'Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice' and the debate over difficulty vs. accessibility

For anyone who's been paying attention to the social media discourse around video games in recent days, you've probably noticed a couple of frequently repeated buzzwords.

There's "difficulty" and "accessibility," and lots of discussion around the tension between those two concepts. There's also "Sekiro" and "FromSoft," a reference to the newly released game Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice from Dark Souls and Bloodborne developer From Software.

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I'll be the first one to admit that the discourse around video games online can sometimes come across as unapproachable to a wider audience. But I also think this particular example is well worth taking the time to understand, so let's dive in. Read more...

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