<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[MetaGame]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://metavideogame.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[ruicraveirinha]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://metavideogame.wordpress.com/author/ruicraveirinha/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Demon&#8217;s Souls &#8211; &#8220;Aesthetics of&nbsp;Pain&#8221;]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[Whilst the gloomy anglosaxonic landscape (Makoto Satoh, Masato Miyazaki) and creepily unsettling score (Shunsuke Kida) are part of the game's aesthetic appeal, it is only when you play the game and actually sense the ever-present eminence of death, that "Demon's Souls" reaches its emotional apex. It is pure Gothic narrative, told as only videogames can tell: through the language of unbridled challenges and supreme skill, of pain and hardship, of unfettered emotion, fantasy, and true heroic conquest.]]></html><thumbnail_url><![CDATA[https://metavideogame.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/maiden_in_black_and_old_one.jpg?fit=440%2C330]]></thumbnail_url><thumbnail_width><![CDATA[]]></thumbnail_width><thumbnail_height><![CDATA[]]></thumbnail_height></oembed>