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AuthenticM · Feb 19, 2014

Alleged serial killer Miranda Harbour apparently liked Dark Souls. Not one to be unattentive to important details, Fox News picked up on it and included it in their coverage. Because of course they did.

video here

SEGAvangelist · Feb 19, 2014

This is great news (for From Software of course, not the victims of the killer)! Dark Souls is the new Doom/MK/GTA. Wow!

Corleth the Fey · Feb 19, 2014

Nice PR for Dark Souls 2. I mean it.

Owzers · Feb 19, 2014

What did she like to eat?

SolsticeZero · Feb 19, 2014

I wonder if this will boost sales for Dark Souls

Lautaro · Feb 19, 2014

Well, after my first encounters with the Capra Demon I really wanted to kill somebody...

Can Crusher · Feb 19, 2014

I would also like to know what such a dark soul liked to eat.

Goldenroad · Feb 19, 2014

She was probably stuck on Ornstein and Smough too.

CreepingFear · Feb 19, 2014

Oh shit, someone stop Jeff Green before he becomes a serial killer.

marrec · Feb 19, 2014

Listen, I played Dark Souls too, and while the janky combat and terrible menus made me want to kill lots of people, I didn't act on it.

We'll see how I feel after Dark Souls II tho.

Spring-Loaded · Feb 19, 2014

That stupid butterfly fight made me want to kill people, not in an on-going kind of way. Jeez

Omega · Feb 19, 2014

I didn't watch the video but just off of that screencap, what does Dark Souls have to do with anything?

Fox had no way to spin this so I guess they figured they would just show the game anyway

JJDinomite · Feb 19, 2014

A game that difficult makes real life murder look easy.

Rooster · Feb 19, 2014

That's some good advertising. Might be wasted on the Fox news audience though.

ZealousD · Feb 19, 2014

sillymonkey321 said:
What did she like to eat?

More importantly, what news channels did she watch?

Anteater · Feb 19, 2014

maybe this is part of namco's marketing!

Interfectum · Feb 19, 2014

+10 million sales for Dark Souls 2

ComputerMKII · Feb 19, 2014

This is ridiculous

Darksol · Feb 19, 2014

I guess blaming Marilyn Manson got old.

120v · Feb 19, 2014

YOU CONTROVERSY

MikeXXIeaf · Feb 19, 2014

She wouldn't have been so successful if Dark Souls inspired her to kill.

El Sloth · Feb 19, 2014

CreepingFear said:
Oh shit, someone stop Jeff Green before he becomes a serial killer.

"before" ?

kittenbreath · Feb 19, 2014

SolsticeZero said:
I wonder if this will boost sales for Dark Souls

I don't know, I'm still pissed that Mass Effect wasn't the alien sex simulator they promised me it would be.

Mirin · Feb 19, 2014

At least she has good taste in games.

rvy · Feb 19, 2014

Megyn! Tell me how to feel about this, Megyn!

Megyn, I want you to play violin for me while Hannity sings the national anthem.

Santa and Jesus are still white? I must know.

kitsuneyo · Feb 19, 2014

I too have an affinity for that game. This means I'm certain to become a killer, doesn't it? I wonder when the urge to murder people will kick in, because at the moment it's really not my cup of tea.

CronoShot · Feb 19, 2014

So half of GAF is about to go on a killing spree I guess.

Footos22 · Feb 19, 2014

Lautaro said:
Well, after my first encounters with the Capra Demon I really wanted to kill somebody...

Snap

Red Rudolph · Feb 19, 2014

Best guerrilla campaign ever

Whompa · Feb 19, 2014

STUNNING CONFESSION

FunkyPajamas · Feb 19, 2014

Uh oh.

marrec · Feb 19, 2014

MikeXXIeaf said:
She wouldn't have been so successful if Dark Souls inspired her to kill.

Yep, she would have stood around a lot or rolled endlessly trying to get behind people only to accidentally roll of an inexplicable cliff.

EvilKatarn · Feb 19, 2014

Can some murderer please say they were influenced by Fox News?
Or even better, when will these news programs stop giving murderers these elongated biographical special features. Like what the fuck is even their point?

jiiikoo · Feb 19, 2014

CronoShot said:
So half of GAF is about to go on a killing spree I guess.

Pretty much. And if they are catched alive, they'll defence will be "But they all were monsters. Monsters everywhere."

FlyingSaucer · Feb 19, 2014

Yay, free advertising just in time for Dark Souls II !

plutoknight · Feb 19, 2014

Team Vernia said:
This is great news! Dark Souls is the new Doom/MK/GTA. Wow!

Gotta go after the dark horse no one knows about! Create that enemy, Fox news! (By no one I mean, Dark Souls is massive but it's not GTA/MK/Doom massive.)

I suppose we're all murderers between those four titles

honestly, fucking 3D World's Champion's Road made me wanna murder little fairies and lumas

BlackLagoon · Feb 19, 2014

Hmm...

luckygodzilla · Feb 19, 2014

Well to be fair, after my experience with the bed of chaos I was practically ready to kill someone too

Krusenstern · Feb 19, 2014

In all honesty, I think she has good taste in video games.

And_Gignac · Feb 19, 2014

This conservative news anchors will never learn. Good news for From Software though, get them sales.

DodgerSan · Feb 19, 2014

Did she read Twilight? Or eat cornflakes?

Because when millions of copies of anything are consumed, there's a fair chance that one or two of those people might be a nutter.

vagabondarts · Feb 19, 2014

Dark Souls has made it. Joining GTA, Wolfenstein, MK, Doom scapegoat club.

Edit-beaten

FStop7 · Feb 19, 2014

Win a $100 Satanic Shopping Spree

OSHAN · Feb 19, 2014

Big big Dark Soul fan.

It's dark.

Qalbert · Feb 19, 2014

Prepare to Die

ShinNL · Feb 19, 2014

It's Barbour, not Harbour the celebrity.

Intheflorsh · Feb 19, 2014

Dark Souls- available for PlayStation and other video things.

floatingcoffins · Feb 19, 2014

Did you cleanse the world of another dark soul today?
God has chosen you, and for that we are thankful.

SatelliteOfLove · Feb 19, 2014

About goddamn time the series got some of this faux viral marketing.

DkSII sales +200,000 in NA confirmed.

pa22word · Feb 19, 2014

Namco:

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Free publicity is best publicity, especially for a cult title like Dark Souls who needs the publicity and from a source everyone considers laughable anyways.

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