Wow, what a ride. This game is two and a half years old and we still get about ~150 subscribers a day. This is truly a testament to the quality and craftsmanship of a game that is marketed by word of mouth, mostly.
I never expected this game/subreddit to take off the way it has, but I'm glad it did. I've been a fan since Demon's Souls, and I'm sure I'll be a fan of Dark Souls 2 as well. It has been a remarkable experience to witness such a niche RPG/dungeoncrawler achieve mainstream success in a gaming market where victory is a foregone conclusion.
2013 was a good year for gaming, with The Last of Us winning [Game of the Year](http://www.ign.com/gam