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This page comprises a selection of critical essays I have authored over the years. The quotation below a post will take you to the website on which the essay is hosted.

PREPARE 2 SIGH || The Music of Dark Souls (2019)

Ario Elami October 3, 2022

The Dark Souls series’ soundtracks are, collectively, one of the largest recent aesthetic offenses perpetuated in videogames. To contrast their unimaginativeness with the rest of the games’ material, it’s hard to not feel a dulled sensation nearing depression, as if a bright gray sky, overcast yet with no distinction of clouds’ forms, had settled upon one’s mind.

← Size and Sensibility || Elden Ring (2022)Ruins of Memory (2020) →

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