The reason that a lot of the play mechanics and story aren’t explained in the Souls series (which originates in Japan) is that many of the concepts could be controversial to the superstitious western culture.

I’ll elaborate. In the United States it is illegal to play Dungeons and Dragons in youth correctional…

In any Souls discussion on the internet you can predict that within the first 5 to 10 posts someone will humble brag that this difficult game is not difficult at all (implying that it is only difficult for everyone else who is not as smart as the person making the post).

You can also predict that someone will find…

You have to realize that it isn’t reasonable to lump all people together and say, “the reason people are so etc...”. People are enthusiastic for different reasons. A professional graphic designer is going to appreciate Dark Souls for different reasons than a mean child in a basement invading people with a hacked…

People who take ANY video game seriously enough to go on the internet and personally attack other people have a serious lack of maturity and self-control.

No, “1%” in this case means an executive pulled a number out of his butt because he knew most of the people he was talking about were not educated enough to question a claim that is not reasonably substantiated. If an executive for Chips Ahoy said 1% of all chocolate chip cookies are stolen in transit by UFOs, would…

There is a difference between statistical relevance and anecdotal fallacy. The fact that a executive working for Sony makes an unsubstantiated claim that the failure rate is exactly under 1 percent (citing no comprehensive survey of national sales and returns) and this claim is taken as gospel, is a little unnerving.

No, they did not. The original Playstation (20 years ago) had such cheaply made lens assemblies that there was an entire market dedicated to selling replacement lens assemblies for them.

He said “if I had a sample size”. This means his statement was not meant to be taken literally and was illustrating the difference between statistical relevance and an anecdotal fallacy.