Bonfireside Chat: A Dark Souls and Elden Ring Podcast

Bonfireside Chat 303: Scadu Altus Roundtable [Jeremy Archives] Jul 23, 2025 3568 This week we speak with Jeremy Greer, of Days of Future Cast and many other shows, about his experiences with the Shadow of the Erdtree. We also read your responses to Castle Ensis and Scadu Altus!Reposted in remembrance of our good friend Jeremy Greer.f5axtjj6

Bonfireside Chat 102: Lothric Castle (with Appendix) [Jeremy Archives] Jul 22, 2025 8105 Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Jeremy Greer talk about Lothric Castle.Reposted in remembrance of our good friend Jeremy Greer.

Bonfireside Chat 129/130: Immortal Unchained (Part 4 and 5) [Jeremy Archives] Jul 21, 2025 11807 Jeremy Greer joins us to talk about the remainder of Immortal: Unchained, as we storm Apex Citadel, face a completely unforeseen betrayal, and finally transcend reality itself.Reposted in remembrance of our good friend Jeremy Greer.

Bonfireside Chat: Bottom 10 Areas [Jeremy Archives] Jul 20, 2025 4695 This very special episode takes a break from Dark Souls 3 to count down Gary and Jeremy Greer's bottom ten Soulsborne areas! This episode is brought to you by Gary's lovely Kickstarter backers who made Souls of Darkness a reality. Stay tuned for more specials!Reposted in remembrance of our good friend Jeremy Greer.

Bonfireside Chat 69: Chalice Dungeons [Jeremy Archives] Jul 19, 2025 13310 Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Jeremy Greer talk about the early Chalice Dungeons. This episode covers the basics, the Pthumerian Labyrinth, the Central Pthumerian Labyrinth, the Hintertomb, and the Lower Hintertomb.Reposted in remembrance of our good friend Jeremy Greer.

Bonfireside Chat 47: Drangleic Castle (with Appendix) [Jeremy Archives] Jul 19, 2025 8605 Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Jeremy Greer talk about Drangleic Castle, including the Shrine of Winter and the King's Passage.Reposted in remembrance of our good friend Jeremy Greer.

Bonfireside Chat 19: World 3-1 (with Appendix)[Jeremy Archives] Jul 17, 2025 7300 Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Jeremy Greer talk about World 3-1 of Demon's Souls.Reposted in remembrance of our good friend Jeremy Greer.

Bonfireside Chat: Dark Souls PVP 201 [Jeremy Archives] Jul 16, 2025 7839 Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Jeremy Greer reconvene to take a more in-depth look at PVP in Dark Souls.Reposted in remembrance of our good friend Jeremy Greer.

Bonfireside Chat: Dark Souls PVP 101 [Jeremy Archives] Jul 15, 2025 4150 Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Jeremy Greer talk about the basics of PVP in Dark Souls.Reposted in remembrance of our good friend Jeremy Greer.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 322: Endgame Roundtable Feb 23, 2025 300 This week is the final episode of Bonfireside Chat until we start covering Nightreign, but we think it’s a good one! We interview the AV Club’s Will Hughes to talk about how he felt about Shadow of the Erdtree, and then we read your responses to the DLC’s endgame.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 321: Enir-Ilim Feb 16, 2025 300 This week, we conclude the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC by talking about the divine tower of the Hornsent, Enir-Ilim, where the final showdowns of the game take place. First, Miquella’s followers have kind of a Civil War thing going on, and then we learn the truth about what Miquella was really after…

