In video games, the campfire scene has been a familiar sight going back to at least the 16-bit era in the late 80s and early 90s, though its application was a bit more prosaic back then. And in Easy Rider, it's where the travelers sound the first of many laments about the decline of the American culture of freedom. In O Brother Where Art Thou, the campfire is where the gang dreams of where they will spend their money when they finally find it. In Kill Bill, the campfire is where Bill relates the story of Pai Mei to his fascinated apprentice, his flute sounding notes of Peter and the Wolf. Its crackling flames speak of comfort, warmth, and companionship.
Even now, we're naturally drawn to the warmth of the campfire. It taps into the most primal part of our history as a species, when we huddled around the fire to escape monsters real and imagined. It's an image that instantly conveys a wide range of emotions. Warmth, safety, and HP recovery by the fire. Many games have since co-opted this imagery, from survival games to indie darlings like Hyper Light Drifter. The image of a knight sitting cross-legged in front of a lonely fire has become one of the iconic images of the series, and arguably gaming as a whole. It expresses this dark fantasy world I'm trying to create."
It's one of the few locations in the game that is heartwarming. In this cold, dark world, the Beacon Fire is a place of warmth. "t's probably the one place in Dark Souls where users can relax just for an instant. "The Beacon Fire stands for many things," Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki told the PlayStation Blog back in 2011, not long after the future classic was officially announced.
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