Anthony’s links:
https://twitter.com/apfeid
https://anthonysaunders.bandcamp.com/
http://ageoffire.tumblr.com/

Mentioned links:
Quelaag on YouTube, lore vids from 2011: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1FFC0C4F88D3A150
Select Button Podcast from 2011 about Souls and King's Field: http://selectbutton.libsyn.com/episode-42-this-place-is-cursed-

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This week's guest is Anthony, and is a fun conversation if you like Souls and weird electronic music. Hit the link for the full episode! http://www.dontgiveupskeleton.com/59 #darksouls #podcasts #dontgiveupskeleton #gaming #bloodborne #demonssouls #fromsoftware

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Episode 58: Justin

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 06:30:00 -0500

This week’s guest is Justin, who is a video game writer and podcaster. Justin and I sat down and talked about his unique first playthrough of Dark Souls 1, why he thinks Dark Souls 2 is better than DS1, and his opinions on Dark Souls 3. It was a fun conversation and I’m almost certain you will enjoy it.

Justin’s links:
https://twitter.com/lordhuffnpuff
https://twitter.com/redpagespodcast
http://jabortnick.com/

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Episode 57: Robert

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 07:00:00 -0500

Hello! This week’s guest is Robert, who is a very enthusiastic Souls fan. After almost getting abandoned during our recording time by yours truly (full details in the ep), we get into why he loves them. It’s a very fun episode (with some audio difficulties that drag it down at the beginning, sorry about that).

Robert’s links:
https://twitter.com/RobertWOBrien
 
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Additional Links! Included because Robert pulled them all together on his own and I didn't have to do any work! He's an excellent guy!
Dark Souls Lore comic: http://imgur.com/gallery/iuJ7h
Article about the above comic: http://www.johnnyetc.com/someone-investigated-the-lore-of-dark-souls-and-it-is-insane
Ever Play Dark Souls? Fucking Don't: http://midnightresistance.co.uk/articles/dark-souls-has-ruined-videogames
Prepare to Try: http://m.ign.com/articles/2016/06/20/prepare-to-try-season-2

Episode 56: Lewis

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 07:00:00 -0500

This week’s guest is Lewis, who sent me what could almost be called on essay about, as he called it, “Dark Souls as the human condition.” How could I not bring him on after that? Lewis talks quite a bit about his history with the games, and how it affected his depression and even his personal religion. It’s a very good show, with some minor but persistent sound artifacting that is slightly distracting. Nothing terrible, though. Stay tuned through the end of the episode for a listen to Lewis’ band, Wild Apples.

Lewis’ Links:
https://wildapples.bandcamp.com
http://www.mlewisbarker.com/ (this might not be up at the time of release, but it will be soon!)

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Episode 55: Nicholas

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 06:45:00 -0500

This week’s guest is Nicholas, aka StrenuousOrb on Twitter. Nicolas and I have long been twitter buds, so it was nice to sit down and talk about some Souls games. Check out his YT links for his challenge runs, which are great and I could also defeat the end boss of the DS3 DLC at SL1, just like him. Totally. I mean it.

A couple of notes: (1) I’m a terrible person who let this one sit around for awhile instead of releasing it on time. As such, you get to hear my and Nicholas talk about the aforementioned DLC before it even came out! It was that long ago. Luckily Nicholas is a very nice guy and didn’t seem to mind at all. (2) Back when we recorded I was using Zencastr, which seemed to randomly and spontaneously breakdown in creative ways. That happened in this recording, but after the first 10 minutes or so I think everything clears up. Sorry about that!

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Episode 54: Tim

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 07:15:00 -0500

This week’s guest is from (take a drink) the Duckfeed community. I was able to meet Tim in person when Watch Out For Fireballs did live a show in Austin, TX. We’ve been in touch since, and I’m glad we were able to sit down and talk about his Souls experience. Tim talks about turning to Souls when his father passes away, and how he might just be a little bit tired of the games after the last five years.

Tim’s links:
https://twitter.com/frothy_ham

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Episode 53: Trey

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 07:00:00 -0500

This week’s guest is Trey, a friend of mind from the Duckfeed.tv community (take a drink!). Trey and I got to meet in person during a live Watch Out For Fireballs in Austin, TX. Him and I sat down a bit after that and recorded this episode, in which we talk about his backwards journey through the Souls series. We go all over the place in this one, folks. Be sure to stay tuned after the credits to hear some of Trey’s band, Handsome Ransom.

