When Hidetaka Miyazaki fired up Ico for the first time, he had no idea how much his life would change. Ten years later, with the success of his own game series, Dark Souls, Hidetaka was made president of From Software - and it was all thanks to a single inspiring gaming experience.

Hidetaka's story is one of triumph through trial and error. After quitting a job at a prestigious technology company to pursue his dream of becoming a games developer, he had to work hard to find a new place for himself. But a desire to tell a powerful story through video games motivated him to change his entire life.

His first game, Demon Souls, was an enormous challenge, as the project was believed by his peers to be doomed to failure. Hidetaka had the odds stacked against him - but, if we've learned anything from the Dark Souls games, it's that tough challenges are worth fighting through in return for a more satisfying victory.

Special thanks to everyone who requested this episode, here's hoping it inspires you to take another crack at whatever personal goal you've been struggling with. We have faith in you!

Also, apologies for the ad break in the middle of this video, it was done deliberately to punctuate the story. This ended up being a very long video, and while we considered splitting it into two parts, we figured we'd rather do it in one big chunk. As a result, though, we felt like we needed a moment's pause in the middle to help let things sink in, and the perfect way to give it that moment of quiet seemed to be an extra advert. Sorry if it breaks up the flow too much - let us know if it bothered you too much, we're figuring things out at we go, so we're happy to change things up if necessary.

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