After a little bit of a hiatus, the ShockCast is back and better than ever with a rebooted take on the long-running podcast, and plenty to talk about...mostly about death and some souls that may be a bit dark.

Lou, Ryan, and Chris gather around the fire (or should we say bonfire) to talk Dark Souls III, difficulty in games, and betas galore in the inaugural episode of the ShockCast, which records Wednesday nights at 8:30pm ET through our Twitch channel.

For Episode 1 of the ShockCast, you can watch our archive of the stream below, or listen to the ShockCast in audio format through Soundcloud and iTunes.

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