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 320: Ancient Ruins of Rauh Feb 9, 2025 300 This week we go tour the many parking garages of the Ancient Ruins of Rauh, a beautiful area that we wish had more narrative and gameplay interest. It’s a pileup of a number of civilizations, all searching for the truth of the Crucible, but ultimately overwritten by the Scarlet Rot and its saint, Romina.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 319: Jagged Peak Feb 2, 2025 300 This episode, we head up the Jagged Peak in order to do the last of the optional content in Shadow of the Erdtree. We’ve heard tell of a tyrant atop of the volcano, Bayle the Dread, a draconic betrayer so hated by Placidusax that the practice of Dragon Communion was created to bring him down.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 318: Roundtable Roundtable: Marika and Midra (feat. Phobia) Jan 26, 2025 300 This week’s Roundtable Roundtable features an interview with Phobia, a YouTuber who documents glitches in games in an accessible and entertaining way. We talk about his process and how looking for glitches changes the way he plays FromSoft games. Then we read your responses to the northeastern part of the map and the Abyssal Woods.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 317: Midra's Manse Jan 19, 2025 300 Though the Abyssal Woods and Midra’s Manse aren’t huge areas gameplay-wise, we adore their lore and story so much that we had to camp out for some extra time. So this episode concludes our discussion of Midra’s Manse, including the boss fight, and a long talk about what Midra and Nanaya’s deals were.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 316: Abyssal Woods and Midra's Manse Jan 12, 2025 300 Though the Abyssal Woods and Midra’s Manse aren’t huge areas gameplay-wise, we adore their lore and story so much that we had to camp out for some extra time. So this episode concludes our discussion of Midra’s Manse, and a long talk about what Midra and Nanaya’s deals were. Next episode we hit the big man himself and talk about the rules of Frenzy in The Lands Between.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 315: Recluse's River Jan 5, 2025 300 This week we find the very hidden entrance to a very hidden path to a very hidden area. Shadow Keep hides a way to reach the Recluse’s River, which is the warpath that the hornsent inquisition took to bring great force to bear on Midra in the Abyssal Woods. Along the way we will complete our final two mini-dungeons and descend further than ought to be possible, as we approach the coolest area in t

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 314: The Cathedral of Manus Metyr Dec 29, 2024 300 The hands of the cosmos have many fingers, and all of their movements tell a story. But what that story means is up for interpretation. And this week we venture to the Cathedral of Manus Metyr and meet a very strange man named Count Ymir, who claims to have knowledge of the true nature of the Greater Will, the Two Fingers, and the origins of Marika’s divinity. Is he trustworthy? Who knows!? Let’s

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 313: Scaduview Dec 22, 2024 300 This week we complete the last of Shadow Keep, exploring the rear of the Specimen Storehouse before killing Messmer’s best bud Commander Gaius, and stumbling across the location where Marika’s whole story began.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 312: Church District Dec 15, 2024 300 You’d never guess it, but there’s still more Shadow Keep left to explore. Approaching from the Bonny Village side gets you into the flooded Church District, an area that calls New Londo to mind. But what lies beneath the water is stranger and more mysterious than the Darkwraiths.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 311: Bonny Village Dec 8, 2024 300 This week we head on down to Bonny Village, which doesn’t seem so bonny to us. Instead, it was the beating heart of the hornsent’s jar-making operation. This is where the shamans, Marika’s people, were butchered and put into jars in order to make them into “saints”. Eventually they wish they didn’t do that.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 310: Roundtable Roundtable Shadow Keep (feat. Sophie Pilbeam) Dec 2, 2024 300 This week we are joined by Sophie Pilbeam of the Sinclair Lore YouTube Channel. We talk about the world and narrative design of Shadow of the Erdtree, and how well it meshes with the base game. Afterwards, we read your responses about the Cerulean Coast and Shadow Keep areas of the game.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 309: Specimen Storehouse (Part 2) Nov 24, 2024 300 This week’s episode concludes the Specimen Storehouse, and concerns itself mostly with the fight against Messmer and an exploration of what his whole deal was. What led to his genocide of the Hornsent, and how exactly did Marika screw him over?

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 308: Specimen Storehouse (Part 1) Nov 17, 2024 300 After clearing Shadow Keep proper, we find ourselves in a tower dedicated to the study and preservation of living beings touched by the Crucible. This is… unexpected in the home of someone leading a genocide against the Hornsent. But as we climb, we learn more about Messmer, and also discover the horrifying truth of Miquella’s plans.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 307: Shadow Keep Nov 10, 2024 300 For this entire season we’ve been walking in the wake of Messmer’s works, a fiery genocide of the Hornsent people. But now it’s time to visit the home of Messmer himself and breach the Shadow Keep which looms large over landscape. We talk about the level’s intricate design, and advance some quests related to Needle Knight Leda and her treachery about treachery.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 306: Charro's Hidden Grave Nov 3, 2024 300 Charo’s Hidden Grave is a region that is true to its name, resting above, but out of reach from, the Cerulean Coast. But once you get up there, you learn a little bit more about this cosmology’s relationship with death, and find a dirty little secret that the Hornsent tried to hide away from themselves.AREAS COVERED:

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 305: Stone Coffin Fissure Oct 27, 2024 300 We can't believe their cheek! Miquella threw something away which he should not have, and we’re going deep into the Stone Coffin Fissure to find it. So dress appropriately for wading through hip-deep putrescence, and let your least secure friend know where you’re headed, and come with!

