Love it! Gamers are so much smarter and more accomplished than the stereotype of couch-potato Millennials with a joystick. The artwork is stunning, the pacing and plotting so compelling, many literary snobs would do well to take a few pointers. And then, this - right from the literati annals of classic mythology and archetype - What makes the protagonist of Dark Souls special is that they are a nobody, but one who worked very hard and refused to give up until they had earned the right to become somebody. The central theme of Dark Souls is that really, anyone can be special. You just have to be willing to work very hard, keep trying after every failure, and to grow as a person along the way. If you keep working at it, you really can achieve your dreams, no matter how impossible they seem. Great stuff! Thank you for the detailed analysis of this particular game.