An innocuous video about how FromSoft protagonists are 5 feet 7 inches tall led to me becoming weirdly fixated about videogame character height this year

2025 was a year of highs and lows for me. Not for personal or professional reasons, but rather because I got weirdly obsessed with the height of videogame characters. It started with the surprising revelation that every FromSoftware protagonist outside of Elden Ring Nightreign is exactly 5'7", a fact I learned from a YouTube investigation by FromSoft savant Zullie the Witch.

I'd always assumed FromSoftware protagonists were taller than this. I'm not sure why, but it's probably due to how...