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 304: Cerulean Coast Oct 20, 2024 300 Wow, now THIS is blue.Having broken a Great Rune somewhere in the Shadow Realm, we now head south toward the Cerulean Coast, a beautiful region littered with gigantic stone coffin ships. But the path leading there is anything but obvious.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 303: Scadu Altus Roundtable Oct 13, 2024 300 This week we speak with Jeremy Greer, of Days of Future Cast and many other shows, about his experiences with the Shadow of the Erdtree. We also read your responses to Castle Ensis and Scadu Altus!

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 302: Rauh Base Oct 6, 2024 300 This week we head deep into the Scorpion River valley to explore the base of the Rauh Ruins, a.k.a. that one very hidden map marker. No, not that one. The other one. We end up hitting our final forge dungeon, and exploring a catacomb with a very goofy and deadly threat.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 301: Scadu Altus Sep 29, 2024 300 This week we turn our attention to Scadu Altus, the region north of Castle Ensis which Messmer’s armies call their home. This region is less populated with notable landmarks than its non-shadow counterpart, but we end up finding something pretty important in the grisly fort where the Crusade executed those who failed it.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 300: Castle Ensis Sep 22, 2024 300 A Sword of Fire. And Ice.This week we tackle a Legacy-ish Dungeon, Castle Ensis. Don’t get us wrong, the boss fight here is very good… but the level design and lore here are both threadbare. They can’t all be winners, but the good news is that every other dungeon is better than this one.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 299: Across the Great Ellac Bridge (Part 2) Sep 15, 2024 300 Before we attack Castle Ensis, there’s more ground we need to cover on the far side of the Great Ellac Bridge. This week’s episode introduces a brand new kind of mini dungeon, the Ruined Forge, full of big goofy golems with obvious weak points on their butts. We also meet sleepy, insecure Thiollier before ascending the Suppressing Tower and speculating about what exactly is going on with that thin

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 298: Across the Great Ellac Bridge Sep 8, 2024 300 The Great Ellac Bridge crosses a dividing line in the Gravesite Plain, a large canyon that stands between the ground we’ve already covered and Castle Ensis. The far side is fortified and narrow, but has many mysteries to explore before we head into the castle itself. This week we tackle castle-front encampment before heading north into a misty valley to delve into the Fog Rift Catacombs, where God

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 297: Roundtable Roundtable Belurat (feat. Noah Caldwell-Gervais) Sep 1, 2024 300 This week, for the first Roundtable Roundtable of the DLC season, we invited the excellent YouTube video essayist Noah Caldwell-Gervais to join us to talk about Elden Ring, the Shadows of the Erdtree DLC, and his travelogue approach to analyzing games. Then we read your responses to the Gravesite Plain region and the Belurat, Tower Settlement legacy dungeon.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 296: Belurat, Tower Settlement (Part 2) Aug 25, 2024 300 This week's episode takes us into the highest reaches of Belurat, to fight the Divine Beast Dancing Lion and learn the sad tale of Hornsent Grandam. She just wants to make you some awful soup, as long as you catfish her enough.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 295: Belurat, Tower Settlement (Part 1) Aug 18, 2024 300 It's time to tackle our first Legacy Dungeon of the DLC, the sieged settlement beneath that impossible, shadowy tower. Belurat's lower quarters are choked with the shades of its defenders, still attempting to hold the line. And there's at least one crusader still here, the annoyingly devout Messmer follower Fire Knight Queelign.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 294: Gravesite Plain (Part 3) Aug 11, 2024 300 This week's episode has us cleaning up the last remnants of the Gravesite Plain, or at least the portions on the near side of the Great Bridge. We delve into our first Gaol mini-dungeon and learn a horrifying secret about the living jars, before venturing into the western mountains to meet the Formless Mother's most devoted followers outside of the Mohgwyn Dynasty.AREAS COVERED:

