Three Cheers For The Bonewheel!

I used to think that Dark Souls was a very serious game. A serious, serious game for serious, hardcore gamers. Grimdark, full of esoteric mysteries and depressing, philosophical themes. Tragedy in every sense. No hope for its characters. Any shred of light snuffed out by the encroaching shadow. I have been delighted to learn in more recent years that this is actually wrong, and Dark Souls (and its sequels, both real and spiritual) are actually comedy games. Dark Souls is video-game Looney Tunes . What the fuck is that?! A skeleton attached to a wheel of bones? A bonewheel?