Bonfireside Chat: A Dark Souls and Elden Ring Podcast

An undead favourite.

About the show

An undead favourite. From Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross, the creators of "Watch Out for Fireballs!", Bonfireside Chat is a podcast dedicated entirely to the Souls series of games. Starting with Dark Souls, we take a journey through the areas of the game and comment on lore, gameplay, bossfights... everything. Now covering Elden Ring on Patreon. Praise the Sun!

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Episodes

  • Episode 90: Basics, Cemetery of Ash, and Firelink Shrine

    April 24th, 2016  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 41 mins
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    Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about the basics of Dark Souls III, then move on to hit the Cemetery of Ash and Firelink Shrine in depth. Listen to the beginning of the episode for our spoiler policy.

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    Episode 89: Dark Souls III First Impressions

    April 17th, 2016  |  Season 5  |  48 mins 33 secs
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    Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross share their first impressions of Dark Souls III... spoiler-free!

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    Appendix: Shadow Tower Abyss

    April 10th, 2016  |  Season 4  |  26 mins 14 secs
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    Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Shadow Tower Abyss.

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    Episode 88: Shadow Tower Abyss (Part 2)

    April 3rd, 2016  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 13 mins
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    Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross conclude their discussion of Shadow Tower Abyss.

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    Episode 87: Shadow Tower Abyss (Part 1)

    March 27th, 2016  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 29 mins
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    Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about Shadow Tower Abyss, up through the White Wall Area.

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    S07E09: Garbage Gulch

    March 26th, 2016  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 4 mins
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    Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Nick Daniel discuss the Garbage Gulch area of the SuperStation classic "Souls of Darkness".

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    Special: Souls of Darkness / Labyrinth

    March 20th, 2016  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 56 mins
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    Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Nick Daniel talk about Gary's book Souls of Darkness, and segue into a discussion of one of its influences: the Jim Henson movie Labyrinth starring David Bowie.

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    Episode 86: Titan Souls

    March 13th, 2016  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 32 mins
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    Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about Titan Souls, then we read your responses.

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    Special: At the Mountains of Madness / The Thing

    March 6th, 2016  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 52 mins
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    Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about two Souls-related classics about archaeology, exploration, paranoia, and contagion: H.P. Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness" and John Carpenter's "The Thing".

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    Appendix: Shadow Tower

    February 28th, 2016  |  Season 4  |  25 mins 30 secs
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    Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Shadow Tower, Uzumaki, and the Shadow Over Innsmouth.

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    Episode 85: Shadow Tower (Part 2)

    February 21st, 2016  |  Season 4  |  56 mins 46 secs
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    Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross conclude their discussion of Shadow Tower for the PSX.

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    Episode 84: Shadow Tower (Part 1)

    February 14th, 2016  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 53 mins
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    Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about the first half of Shadow Tower for the PlayStation, up through the Fire World.