A closer look
Hidetaka Miyazaki deliberately trolled the entire player base of Dark Souls by offering a starting gift called the Pendant, cryptically hinting in various interviews that it possessed a deeply hidden secret use; thousands of intensely obsessive gamers spent years wearing this digital trinket, aggressively whacking walls, standing in specific lighting, and theorizing on forums, desperately trying to unlock its mythical potential; after watching his fan base drive themselves absolutely insane with elaborate conspiracy theories for an extended period, Miyazaki finally admitted that the item literally did nothing at all and was just a prank, making it incredibly satisfying to know that the creator of notoriously punishing games actively enjoys psychologically tormenting his players with completely meaningless digital jewelry
