The images are available in a 48-page book in the deluxe version of Dark Night of the Soul, which also includes a poster, postcards, two LPs, a CD and a bonus instrumental CD.

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In running various versions of a website through product testing, a company may decide to choose the version with the dark pattern that maximizes sales or other gain.

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The above image is the Dark Souls 2 box art for the PC version of the game, which will be available the same day as the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions.

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Oh, speaking of sophisticated, the tablet we tested had a dark blue backing, and that's indeed the version you'll see on sale starting this week.

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Everything from Harry Potter and Dark Souls mods, to texture and weather overhauls have made the PC version of Skyrim far more than just a huge, open-world action RPG.

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These cases represent the dark side of addiction, certainly, but internet addicts with a milder version of the disorder might argue that their dependence is actually beneficial, since it lets them be more productive professionally.

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The initiative included a variety of advertising, marketing and social-media gambits, including a commercial that ran through July4 featuring a superhero-level version of the 300C that was depicted as being assembled in the dark environs of some industrial district of a brooding Gotham City, the fictional setting for the Batman film series.

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