Return to Microworld: A Journey Through Dark Souls with the Ghosts of Video Games Past

Return to Microworld: A Journey Through Dark Souls with the Ghosts of Video Games Past

Have you ever wanted to get in the head of someone experiencing a really good video game? How about a former gamer who’d lost the love of gaming years before? And how about a truly transcendent game like Dark Souls? Well, now there's Return to Microworld, a diary-style running commentary of a truly epic first playthrough of FromSoftware's iconic Dark Souls. But it's more than that; it's a love story—the story of a relationship from initial meeting to infatuation to the mature love of a brilliant piece of modern artwork. Sparked by this surprising experience, the author also takes us on a journey back in time to memories of his video games past. From love at first sight with Pong to tales of Atari and arcades to all things video games from childhood and onward into adult life. As his love of all these old ghosts returns, his present-day life of family and parenting and work slips ever deeper into the beautiful, intriguing, and action-packed worlds of FromSoftware’s Souls game series. This is an everyman’s everyday story of renewal for the love of the simple things. Play. Art. Joy. Video games. Spanning 5 decades, the book’s final boss comes in the form of Microworld’s original Pilgrim, whose tale of the mastering of the classic video game Breakout provides our hero with the mirror he needs to come to terms with his own experiences and one of life's great simple pleasures. This is a video game memoir, a Dark Souls adventure diary, and a tribute to the emotional experiences available through all art.