10 Ways Dark Souls Made All Video Games WORSE

10. Calling Everything “The Dark Souls Of...”

Hey, did you lot know that Riesen Chocolate Chews are the Dark Souls of chocolate bars? And ironing is the Dark Souls of household chores? And that Dark Souls is the Dark Souls of Dark Souls?!

Seriously, you lot - I know it’s a bit of a meme by this point, but most of the time, this phrase is uttered in earnest, normally to describe a game as difficult or particularly trying, but now it’s oozing like Nickelodeon Gak out into other walks of life, infecting the vernacular and making your great uncle ask “what’s the Dark Soul?” on Facebook.

Things can just be “tricky” without being anything to do with Solaire. Getting those huge boots on that you only wear to your “special interest” club? Just say they’re “a pain in the **** to get on” like a normal person, instead of side-smirking and remarking that they’re “the Dark Souls of footwear”.