Trey’s Links:
https://twitter.com/BashfulTrey
https://handsomeransom.bandcamp.com/

Trey's crazy and amazing fungus lore theory: http://atreymillerproduction.tumblr.com/post/156244735081/quick-dirty-fungus-lore-theory

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Episode 52: James Carter

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 07:15:00 -0500

This week’s guest is James Carter from the Cane & Rinse podcast. James is one of those people (like myself) that can’t stop talking about the Souls games once he gets started. James and I go through all of the games, but sort of bounce all around instead of going straight through them. It’s a fun cast, and I think you’ll enjoy it.

James’ Links:
https://twitter.com/CarterCommaJ
http://caneandrinse.com/
http://retrofitpod.net/

As always, if you’d like to be on the show, send an email to dguspodcast@gmail.com, or use my variety of social media networks listed below to send me a message. Email is generally the best way to get me, though.

Twitter: twitter.com/dguspodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dontgiveupskeleton/
Tumblr: http://dontgiveupskellies.tumblr.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontgiveupskellies/

Episode 51: Josh Garrity

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 07:00:00 -0500

I’m very happy to Josh Garrity on the podcast this week! Josh is a host on the incredible Cane & Rinse podcast. Josh and I spend a good 20-25 minutes talking about games in general before getting into the Souls games, but I think y’all will enjoy it anyway.

Quick note: there are some audio issues on this one. I tried to edit around them as best I could, but when you’re recording from 3000 miles away things can happen. Also, right after this Josh found out his mic was dying! So we were in DOUBLE TROUBLE! Oh no!

Josh’s Links:
https://twitter.com/combinehunter
http://caneandrinse.com/

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dontgiveupskeleton/
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontgiveupskellies/

Episode 50: Dylan

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 08:15:00 -0500

As one quarter of the Chomp Chain Podcast, Dylan knows games. We sit down and talk about his history with the Souls games, and I think you’ll enjoy the story. We also get into other games like Skyrim, Metal Gear Solid, and Portal. Dylan is also a musician, so stay tuned after the show to hear one of his songs. It’s really good!

Dylan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dextermpepper
Chomp Chain Podcast: https://twitter.com/PodcastChomp

Twitter: twitter.com/dguspodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dontgiveupskeleton/
Tumblr: http://dontgiveupskellies.tumblr.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontgiveupskellies/

Episode 49: Chris Mosher

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 08:00:00 -0500

Today’s guest is Chris Mosher, a friend from Twitter and podcast buddy. Chris is a BIG Dark Souls fan, and we get into just about everything you’d want out of your typical DGUS episode (except for The Old Hunters, which he hasn’t played, so I kicked him off the cast). Chris is a blast to talk to, and his enthusiasm for the Souls games is infectious. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that he inspires a few people to go back to DS1 after this comes out.

Links for Chris:
https://twitter.com/localbones
https://twitter.com/shonenchomp
https://twitter.com/podcastchomp
http://www.monsteroftheweek.cool/

Twitter: twitter.com/dguspodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dontgiveupskeleton/
Tumblr: http://dontgiveupskellies.tumblr.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontgiveupskellies/

Episode 48: Vader

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 08:15:00 -0500

We’re back! This week’s guest is VaderVanOdin, my podcast buddy from Dark Insight. We get all into Vader’s Souls history, including his brother being a bit of a back seat driver on Demon’s Souls. It’s always a blast sitting down and talking to Vader; he’s literally the nicest man in podcasting.

Fair warning: when this was recorded I was still using Zencastr, and there are a few parts where the VOIP connection broke down and Vader turns into a robot (queue all of your funny Star Wars jokes). It’s not terrible, but it wasn’t something I could edit around. Sorry about that!

Vader’s many social links:
https://twitter.com/vadervanodin
https://www.youtube.com/vadervanodin
https://www.facebook.com/vadervanodin
https://www.instagram.com/vadervanodin/
https://grindr.com/vadervanodin

Twitter: twitter.com/dguspodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dontgiveupskeleton/
Tumblr: http://dontgiveupskellies.tumblr.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontgiveupskellies/

Episode 47: Cliff

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 08:00:00 -0500

Cliff is the founding member of Dark Insight, an international gaming podcast. I’m also on Dark Insight, which made this whole thing really easy to book. Cliff talks about his backwards journey through the Souls games, and overall it’s just a fun convo about the Series. Enjoy!

Cliff on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cliff_goldsmith
Cliff on YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz_Ld-zwUFb8B4SIItBmPmQ
Cliff on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/decrepidgaming

Twitter: twitter.com/dguspodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dontgiveupskeleton/
Tumblr: http://dontgiveupskellies.tumblr.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontgiveupskellies/

Episode 46: Joan

Jeremy Greer — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 07:00:00 -0500

It’s that time again, y’all: another episode of Don’t Give Up, Skeleton is here! This week’s guest is Joan, who I met during the 2016 Duckstream event. She helped me with some Darkest Dungeon advice, and then started hanging out in the Duckfeed Slack, and before I knew it we were chatting bout Souls games on the mic. Joan and I talk about most of the Souls games, and have eerily similar starting builds for some of the games.

