In Scholar’s Codex, academics from around the world have come together to explore the themes, lore and ruined majesty of classics like Bloodborne, Dark Souls and Elden Ring. These are games that are defined by their depth and mystery. The result is a book that’s engaging and accessible to readers outside of academia, while travelling straight to the heart of the richest imaginative territory in all of videogames.

Scholar’s Codex asks questions like:

Scholar’s Codex explores FromSoftware’s games in much the same way that the games reveal themselves, by focusing in on individual items and their often cryptic descriptions. From a gem to a legendary hammer to the gathering bonfires of Dark Souls, this wide-ranging study navigates the complexity and ambiguity of games that are rich with human meaning.