How The Night Land Inspired Dark Souls

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In what way did the Night Land influence the Dark Souls series? Light Spoilers only!
Is Miyazaki a hack? Was Elden Ring any good? Which From Software game is the best one? What can we expect from the latest Armored Core game? So many questions...
But before that...let's discuss a book that spooked H.P. Lovecraft. SO A BOOK REVIEW!
This will be the first in the series of videos that I wanna do on certain books that I think would appeal to video game enthusiasts. Novels and stories, that rival and even surpass the atmosphere of the best that games have to offer. Books that will make you love video games even more.
"The Night Land" is a science fiction and horror novel by William Hope Hodgson, first published in 1912. It is considered one of the pioneering works of the Dying Earth subgenre and has had a significant influence on subsequent science fiction and fantasy literature.
I wanted to talk about this book in depth but decided against it. It's one of a kind and you owe yourself that experience. Especially if you love video games. Also, I liked the excuse to replay Dark Souls again.
But It's also a Dark Souls to win a bet video!
Most of the artwork I took for this video is from nightland.website/ where the author of The Night Land a Story Retold, James Stoddard also contributed at some point.
Like (if you liked it) subscribe (if you want to see more) and comment something....anything, even if it's mean. We need to get gringos to actually watch my videos.
An alternative title for this video is The Night Land Review and How it Influenced the Dark Souls Series and its lore.
Preston Jacobs would be proud
00:00 Intro
02:20 A long time ago...
05:21 What is the book actually about?
09:50 Main protagonist
11:24 Story picks up
13:28 Where are the movies?
15:50 The Remaster
17:28 To summarize
19:37 Then It's over...
#darksouls #fromsoftware #thenightland

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@FazDux Жыл бұрын

You made me make all the connections between dark souls and this book as you were describing it only to hit me with that ending? fine... I guess I'll read it.

@Ksix1 11 ай бұрын

I'm rich... in India 😂😂😂😂😂

@devinsapelli3814 20 күн бұрын

Im playing bloodborne for the first time. Other then that, ive only played elden ring. But i do remember thinking bloodborne reminded me alot of the night land! Really great book. It needs a tv show/video game

@starmoonseek Жыл бұрын

tbh this is your best video yet, keep going

@chainslaughter231 3 ай бұрын

It's always nice when you have a thought in your head, look up part of the subject of your thought, and realize someone else came to the same conclusion. I read The Night Land right around the time Dark Souls 3 was revealed and I remember watching the first trailer and thinking that it looked so much like the picture of The Night Land in my head.

@ElVnugo 3 ай бұрын

The idea behind my book reviews/recommendations is to introduce gamers to books that can evoke the atmosphere and feelings akin to the best video games have to offer. Video games hold a significant advantage over books in conveying atmosphere due to interactivity, music, visuals, etc. However, there are certain books that surpass video games in this regard. This book is one of them. If you haven't already and you liked what I've done here, I encourage you to check out the other book I've reviewed. It's spoiler-free, and the presentation is entirely different. If you have a specific book on your mind that might fit this description and would make for an interesting video, please let me know. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@joewright1262 9 ай бұрын

Someone named Griffin Black is making a game adaptation of the nightland. There's a trailer on KZbin.

@ElVnugo 9 ай бұрын

I just saw it. Thanks!

@judgeboony2695 5 ай бұрын

I appreciate the effort going into it, but it's not for me. It's not like the book at all if you ask me, aside from the Discos and the Redoubt.

@judgeboony2695 5 ай бұрын

After reading this book, whenever I'm about to eat something I think "I eat two of the tablets and drink some of the water." Someone once described the book as "you will never forget it" and they're bloody right about that. If you're patient or even stubborn enough to get through the awkward text, you're treated to a very special story that you really will never forget. As Lovecraft said, "it is one of the most potent pieces of macabre imagination ever written.

@nikito370 11 ай бұрын

Amazing content. Too clever for your audience. You dignify this medium. I hope youfind success.