You can find Joan on the Duckfeed Slack as WrenchWitch, or

wrench witch on slack/steam
wrenchwitch3@gmail.com
https://twitter.com/Wrench_Witch

Twitter: twitter.com/dguspodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dontgiveupskeleton/
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontgiveupskellies/

Episode 45: Dave Klein

Jeremy Greer — Sat, 24 Dec 2016 06:00:00 -0500

When I started Don’t Give Up, Skeleton, I did so with the aim of finding people that don’t have a voice in the community already. I wanted to get to people that didn’t already have YouTube channels or podcasts, but I’d be lying if I didn’t hope doing the show would give me the opportunity to interview some of the people that were popular in the community. So when the opportunity came up to chat with Dave Klein, I jumped at it.

Dave and I start out with some old school FROM Software games and then make out way through all of the Souls games, talking about everything from music to finding lore to making sure that first playthrough is something special. I think you’ll enjoy it, listeners!

Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDaveKlein
Dave on YT: https://www.youtube.com/user/DaveControlLive

Twitter: twitter.com/dguspodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dontgiveupskeleton/
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontgiveupskellies/

Episode 44: Revatar

Jeremy Greer — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 06:00:00 -0500

Yer a wizard, Richard! Nah, not really. Richard is from the We’re Not Wizards podcast, a delightful show about board games and the people who play them. He and I have become good friends over 2016, and I am very happy to for him to finally guest on this show. Unfortunately, he spends most of his time insulting me and raving about Lords of the Fallen.

Heads up: there's a couple of moments where VOIP failed us, just bear with me and it goes away quick enough.

Richard’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Revatar
We’re Not Wizards: https://twitter.com/werenotwizards

Twitter: twitter.com/dguspodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dontgiveupskeleton/
Tumblr: http://dontgiveupskellies.tumblr.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontgiveupskellies/

Episode 43: Michael A. Cunningham

Jeremy Greer — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 06:00:00 -0500

We’re baaaaacckkk! Another episode of Don’t Give Up, Skeleton is here to feed your addiction to Souls chat. This week’s guest is Michael A. Cunningham, the editor in chief of RPGamer.com. Michael and I talk about all the Souls games, and he’s unique in that he didn’t particularly care for Dark Souls 1 after playing Demon’s Souls. Weird! Not really, people have all sorts of opinions.

Michael on twitter: https://twitter.com/finalmaxstorm
www.rpgamer.com
pocket-console.com

Twitter: twitter.com/dguspodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dontgiveupskeleton/
Tumblr: http://dontgiveupskellies.tumblr.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontgiveupskellies/

Episode 42: Gibbed

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 06:00:00 -0500

It’s another entry into one of my favorite genres of Don’t Give Up, Skeleton: the technical episodes! You have probably heard of Gibbed before now, but if you haven’t, you’re in for a treat. Not only is he one of the nicest guys in the Souls community, he’s also one of the smartest. He’s got his on Demon’s Souls server setup, he’s broken into the 5th arch stone and brought us back hilarious gifs, and he hacks/mods a ton of other games besides. Seriously, I think this is a great episode.

https://twitter.com/gibbed
https://www.twitch.tv/gibbed

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dontgiveupskeleton/
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Episode 41: Alex

Jeremy Greer — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 08:00:00 -0500

That’s right, we’re back with another episode of Don’t Give Up, Skeleton. This week’s guest is Alex, a very charming dude that I heard on BSC a year or two back and had to get on the show. Alex and I have a lot of laughs about the Souls games, Friends, life in general, and everything in between. Spoiler alert: we finally have a show where the guest LOVES Dark Souls 2 and doesn’t particularly care for Bloodborne. Opinions! People have them. Be sure to check the links below:

Alex on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jalex
There You Are podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/there-you-are/id364940790?mt=2
Belong To, a support group for LGBT young people in Ireland: http://belongto.org/

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dontgiveupskeleton/
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Episode 40: Garrison

Jeremy Greer — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 18:00:00 -0500

It’s a new episode of Don’t Give Up, Skeleton, just for you. This week’s guest is Garrison, a guy I’ve known from the Something Awful Dark Souls threads. We share a love of Bloodborne, Chalice Dungeons, and kitty cats. It’s a great episode, you should totally listen to it.

Garrison on twitter: https://twitter.com/garrisongondek

Twitter: twitter.com/dguspodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dontgiveupskeleton/
Tumblr: http://dontgiveupskellies.tumblr.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontgiveupskellies/

Episode 39: Sam Bair

Jeremy Greer — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 07:45:00 -0500

It’s a new episode of Don’t Give Up, Skeleton! This week’s guest is Sam Bair, one of my many friends from the DuckfeedTV community. Sam has played most of the Souls games, and we ended up having a great conversation about all of them. Good times!

