Skip to 6:56 for the first known instance of someone making such a statement. In this case, "The Dark Souls of Arkanoid."

"The Demon Souls of" admittedly goes back further, but still.

It's so good. I'm so thrilled with this outcome.

But what's the first "The King's Field of" to exist??

I will gladly continue to blame this Vincent "Papa Vinny" Caravella for everything wrong with the internet. Truly, he is the Dark Souls of Internet Personalities.

You really went and did it now, Two Pens. You reeeeeaaaaally went and did it now. You've turned the internet into the Mr. Do! of internets.

"The dark souls of" is the dark souls of Vinny Caravella catchphrases. It's arguably his most enduring, challenging work to date.

The dark souls of 2 was a bit weaker imo without Caravella-san at the helm.

Dark Souls.

I started saying "the demon's souls of" all on my own. Get out of here

VinnyVania is the Dark Souls of Giant Bomb features.

Yes. This is canon. I love it.

No, we're going to the core. What's the earliest "The ____ of" in video games.

This thread is the Dark Souls of threads.

This comment is the Dark Souls 2 of comments.

I've always said that Dark Souls was the Demon's Souls of Bloodborne, finally someone on the same page.

giant bomb is the citizen kane of the dark souls of

Knowing and understanding our history is important, so we're not doomed to repeat it.

@beachthunder: Ryan's interpretation of this guy's laughter is imprinted on my mind.

Why hasn't his wiki page been updated yet? (Vinny's page) Do your work wiki editors.

Saw video and this thread immediately came to mind.

This is the citizen kane of internet posts.