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 293: Gravesite Plain (Part 2) Aug 4, 2024 300 Our coverage of the Gravesite Plain continues as we venture between its southernmost tip and its northernmost reaches. The path along this road introduces us to the elite Black Knights of Messmer's forces, our first meeting with Miquella's followers, and a village overtaken by a curse that makes people into bugs. Also, your ol' pal Wolverine might make an appearance. Bub.AREAS COVERED:

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 292: Gravesite Plain (Part 1) Jul 28, 2024 300 We need as many graves as you have. No wait, that's too many. The Gravesite Plain more than lives up to its name, being the entry point for a land that draws in all forms of death. Some of the most recent deaths, however, are the victims of Messmer the Impaler's bloody and fiery crusade. This week we talk about the DLC's first hours, including the Scorched Ruins and their attendant Furnace Golem.A

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 291: Shadow of the Erdtree Basics Jul 21, 2024 300 It's time to begin the new season of Bonfireside Chat proper! This week is a primer on what's new and different in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. We talk about the new leveling system, some minor new or changed mechanics, and wrap up with a lore primer on the big movers and shakers you need to remember before heading into the Shadow Realm. It's good to be back.

Bonfireside Chat 290: Shadow of the Erdtree First Impressions Jun 28, 2024 2708 It's been a week since Elden Ring's expasion, Shadow of the Erdtree, released to everyone. We've been hard at work finishing the game and planning out the next season of Bonfireside Chat, and we wanted to take this opportunity to give you our impressions after we both finished our first playthrough. It's good! We have a lot to talk about.This episode doesn't contain story spoilers, but please take

Bonfireside Chat: Shadow of the Erdtree Trailer Reaction Feb 21, 2024 960 This morning saw the release of the first trailer for the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC expansion for Elden Ring, and we think it looks pretty neat. So we recorded a little reaction episode and are making it available for everyone to share in the excitement.In this episode we also discuss our tentative plans for covering the DLC. Since it's releasing on June 21, 2024 and we need to play it before we c

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 289: Elden Ring Mod Snapshot 2023 Dec 2, 2023 300 Time to replace all the boss music with Sparks' "This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us".

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 288: Elden Ring Speed Running Nov 26, 2023 300 You think you're broken, Tarnished? Well... just wait until you see Elden Ring speed running...A heh heh heh....The videos referenced in this episode:- Any% Glitchless- Tool Assisted Speedruns- All Remembrances Run

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 287: Elden Ring Road to the Erdtree Nov 18, 2023 300 Winky blinky.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 286: Elden Ring Cut Content (Part 2) Nov 5, 2023 300 Come with us to a mythical land where code does not die.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 285: Elden Ring Cut Content (Part 1) Oct 29, 2023 300 The tale of a game slowly figuring itself out.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 284: Elden Ring Soundtrack (Part 2) Oct 22, 2023 300 Chill, elden beats to slay gods to.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 283: Elden Ring Soundtrack (Part 1) Oct 15, 2023 300 This is mostly the songs you can't sing along to.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 282: Roundtable Roundtable Endgame Oct 8, 2023 300 Ah. We truly are the nastiest little man of them all.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 281: History and Endings Oct 1, 2023 300 The fate of the Lands Between rests in your hands.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 280: Leyndell, Ashen Capital Sep 24, 2023 300 I'll miss you guys :(

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 279: Roundtable Elphael Sep 17, 2023 300 There are many questions. Few answers. And many, many bloodstains in Melania boss fight arena.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 278: Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree (Part 2) Sep 10, 2023 300 Ah. Melania. Funny running into you here.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 277: Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree (Part 1) Sep 3, 2023 300 One of the last legacy dungeons in the game. It's a lot to take in.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 276: Miquella's Haligtree Aug 27, 2023 300 "Dad, what's a Haligtree?""Well, it's not quite a Halig, and it's not quite a tree. But when you put them together...! So to answer your question, I don't know."

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 275: Consecratred Snowfield (Part 2) Aug 20, 2023 300 You've never seen a snowfield this consecrated before. I guarantee it.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 274: Consecrated Snowfield (Part 1) Aug 13, 2023 300 Buddy, you've never seen snowfields this consecrated before.