Sam’s tumblr: gamingwithbeer.tumblr.com

Twitter: twitter.com/dguspodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dontgiveupskeleton/
Tumblr: http://dontgiveupskellies.tumblr.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontgiveupskellies/

Episode 38: Eric P

Jeremy Greer — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 08:00:00 -0500

It’s a special bonus episode of Don’t Give Up, Skeleton. This week’s guest is Eric, a friend of mine from the Duckfeed.tv network. Unfortunately, we lost half of Eric’s audio, so it’s only half of an episode, but it’s just as much fun as a normal episode. This was recorded awhile ago, so enjoy the time warp.

Eric’s twitter: https://twitter.com/ebplais
Eric’s blog: soulsborne.tumblr.com

Twitter: twitter.com/dguspodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dontgiveupskeleton/
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Episode 37: Christopher

Jeremy Greer — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 14:00:00 -0500

Welcome to another episode of Don’t Give Up, Skeleton! This week’s is Christopher, who is a Scottish fellow that I found on Twitter. Christopher and I talk about all sorts of things in this episode: Midevil Italian Poetry, Midnight Resistance, Skyrim, and….oh yeah! Souls games! Christopher is another dad who has played with his kid in his lap, a concept that I absolutely adore. Enjoy the episode!

Christopher on Twitter: https://twitter.com/manlyjpanda
Christopher’s cool guitar thing: http://www.tonemagnet.com/

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Episode 36: Niki

Jeremy Greer — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 14:00:00 -0500

It’s another episode of Don’t Give Up, Skeleton! This week’s guest is a friend from tumblr, Niki. Niki started out with Dark Souls 2 and has since fallen in love with the series. She’s pretty evil when it come to PVP (worse than me, even), and has a significant love for Bloodborne. So much so that she asked to come back on the show after she finished the DLC. That’s right! This is an EXTRA LONG episode, so stay tuned after the credits at the end for a extra content.

Links!
Niki on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lostpanda
Niki on Tumblr: http://dranksouls.tumblr.com/
Niki on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/nikkubutts

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Episode 35: Scott

Jeremy Greer — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 10:00:00 -0500

It’s a new episode of Don’t Give Up, Skeleton! This week’s guest is Scott, who is a very big Dark Souls fan. In between the time we recorded this episode and the time it’s releasing, he started his own podcast called Inside People, which you can find at the link below. Me and Scott have a fun conversation about all the Souls games, I’ll think you’ll like it. Be sure to stick around at the end to hear Scott’s song about Dark Sun Gwendolyn.

Scott on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kingkiwigod
Inside People: http://insidepeople.podbean.com/

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Episode 34: Graham

Jeremy Greer — Sun, 20 Nov 2016 08:00:00 -0500

It’s a new episode of Don’t Give Up, Skeleton! This week’s guest is Graham, an excellent person I met on the Duckfeed.TV Slack (take a drink). We talk about ALL of the Souls games, and yes we gush over our great Bloodborne is. Plus! Food chat!

Graham’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/doublecakes
Graham’s Twitch: https://twitch.tv/doublecakes

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dontgiveupskeleton/
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Episode 33: Peter Cleaves

Jeremy Greer — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 15:00:00 -0500

Hello skeletons! This week’s guest is Peter Cleaves! You probably know Peter from his Twitter, where he is a delightful personality. Or you may know him from his work at Sony, where he has personally blocked the HD remake of Demon’s Souls from ever happening (I kid, I kid!). Peter was a great guest, and has an interesting origin story for the Souls series. I think you’ll like it a lot.

Peter on twitter: https://twitter.com/tat_sun_

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Episode 32: Teresa

Jeremy Greer — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 10:00:00 -0500

A new episode is here, skeletons! This week’s guest is Teresa, a delightful person that likes riding bikes, knitting, and killing people with Karmic Justice in Dark Souls PVP. She’s also unique on this podcast in that she doesn’t particularly care for Bloodborne (don’t worry, we’ll convert her to our side soon). I’ve known Teresa for a few years now, so I’m happy to have finally gotten to know her a bit more. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it as well.

Teresa’s tumblr: http://darkmoonknightess.tumblr.com/

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Episode 31: Naiyt

Jeremy Greer — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 18:00:00 -0500

Hello Skeletons! This week’s guest is Naiyt. Naiyt is the current owner and operator of MugenMonkey.com, THE place to craft your Souls builds. It’s a build planning site for all of the Souls games, and is insanely useful for PVE or PVP builds. We have a fun conversation about how he approaches the game, and of course I can’t help myself but get into some nitty gritty details.

