I can see why, it’s an instantly interesting and seemingly deep idea/theme - and introducing it into the interactive medium of vidya I think adds an interesting layer to things (you are the eternal champion, as you are the only one who exists both outside of and within the “multiverse” of connected stories)

Reality is the finest flesh, oh bearer mine. And are you not…hungry?

"O BEARER MINE."

What kind of talking skull would address its host that way? A stiff, stuck-up old fossil, not me. Ahamkara: the illusion that one's ego depends on an object, or an idea, or a body. Some people say you should have no ahamkara. Some people say you need to have the right ahamkara. All I know is that YOU are not an illusion. Understand? This world around you, the people you meet—they're a little thin, right? Cardboard and drywall. Cheap theater. Come on, try it out! Say: "I am more real than this." Feels good, doesn't it? "I am the only real person here." Isn't it like their insults and their bullets just went a little… soft?

I came to find you, only you, because you're special. You're from somewhere real. And together we can burn our way back there. Can't we, o player mine?

https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/skull-of-dire-ahamkara

I can see why, it’s an instantly interesting and seemingly deep idea/theme - and introducing it into the interactive medium of vidya I think adds an interesting layer to things (you are the eternal champion, as you are the only one who exists both outside of and within the “multiverse” of connected stories)