Uploaded November 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I was listening to some of the soundtracks I've done since starting the Patreon and this cover of the Deus Ex UNATCO theme came up (I made it for the episode on Mankind Divided). I thought it was still pretty good and that some of you might find it neat too.
For context - since the channel has grown a fair amount, I've been getting asked a lot about where the music for the channel comes from. Well, the answer is pretty simple - I make it all! I've been making music for well over a decade now, so when it came time to start the channel, I thought why not do the soundtracks for all the episodes myself as well? I make all kinds of music, but I figured a kind of electronic/trip hop/ambient feel would suit the atmosphere I was going for.
When I hit 1k subs, I compiled all the soundtracks up to that point at a Bandcamp link you can find above. That was also when I started my Patreon, and I thought it would be neat for the only reward tier at the time to be $5 and you got the soundtrack/script for the episode in whatever format you wanted. I've introduced other tiers since, but most people go for that $5 tier anyway and I've had a lot of positive feedback about the music I make.
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So yeah, enjoy this cover! If you want more of the music, like I say you can check out music for older episodes at the link above, or you can pledge to the Patreon and get access to any track you want!
Thank you so much to all of my patrons - you really allow me to keep doing this. Hell, anyone who has watched, commented, subscribed, anything - you've helped the channel grow and I cannot thank you all enough. Hope you enjoy this track!
I was listening to some of the soundtracks I've done since starting the Patreon and this cover of the Deus Ex UNATCO theme came up (I made it for the episode on Mankind Divided). I thought it was still pretty good and that some of you might find it neat too.
For context - since the channel has grown a fair amount, I've been getting asked a lot about where the music for the channel comes from. Well, the answer is pretty simple - I make it all! I've been making music for well over a decade now, so when it came time to start the channel, I thought why not do the soundtracks for all the episodes myself as well? I make all kinds of music, but I figured a kind of electronic/trip hop/ambient feel would suit the atmosphere I was going for.
When I hit 1k subs, I compiled all the soundtracks up to that point at a Bandcamp link you can find above. That was also when I started my Patreon, and I thought it would be neat for the only reward tier at the time to be $5 and you got the soundtrack/script for the episode in whatever format you wanted. I've introduced other tiers since, but most people go for that $5 tier anyway and I've had a lot of positive feedback about the music I make.
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Patreon - patreon.com/writingongames
Podcast (iTunes) - itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/writing-on-gamescast/id1124674245
Podcast (RSS) - writingongamescast.libsyn.com/rss
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So yeah, enjoy this cover! If you want more of the music, like I say you can check out music for older episodes at the link above, or you can pledge to the Patreon and get access to any track you want!
Thank you so much to all of my patrons - you really allow me to keep doing this. Hell, anyone who has watched, commented, subscribed, anything - you've helped the channel grow and I cannot thank you all enough. Hope you enjoy this track!






![Keep Running Up That Hill: An Analysis of DEATH STRANDING (Spoilers)
SPOILER WARNING! This video spoils Death Strandings story.
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Death Stranding (Hideo Kojimas 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, lets 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.
Sources:
Kojima Explains 49 Minutes of Death Stranding Gameplay (Now in English) (IGN) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JdEeGHEaNU
Albert Camus - The Myth of Sisyphus (1942, translated by Justin OBrien, 1955)
Friedrich Nietzsche - Twilight of the Idols (1889, translated by Richard Polt, 1997)
Metal Gear Solid Vs nuclear disarmament cutscene (Rock Paper Shotgun) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8kIQ_neK6M
[Guide] How to obtain / steal a Nuke and dismantle it - Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (ElectroRage) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg7SgavIwFI
Death Stranding: Inside Kojima Productions (BBC Newsbeat) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjUpYlKs0nM
Kojima Famitsu interview translated by Reddit user damnlee - https://www.reddit.com/r/DeathStranding/comments/dg0n1f/new_information_for_death_stranding_kojima/
Norman Reedus discussing Death Stranding at ACE Comic Con (vgc2) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NZuzAFVffA
Twitter thread about MGSV nuclear cutscene integer overflow - https://twitter.com/thesnakesoup/status/959493879950127104
Mads Mikkelsen had no idea what Death Stranding was about after Kojima described it (Polygon) - https://www.polygon.com/2017/2/28/14761696/death-stranding-mads-mikkelsen-hideo-kojima
Konami explains MGS5 nuclear disarmament event mishap, apologises to players (Updated) - https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/the-mgs5-nuclear-disarmament-event-triggered-this-weekend-but-no-one-seems-to-know-why/
Hijokaidan footage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k-XHlOFtlk
Intro text by Draz - https://twitter.com/drazgames Keep Running Up That Hill: An Analysis of DEATH STRANDING (Spoilers)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jw2MY38L3ng/mqdefault.jpg)