Since we recorded, Naity has started a Patreon. If you join up now you can get early access to the new beta app for Android. See the links below for details, and enjoy the episode!

MugenMonkey.com
https://www.patreon.com/mugenmonkey

My builds on MM:https://mugenmonkey.com/darksouls/share/40203

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Episode 30: Aikao

Jeremy Greer — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 09:00:00 -0500

Hello again skeletons! This week we are talking with Aikao, who is a huge Souls fan. We talk about the games, of course, and also get into how to successfully moderate a reddit sub that has 100,000 members. I find another Chalice friend, proving that Chalices are the secret sauce that everyone likes despite being seeing as bad. That’s a terrible metaphor, but whatever, Chalices are GREAT. Enjoy the episode! See lots of links below:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Aikaosu
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/aikao
Twitter: @Krasnoya_Ronin

Chalice Dungeon Exploration playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb0DGCtSzTenkmjDCG2gMJ6--EdXmTZLP …

Roaming Bloodstarved Beast with Giants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd3Zg61AnZg&index=7&list=PLb0DGCtSzTenkmjDCG2gMJ6--EdXmTZLP …

Roaming Watchdog in Oil Swamp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwXqcBtgLnQ&index=6&list=PLb0DGCtSzTenkmjDCG2gMJ6--EdXmTZLP …

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Episode 28: Kole Ross

Jeremy Greer — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 10:00:00 -0500

That’s right, skeletons! This week is yet another TWOFER week on Don’t Give Up, Skeleton. The first episode is my interview with Kole Ross, who definitely doesn’t need an introduction. You all know who he is: Watch Out For Fireballs, Bonfireside Chat, Duckfeed.TV. Kole was nice enough to sit down with me and talk about his journey through the Souls series, and some other lesser known FROM Software games. Enjoy the episode, and Watch Out For Another Episode Soon.

Kole’s twitter: https://twitter.com/koleross
Hexcrank: http://www.hexcrank.com/
Duckfeed.TV: http://duckfeed.tv/

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dontgiveupskeleton/
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Episode 29: Gary Butterfield

Jeremy Greer — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 10:00:00 -0500

As promised, here’s a whole other episode in the same week! And look who it’s with: Gary Butterfield! You might know him from Duckfeed.tv, Watch Out For Fireballs, or Bonfireside Chat. Gary and I sit down and talk about the real issues: why did it take him so long to play Dark Souls? I’ll let the rest come out in the episode. Enjoy, skeletons.

Gary’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/garybuh
Gary’s Sorcery Only Gravelord Run: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaweEa0EEAp1JuPK2M_NgHsCT7QvMKTwW
Souls of Darkness: https://garybutterfield.itch.io/souls-of-darkness-pdf
Duckfeed.TV: http://duckfeed.tv/

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dontgiveupskeleton/
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Episode 27: Misanthrobob

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 07:00:00 -0500

Welcome back, skeletons! This week is another great Don’t Give Up, Skeleton. Robert is a podcaster and game reviewer living in England. We had a lengthy conversation about all things Souls, and even spend some time going into some older From Software games. I think you’ll like it!

LINKS!

Robert’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/misanthrobob
Robert’s Podcast: https://twitter.com/misanthroplay
Robert’s website: http://www.rpgfan.com/

Twitter: twitter.com/dguspodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dontgiveupskeleton/
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Episode 26: AllisonByProxy

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 07:00:00 -0500

Hello again, skeletons. This week’s guest is AllisonByProxy! If you’v been paying attention to the Dark Souls community for awhile, you probably have heard of Allison or seen her work. She created LegoDarkSouls, has guested on multiple episodes of Bonfireside Chat, and is an all around great person. We talk about her Souls origin stories, and just how great all of these games are. It’s a good episode, so strap in, folks.

Allison on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AllisonByProxy
Allison on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AllisonByProxy
LegoDarkSouls: http://legodarksouls.tumblr.com/

Twitter: twitter.com/dguspodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dontgiveupskeleton/
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Episode 25: Paolo

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 06:00:00 -0500

A new episode, skeletons! Cast yourselves back to the week of E3 2016. Myself and Paolo, this week’s guest, jump on a microphone and start talking. The first thing I learn is that he’s a graphic programmer for Sony Santa Monica, and that he’s working on God of War. The second thing I learn is that he worked on Firewatch as well. The third thing I learned is that he LOVES the Souls series. We’ve had some enthusiastic guests on before, but Paolo is on a whole new level. This is one you’ll enjoy.

