Note: While this image has been reposted quite widely across the internet and viewed millions of times, this website is its original source.
The artwork for the casual and hardcore portion was made by an unknown artist, and the artwork for the Dwarf Fortress portion was made by Taran, the in-house artist at dfstories.com.

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You forgat the tantrum spirals.
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So would Dark Souls be in the middle of Hardcore and Dwarf Fortress? Because in Dark Souls you’re pretty much getting your shit kicked in from the word “Go”