issues of representation

Dark souls doesn't have issues with the way it portrays people, human women are often portrayed in positions of power; witches, seers, higher religious leaders, scholars, and some of the toughest warriors, they are seen as higher power and are respected greatly in dark souls. 
Sexuality isn't a theme in dark souls, there are no themes of gay people and trans. Races and cultures aren't included in dark souls, the game strays far away from anything and is just pure fantasy.
The game has something about being different as you play as a protagonist whose goal is to find and return the five Lords of Cinder to their thrones at Firelink Shrine in order to link the flame again. So the main protagonist is very different from everybody else in the game.The game basically says that different people have something hidden about them, hence why they stand out; that some people are afraid of different people because they don't understand them, hence why nearly everything tries to attack you in dark souls 3, because you are the only undead character, you're different.
The game obviously pays respect to both genders but dominantly focuses on female gender in the story line as one of the main characters in dark souls is the firekeeper who is a female.
The game portrays different fantasy races such as human obviously and irithyllian race which is fantasy, and doesn't contain stereotypes in terms of the way people are represented because the game builds it's races and story line on pure fantasy, fiction. Dark souls 3 doesn't lack racism or sexism, the game is pure fiction and therefore I don't expect real life terms to be cooperated into that.

regulation and the law

The rules and regulations surrounding dark souls 3 is a 16+ with violence it's also an online game and there is use of fear and bad language



PEGI are a game content rating system that basically make the decision on games and apps for the age rating and the use of content; they have given dark souls 3 an age rating of 16+ this means that nobody under the age of 16 would be able to purchase this game, and it's not advised for those under that age to play the game , for dark souls 3.

audience response

hypodermic needle theory is basically in a nutshell how the media influences the audiences an example to this would be the propaganda for the world wars.
The hypodermic needle theory works well with dark souls 3 because the official e3 launch tailer persuades the audience to purchase the game and to "pick up the crown" in the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA69xxVPyO0





the hypodermic needle model has a positive influence on dark souls as the game influences people to never give up as the boss fights are rewarding yet challenging, it also inspires people to be creative and offer people more elaboration to be more imaginative when creating, it offers independence as the game is based of having a character build to survive the souls series, and it expands peoples social skills as they can obviously make new friends.
The negative influences dark souls 3 has on people is the game induces violence as the game is a 16, it could make people think in obscure ways.
The game also uses profanity and sexual scenes which aren't appropriate for younger audiences and therefore may have a negative influence on younger people.
I think the hypodermic needle model has an influence on the target audience of dark souls 3 because the game is very inspiring in an artistic way, many themes f games and ideas are sprung to life because of the way dark souls is created and portrayed, so i do think the hypodermic needle model has something to do with the influence of dark souls.

Dark souls 3 has infact changed the way i think about things it has definitely perpetuated a more artistic vibe in me than there was before, its also changed the way i persue obstacles in life, as to never give up because no matter how hard something is, the reward is so much better. A relation to the bosses in dark souls, for me this experience was positive and I am so glad i became hugely involved with the souls series, it's all time my favourite game series.