Paolo’s twitter: https://twitter.com/rollingshark

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Episode 24: Liam

Jeremy Greer — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 09:00:00 -0500

We’re back skeletons! This week we are joined by Liam, a delightful Australian who loves music and Dark Souls. We immediately get off topic into some music talk, but bring it around back to Souls quickly enough. I need to toss an all caps WARNING into the notes for this one, since Liam talks about some pretty dark times in his life. If you are sensitive to talk about alcohol abuse, you might want to skip this episode.

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Episode 23: Gav Weir

Jeremy Greer — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 17:00:00 -0500

That’s right, this week’s guest is the second founder of YouDied.co.uk, Gav Weir! We talk about everything Souls, as usual, starting with the lack of a thorough Dark Souls wiki. I promise, it’s explained in the episode. Be warned, Gav and I apparently suffered some major memory loss during this episode, as neither of us were able to remember some pretty common names. It happens, folks.

https://youdied.co.uk
Gav on Twitter: http://twitter.com/GavWeir

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dontgiveupskeleton/
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Episode 22: Gav Russell

Jeremy Greer — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 16:45:00 -0500

Skeletons! Today’s guest is Gav Russell, one of the two people behind YouDied.co.uk. Gav and I share a very hungover conversation that is none-the-less chock full of jokes and chat about Dark Souls, and probably a bunch of other stuff too (look, I said I was hungover, give me a break over here).

https://youdied.co.uk
Gav on Twitter: http://twitter.com/TightToTheNail

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Episode 21: Suvesh

Jeremy Greer — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 09:00:00 -0500

Welcome back, skeletons! The guest for episode 21 is Suvesh. He doesn’t have a lot of history with games, but when he came across the Souls series for the first time he was hooked. He went on to play all five games so far within a year. A year! That’s crazy. Enjoy the episode!

Suvesh on twitter: twitter.com/mysticreferee86

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Episode 20: Fiona

Jeremy Greer — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 12:00:00 -0500

Hello skeletons! This week’s guest is Fiona, a name you probably aren’t familiar with. Despite playing FROM software games with her brother since the PS1 days, she hasn’t really had a presence in the Souls community. I have a feeling that’s about to change, though. Fiona and I chat Souls for awhile, and then she starts laying down some serious lore. Over the course of 30 minutes, she pulls together Greek gods, Egyptian gods, possum myths (!!), and all of the royal family from Dark Souls 1 and 3. I’ll be honest, I didn’t 100% track it the first time through, and had to listen again to get a good handle on it. I think you foresters out there will love it.

Since recording, Fiona has opened up her YT channel and started a twitter. So if you have questions, hit her up!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6njYTBHUn2bDilcrdcwxlw
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GrandArchives

Episode 19: Layne

Jeremy Greer — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 19:00:00 -0500

Hello again skeletons! We’re back with another episode of Don’t Give Up, Skeleton. This week’s guest is my good friend Layne, who I met on (you guessed it) on the Duckfeed Slack. We talk about all sorts of Souls, being a dad, and probably some other stuff as well.

Remember, if you’d like to be on the podcast, send me an email to dguspodcast@gmail.com.

Episode 18: Adam B

Jeremy Greer — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 07:00:00 -0500

Welcome to another episode of Don’t Give Up, Skeleton! This week we are joined by Adam, a relatively new Souls player. Adam was given a copy of Dark Souls 1 by Emily B (remember episode 8 with Emily?) and has been hooked ever since. Enjoy the episode!

If you’d like to come onto the podcast, send me a DM to @dguspodcast on twitter, or send me an email to dguspodcast@gmail.com.

Episode 17: Rosie

Jeremy Greer — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 09:45:00 -0500

Hello Skeletons! This week’s guest is Rosie, a woman I met during the hey days of Dark Souls 2. We became friends on Tumblr, and have kept up with each other over the years since. We have a long conversation about her own journey with the Souls series, pausing to gush over the amazing Old Hunters DLC for Bloodborne (as has become a trend on this show). PLUS! She likes Chalice Dungeons! That makes…three guests so far! Not bad. As always, send me an email to dguspodcast@gmail.com if you want to come on to the show!

Links of Note:
Rosie’s tumblr: http://thewaifupillow.tumblr.com
Versace Emerald Herald: http://imgur.com/a/DNbev

Episode 16: Leonard AKA DrFaustIsDead

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 07:00:00 -0500

Hello again Skeletons! This week's guest is Leonard, aka DrFaustIsDead. Leonard is a great guy that I met via the Duckfeed group, and has started his own series of "lore plays" videos for Dark Souls 3. See the link below to catch them. Leonard and I had a delightful conversation about all things Souls, so sit back, relax, and let the podcast roll.