@gendor5199 2 ай бұрын

Very intriguing story idea of a romance in a post apocalyptic supernatural world like this. I could only find two audiobooks on youtube, one 6 hours long and one 18 hours long! None were clear if they were by Stoddard or not, and at least the 6 hour one has great audio, but it is difficult english.

@ElVnugo 2 ай бұрын

James Stoddard's one isn't on youtube, it's on audible/amazon or piracy sites. You can find those on reddit. The original would be a nightmare to listen to so I don't recommend it. It's a fun experiment but only after you listen to/read the remake. Trust me you will know when you find the right one.

@gendor5199 2 ай бұрын

@@ElVnugo Thank you! I look forward to seeing more of your videos in the future, you really manage to hit all those spots that fires my brain!

@ElVnugo 2 ай бұрын

Glad you feel so, It means I shouldn't give up yet lol. Check out the funny ones as well. Total Overdose and 50 cent should put a smile on your face and in the end it's what counts more.

@ungooglablegames Жыл бұрын

This bridging of books and games is an untapped niche and I hope you become successful with it, considering plain game reviewers are a dime a dozen nowadays( ironic, I know, considering my content). It seems that the guy wrote a book with himself as the primary audience and the rest of the readers as an afterthought, and his approach actually bore fruit 100 years later, ironically in one of the art forms that considered lowly. Also, I googled the night land dark souls and the only relevant result was a reddit comment from 5 years ago from a deleted account. If that wasn't you, I'll shill your channel forever.

@chalice12 8 ай бұрын

Great video! You need to be discovered. Keep making them! Also, just a speculation, but the creator of Dark Souls says he got a lot of his ideas reading 70s and 80s “Western” fantasy novels. One series that stands out as video game-like is the Thomas Covenant series by Stephen Donaldson, particularly the second chronicles. The Land, story, and hero in that story is eerily similar to Dark Souls’.

@ElVnugo 8 ай бұрын

Hey I'm glad you found this video. Check out the other ones as well and let me know what you think. They do share the same continuity. I will check out the book you suggested. I'm actually surprised I've never heard of it because I did try to find out what books Miyazaki read before creating DeS and DS. I'm currently editing my next vid, which ended up way longer than intended but I hope to have it out before I die. Saying this so you know there will be more soon!

@ElVnugo 5 ай бұрын

Have you seen a new book review video that I've done? I wonder how you felt about it .

@chalice12 5 ай бұрын

@@ElVnugo I thought it was excellent. I'm a huge Gene Wolfe fan and TSoTT is one of my favorite books (I'm an English professor and actually presented a paper on Wolfe's Book of the New Sun at a conference years ago). I think your assessment of his influence here is spot on. I like how restrained you are on making this connection too, and not reaching for it. Please make more like this! There are so many great video games out there with literary influences.

@ElVnugo 5 ай бұрын

@@chalice12I wasn't sure if you were still subscribed. Hah, I wish you had left this flattering comment on that video, because these types of vids are not really popular among gamers. I still fight for views. Thank you, Sir. How do you, as an English professor, see my wordplay though? Hopefully it makes you slightly amused. Theres a bit more going on in TSOTT video so I'm glad you like it.

@chalice12 5 ай бұрын

I like your sense of humor, especially the visual verbal humor you sprinkle through your videos. Too many youtubers recycle the same kind of jokes, but yours is more thoughtful and witty than average. I'll copy my reply to your comments! @@ElVnugo

@arifckinggold4837 11 ай бұрын

What's the mic you're using? Great video, bro.

@ElVnugo 11 ай бұрын

Hey glad you like it. Consider checking my other vids and subbing cause my next video is coming hopefully in the next couple of days. As for the mic I don't really know. I got it as a bday gift and it says Yankee on it. I'm still learning my way around it.

@arifckinggold4837 11 ай бұрын

@@ElVnugo I've noticed how the quality is top-notch, a lot better than my AT2020. I subbed on my 2 accounts, actually. Can't wait for your next upload, man.