@mattwoahyeah: Thanks Matt! The picture is a print based on Monument Valley, I got it from an artist who sold them to raise money for charity. It's a cool picture!

@sebb: Just to chime in here - I don't think 'death' in Souls games is or has any reflection to dying in real life because there's essentially very little consequence to dying in the games. In fact, one thing I've said in the past to people trying Souls games is to not worry about dying because as soon as you stop being bothered about that, the game has absolutely nothing to hold over your head (for the most part).

You mention 'seeing failure as success' but I think it's more like 'seeing failure(s) as part of the road to success' which I think is hopefully a pretty healthy attitude. You might die playing the game a couple (or maybe even dozens) of times, but if you don't give up then it's all part of the process towards the time you do actually beat whatever challenge you're up against. "If at first you don't succeed..." and all that