Episode 15: NeoLoki

Jeremy Greer — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 17:00:00 -0500

NeoLoki makes incredible YouTube videos based on the Souls series. They have a very unique and creepy aesthetic that you just don't normally see. This conversation was recorded a few days before Dark Souls III was released. We talked about marketing the game, NeoLoki's history of making videos, how he came to the Souls series, and all sorts of things in between. His personal connection to the stories of Dark Souls II will change the way you think about that game, and can change the way you think about how games in general.

Remember: send an email to dguspodcast@gmail.com and you can come onto the show! All you need is a microphone and a story about how you came to the Souls games.

Links of Note:
NeoLoki's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzsOJQQJ_XNVYcLNvq1FGrw
My Fave NeoLoki vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z-rwlzF4j0
NeoLoki's article on Siegward (this was obviously not talked about on the show, but check it anyway): http://fextralife.com/a-journey-with-siegward/
Eli Roths animated short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uH3OGfQpu8
Grindhouse Dark Souls trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVsWbXFcJUc
Allison's Shadow Tower LP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldHNQC2l6j8&list=PLP8oSCobo-oy_hEIFLtYkHPOmgGgGrbnm
Allison's Shadow Tower Abyss LP: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP8oSCobo-owiQ5lABGnNyOG6tD1oHA7K

Episode 14: Paddy Stardust

Jeremy Greer — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 15:00:00 -0500

What?! That’s right, this week there are TWO episodes of Don’t Give Up, Skeleton for your ears to enjoy. I decided to make this a Twin Humanities themed week and post Paddy’s episode the same day as CJ’s. This one was recorded after we had both finished Dark Souls 3, so expect lots and lots of spoilers. Also, Paddy confesses his favorite game of all time is Lords of the Fallen! :o If you’d like to come onto the podcast and chat, send me an email to dguspodast@gmail.com with your Souls story, and we’ll see about making it happen.

Links of Note:
Demon’s Souls PBWT SL1 (be sure to turn on annotations): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs4jtMrCPV4
Polynauts 4-1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1XP8lIrGK8

Episode 13: CoffeeJezus

Jeremy Greer — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 14:00:00 -0500

Welcome to Don’t Give Up, Skeleton Episode 13, featuring CoffeeJesus! CJ is one half of the Twin Humanities podcast, and one of the most genuinely funny guys I know. This episode was recorded in the long long ago, before Dark Souls 3 was released, so enjoy a look into what CJ and I were thinking DS3 was going to be. We didn’t even know we should complain about the lack of poise yet! If you’d like to come onto the podcast and chat, send me an email to dguspodast@gmail.com with your Souls story, and we’ll see about making it happen.

CJ's Twitter: http://twitter.com/coffeejezus
TwinHumanitiesNexus.tumblr.com
TwinHumanities.com

Episode 12: Ali

Jeremy Greer — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:00:00 -0500

Welcome back to Don’t Give Up, Skeleton! Today’s guest is Ali, a man who has more hours in Souls games than anyone I’ve ever heard of. He’s also one of the most earnest people I’ve ever talked to for this podcast. It was a blast to record with him, and hopefully he’ll get to come over to the US and do his Blues Pilgrimage. That’s right, this dude lives in Kuwait but plays the Blues like a man who’s been working on the Mississippi river all his life. Stay tuned after the episode for a taste.

Links of note:

Ali on twitter:
https://twitter.com/AliSleeq
Ali playing the blues:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH4HsJKhBUw&feature=youtu.be
Kwei pup build video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnVnqULzPiA&feature=youtu.be

Episode 11: Stephen

Jeremy Greer — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 10:00:00 -0500

Episode 11 is here! Stephen is another guest from the Duckfeed community, and was a blast to sit down and talk with. There are lots of spoilers in this one, so watch out if you haven't finished DS3 or the Bloodborne DLC. Be sure to listen for some amazing Bloodborne music that was performed live.

As always, if you want to come onto the show, send me dm to @dguspodcast on twitter, or email me at dguspodcast@gmail.com

Stephen's Twitter: https://twitter.com/fromsoftjunkie
Stephen's YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF6YSr7dSxaD--_xg7fOsTQ
Stephen's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tremonster
Bloodborne - Suite (Live with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra : SCORE Orchestral Game Music): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzdhTGaWzec

Episode 10: Bryan Wade

Jeremy Greer — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 13:00:00 -0500

Episode 10 is here! This week's guest is Bryan Wade, another friend from the Duckfeed.TV network. Bryan and I have known each other as "internet friends" for a few years now, and I think that comes out on this episode. We talk all sorts of Souls games, as well as a handful of other games as well. Also! There's a ~bonus~ section! Bryan was so inspired by DGUS episodes that he went back to Bloodborne and gave it another try. Listen past the closing music and credits to hear the special addendum we recorded. Enjoy!

