Keep Running Up That Hill: An Analysis of DEATH STRANDING (Spoilers)

SPOILER WARNING! This video spoils Death Stranding's story.

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Death Stranding (Hideo Kojima's first game post-Konami break up) is a game I have many complicated feelings about, both positive and negative. To try and make sense of them, let's talk about absurdist philosophy and noise music as we take a spoiler-heavy look at one of the most complex, deliberately exhausting games about walking ever made.

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Sources:

Kojima Explains 49 Minutes of Death Stranding Gameplay (Now in English) (IGN) -    • Kojima Explains 49 Minutes of Death Strand...  

Albert Camus - The Myth of Sisyphus (1942, translated by Justin O'Brien, 1955)

Friedrich Nietzsche - Twilight of the Idols (1889, translated by Richard Polt, 1997)

Metal Gear Solid V's nuclear disarmament cutscene (Rock Paper Shotgun) -    • Metal Gear Solid V's nuclear disarmament c...  

[Guide] How to obtain / steal a Nuke and dismantle it - Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (ElectroRage) -    • [Guide] How to obtain / steal a Nuke and d...  

Death Stranding: Inside Kojima Productions (BBC Newsbeat) -    • Death Stranding: Inside Kojima Productions...  

Kojima Famitsu interview translated by Reddit user damnlee -   / new_information_for_death_stranding_kojima  

Norman Reedus discussing Death Stranding at ACE Comic Con (vgc2) -    • Видео  

Twitter thread about MGSV nuclear cutscene integer overflow -   / 959493879950127104  

Mads Mikkelsen had no idea what Death Stranding was about after Kojima described it (Polygon) - https://www.polygon.com/2017/2/28/147...

Konami explains MGS5 'nuclear disarmament' event mishap, apologises to players (Updated) - https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/the-mgs5-n...

Hijokaidan footage -    • Hijokaidan   King of Noise 非常階段  

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Intro text by Draz -   / drazgames