Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Hi son, it's Dad. I want to tell you about Death Stranding.

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:03:12 - The World Soak
0:22:58 - Dreams of Beached Things
0:41:33 - Baby Steps
1:04:41 - Give a Penny
1:28:07 - Stick VS Rope
1:45:56 - Alone, Together
2:07:11 - Newborn Earth
2:25:52 - The Particle of God
2:41:30 - London Bridge
2:57:03 - The Grief Infrastructure
3:09:50 - Confessions

REFERENCES

1 - The Face - Hideo Kojima on the Mysteries of Death Stranding
2 - Hitori Nojima - Death Stranding: The Novel
3 - The Guardian - Hideo Kojima: 'Metal Gear Questions US Dominance of the World'
4 - Matthewmatosis - Death Stranding Review
5 - Game Reactor - We Talk to Hideo Kojima About Death Stranding
6 - Takie Sugiyama Lebra - Japanese Patterns of Behaviour
7 - Amnesty International - The Great Hack: Cambridge Analytica is just the tip of the iceberg
8 - The Guardian - Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
9 - Richard W Anderson & Elaine Martin - Rethinking the Practice of Mizuko Kuyo
10 - Kojima Productions - The Art of Death Stranding
11 - Kotaku - Death Stranding Gets Weirder Every Damn Time We See It
12 - Vulture - A Video Game Auteur's Quest for Connection
13 - Glixel - An Interview with Hideo Kojima
14 - Kinda Funny Games - Death Stranding 2 Spoiler Cast
15 - GameDeveloper.com - A Design Discussion on Death Stranding
16 - Eurogamer - Ludvig Forssell reveals how Death Stranding's most devastating moment came to be
17 - Wired - How Covid-19 changed hideo Kojima's vision for Death Stranding 2
18 - Hideo Kojima - Brain Structure
19 - Truthout - Musk pledged $6 Billion to solve world hunger but gave it to his own foundation instead
20 - The Verge - Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

MUSIC

INTRODUCTION
1 - Doug Kaufman - Memorial

PART 1
1 - Marshall Usinger - Other Times
2 - Yotam Agam - Earth
3 - Yehezkel Raz - Tuning
4 - Sonic Yard - Water
5 - Alon Ohana - Harmonic

PART 2
1 - When Mountains Move - Former Cover
2 - Yotam Agam - Venus
3 - Tamuz Dekel - Levitator
4 - Alon Ohana - Harmonic

PART 3
1 - Stanley Gurvich - Dreaming
2 - Yotam Agram - Dreamers
3 - Yotam Agram - The Faun
4 - IAmDaylight - Finally We Are One
5 - Loya - Another Green World
6 - Just For Kicks - TV Dinner

PART 4
1 - Dear Gravity - Do You Remember
2 - Damon Power - Inner Medium
3 - DELNOVA - Embrace
4 - megks - Sunbreath
5 - Stanley Gurvich - Fall

PART 5
1 - Kyle Preston - Crossing
2 - James Forest - Purple Oceans
3 - Max H - The Old Friend

PART 6
1 - Jon Gegelman - Are We Awake
2 - Dear Gravity - Reverie
3 - Dear Gravity - Guise
4 - Maik Thomas - Mountain View

PART 7
1 - Roie Shpigler - Burning Silence
2 - Damon Power - Cycle of Oxygen
3 - Dear Gravity - Stratum
4 - Borrtex - Sledging in the Forest

PART 8
1 - When Mountains Move - Photos on the Dash
2 - James Forest - Goodbye Tel Aviv
3 - Lake Union - Listen Closely

PART 9
1 - Stanley Gurvich - Terminal
2 - Tamuz Dekel - Gazing Wide
3 - Nomadic XXL - I Dream

PART 10
1 - Stanley Gurvich - Begin Again
2 - Sun Wash - In a Perfect World
3 - Bluey (Lo-Fi Cover) - youtube.com/watch?v=8jfHKuDAdw4
4 - Liquid Memoirs - Shimmer

PART 11
1 - Narrow Skies - You Won't Find Me
2 - When Mountains Move - Breathe Well
3 - Death Stranding - BB's Theme
4 - Musical Mandalas - Lost in Space
5 - WEARETHEGOOD - Give You Everything
6 - Narrow Skies - Season of Gold

RESIDENT EVIL: REQUIEM CRITIQUE - DAYS GONE BY
youtu.be/ddCeDUdP4Ow

RESIDENT EVIL: VILLAGE RETROSPECTIVE - SEASON OF THE WITCH
youtube.com/watch?v=X_hRkF26N34

RESIDENT EVIL 7: BIOHAZARD RETROSPECTIVE - BLOOD IS THICKER
youtu.be/TDB_qp1M2go

RESIDENT EVIL 6 CRITIQUE - PANDORA'S BOX
youtu.be/tPtPK2Vgmyo

RESIDENT EVIL 5 CRITIQUE - FUTURE WITHOUT FEAR
youtube.com/watch?v=l6T59SCafYE

RESIDENT EVIL 4 CRITIQUE - STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND
youtu.be/VBVXT1sb1m0

RESIDENT EVIL 3 CRITIQUE - SEEING STARS
youtube.com/watch?v=TNdWDbsZcD8

RESIDENT EVIL 2 CRITIQUE - MUTATE OR DIE
youtube.com/watch?v=cpCok-XgRh0

RESIDENT EVIL CRITIQUE - HELL IS EMPTY
youtube.com/watch?v=wr-XJUMs6SE

Death Stranding is a beautiful, bizarre piece of art that’s sometimes clumsy and regularly very special. It teaches us that even in our darkest hour, we don’t give in to doom. We keep on keeping on, finding joy and connection wherever we can, whether that’s in the surreal image of a woman dangling from our backpack… or the tiny grip of a baby.

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