Bonfireside Chat 273: Roundtable Roundtable Farum Azula and Mohgwyn Palace Aug 6, 2023 7510 With our pals Austin Walker and SekiroDubi!Note: we decided to release this one for everyone, to give them a taste of the roundtable portion of the show as we near the end of Elden Ring proper. If you know anyone who you think might like the show, we think this is a great episode to share!

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 272: Mohgwyn Palace Jul 30, 2023 300 Behold! A freak of an inexplicable nature! An entire area in one Bonfireside Chat episode! Stare at it's mutant runtime! Bask in the ungodly visage of it's stature!

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 271: Crumbling Farum Azula (Part 2) Jul 23, 2023 300 Now's the time where we have to talk about time travel. Or, this will be the time we have to talk about time travel. We did already talk about time travel?

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 270: Crumbling Farum Azula (Part 1) Jul 16, 2023 300 Honestly, Crumbling Farum Azula sounds like a delicious blue cheese.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 269: Roundtable Roundtable Mountaintops Jul 9, 2023 300 Y'all must have been high when sending in these responses to Mountaintops of the Giants.Get it, high? Like on a mountain? Because mountains are tall.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 268: Mountaintop of the Giants (Part 4) Jul 3, 2023 300 I guess mountains are quite big, when you think about it.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 267: Mountaintop of the Giants (Part 3) Jun 25, 2023 300 Great. More snow.Oh. And a fuckin' snow dragon. God dammit.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 266: Mountaintops of the Giants (Part 2) Jun 18, 2023 300 So far away from the Erdtree. Will we ever find our way home?

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 265: Mountaintop of the Giants (Part 1) Jun 11, 2023 300 Mostly snow. Some giants though. Not in this episode, but eventually.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 264: Subterranean Shunning-Grounds (Part 3) Jun 4, 2023 300 This is it! What could possibly be at the bottom of this, the deepest of holes?Actually I think there might be deeper holes in this game.Hmm.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 263: Subterranean Shunning-Grounds Part 2 May 28, 2023 300 Hey babies, it's your old pal, Dung Eater, here to your dung. Go ahead and pile it up, right there. Oh, I'm so loathsome. Won't somebody stop me?

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 262: Subterranean Shunning-Grounds (Part 1) May 21, 2023 300 The Subterranean Shunning-Grounds beneath Leyndell can be firmly categorized as end-game content, what with all of the horned Omens doing wrestling moves on you. But this anonymous maze of squalor reveals a lot about the world above and the Golden Order that rules it, because we get to see everyone Marika viewed as threatening enough to lock up.This episode covers the upper portions of the sewers,

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 261: Roundtable Roundtable Leyndell May 14, 2023 300 Don't hear a response from yourself in this episode? Didn't write in? This could have been you!

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 260: The Foot of the Erdtree May 7, 2023 300 Lore bomb: The Erdtree has feet.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 259: Fortified Manor and Erdtree Sanctuary Apr 30, 2023 300 We're in set piece country, folks. This is the pre-end game, mid-game, but feels like late game, big name drop extravaganza.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 258: Leyndell Streets Apr 23, 2023 300 * cracks open a cold one *Boy, I'm glad it's not my job to try and present Leyndell in a linear order.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 257: Entering Leyndell Apr 16, 2023 300 Note: An earlier version of this episode went silent at the 35 minute mark. This new export fixes that. Sorry!Oh hey, enemies that realistically depict ska musicians.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 256: Capital Outskirts Apr 9, 2023 300 The Morgit refight is surprising, but does it... uh... actually add anything? All this and more in today's episode.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 255: Mt. Gelmir Roundtable Apr 2, 2023 300 We welcome QAnon Anonymous's Jake Rockatansky to discuss Elden Ring. The boys ask him if he sees any simularities between Elden Ring lore diggers and QAnon bakers.Just kidding. But that would have been an interesting question!Plus we hear your thoughts on the Gelmir region.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 254: Volcano Manor, Part 4 Mar 26, 2023 300 I can't wait to find out what happens to Volcano Man on this episode.

[PREVIEW] Bonfireside Chat 253: Volcano Manor, Part 3 Mar 20, 2023 300 Is it getting hot in here or is just me? We get closer to the center of the mysteries surrounding Volcano Manor.

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