Episode 9: Thomas

Jeremy Greer — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:00:00 -0500

Episode 09 is here! This week we sit down with Thomas, a very friendly Swedish man who shares my love for Karmic Justice, as well as Dark Souls in general. He tells the story of how a famous Japanese streamer got him into Souls, and what he's been doing since.

Links!
Thomas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DenLedeFi
Thomas on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsyw5sNMG4KTIX5G440v--Q

Episode 8: Emily B

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 06:00:00 -0500

In this episode your host, Jeremy Greer, sits down with Emily B. Emily is has become a bit of a lore diver over the course of her experience with the Souls games. She tells us how she came to appreciate the lore, and shares one of her favorite stories from Dark Souls 3. If you'd like to come onto the podcast and tell YOUR story, email us at dguspodcast@gmail.com

Links of note:
Vaati video that mentions Emily: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQjmnr45AP8&index=2&list=PLWLedd0Zw3c6OaWDa88dkQJrMO2KsVNq_ (00:14s)
Emily's tumblr: http://chimagery.tumblr.com
Emily's twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/chim_cheree

Episode 7: Eltee

Jeremy Greer — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 18:00:00 -0500

Hello! This week we're talking to Eltee, a friend I originally met on Something Awful, but have gotten to know closer via IRC and Twitter these last few years. We have a lot of fun talking about the Souls games, spoilers, and a ton of other things besides. I think you'll like it.

Do YOU want to come on the podcast and talk about your Souls story? Send me an email (dguspodcast@gmail.com) or a DM to the twitter (@dguspodcast).

Eltee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eltee78641

Episode 6: Illusory Wall

Jeremy Greer — Tue, 31 May 2016 11:00:00 -0500

Episode 06 is here, and this week we're sitting down with the IllusoryWall. Those of you who get into the nuts and bolts of Souls mechanics already recognize the name, I'm sure. IllusoryWall likes to dig into the secrets of the Souls games, like testing Vagrant spawn points in DS1. Enjoy!

Links of note:
IllusoryWall on Twitter: https://twitter.com/illusorywall
IllusoryWall on Tumblr: http://illusorywall.tumblr.com
Retro Game Audio Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/retrogameaudio
http://darksouls.wikidot.com/invasion-spawn-locations
http://illusorywall.tumblr.com/post/79163651375/dark-souls-a-review-of-how-vagrants-were-tested

Episode 5: Jon C

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 25 May 2016 08:00:00 -0500

Episode 5 is here! Join your host and his friend Jon C as they talk all about Jon's first Souls game: Bloodborne! Then stay tuned for some quality audio drama as Jon talks about his first time through the Anor Londo archers.

Some links of note (these will probably get updated later):
Ithryl lizard chowing down on me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0DMr4Unfaw
Jon's Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/summarize_proust
Twitch Highlight of AL Archers: https://www.twitch.tv/summarize_proust/v/59845323

Episode 4: Katherine

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 18 May 2016 06:00:00 -0500

Hello there! This week we are joined by Katherine, who reached out after I released the very first episode of this podcast. Up till now, I have been interviewing people that I already knew and had already spoken to. Katherine was an absolute delight to talk to, and I think this is a great episode. We go into how she got started with the series, where she went wrong at first, and where she is now.

Remember: if you'd like to be on the podcast, send your Souls story to dguspodcast@gmail.com. Or talk to me on Twitter: @dguspodcast.

Links of note:
One Shot Boss Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=401muykHy4k
AGDQ 2016 Bloodborne Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N92IrVOV2QY

Episode 3: Josh Crowe

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 11 May 2016 06:00:00 -0500

This week I'm sitting down with Josh Crowe, aka Morbidbeard on Twitter. Josh got his start with Souls late, and went backwards through the series. You can find Josh chatting with a bunch of Podcast People on Twitter: http://twitter.com/morbidbeard.

Want to tell your story on DGUS? Send me an email or DM.
dgus podcast at gmail dot com
http://twitter.com/dguspodcast

Episode 2: The Lore Hunter

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 04 May 2016 07:00:00 -0500

On this episode of Don't Give Up Skeleton, your host, Jeremy Greer, sits down with Sean Wagoner, aka the Lore Hunter. We talk about how Sean got his start with the Souls series, and also...baby names? What?

Contact:
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Episode 1: The Lurker Zero

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 13:00:00 -0500

TheLurkerZero is a YouTuber that mostly focuses on Halo and Destiny, but he sat down with your host, Jeremy Greer, to talk about his love for the Souls series.

You can find Lurker at
His YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thelurkerzero
His Twitter: https://twitter.com/lurkerzero

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Episode 0: Jeremy Greer

Jeremy Greer — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:00:00 -0500

In this opening episode of Don't Give Up, Skeleton, I talk about why I wanted to start the podcast, who I am, and my own Souls origin story.

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