The case of Dunkey vs. Death Stranding

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This week on Post Games

Act 1: Dunkey on his love/hate relationship with Death Stranding, life as YouTube game critic, and the power of changing your mind

A bonus act for Patreon subscribers: Dunkey on video game critics and criticism

Act 2: A "guide" to Death Stranding 2’s big, weird ideas

Act 3: The news of the week

Image: Death Stranding: Director's Cut (Kojima Studios/505 Games via Steam Community)

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Act 1: Dunkey Does Death Stranding

• Dunkey videos

  • First Death Stranding video

  • Second Death Stranding video

  • Metal Gear Solid series, explained

  • Playtime review

• If video games are today’s rock-and-roll music, Videogamedunkey might be its Lester Bangs (Washington Post)

• I skipped every Death Stranding cutscene and I’ll do it again (The Verge)

• Reviews of the original Death Stranding 

  • Kotaku

  • Girlfriend Reviews

Bonus act: Dunkey on Games Criticism (and Critics)

• Dunkey videos

  • First game critics video

  • Second game critics video

  • Third game critics video

• Tim Rogers on Dragon Quest XI (Kotaku on YouTube)

• Tim Rogers' 3-hour review of Pac-Man (Action Button)

• Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2019 (NakeyJakey)

• Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2024 (NakeyJakey)

• Conan plays Death Stranding (Team Coco)

Act 2: A Guide to Death Stranding for People Who Don’t Skip the Cutscenes 

• How Speedrunners Broke Death Stranding By Taking A Wizz (Maxylobes)

• Hideo Kojima’s Criterion Closet Picks (Criterion Collecton)

• Guillermo del Toro discusses the genius of Hideo Kojima (TIFF Originals)

• 11 little Death Stranding 2 improvements that made me say 'hell yeah' (PC Gamer)

• I spent 4 days playing Death Stranding 2... (Spoiler-Free Hands-On Impressions) (SkillUp)

Act 3: News of the Week

• EA CEO’s pay is up, as EA worker median income drops (Game File)

• Mario Kart World patch defies the way players want to race online (Polygon)

• New York City might get its first gamer mayor: Years before winning the Democratic primary, 11-year-old Zohran Mamdani had his heart set on SimCity 3000 (PCGamer)

Free Game of the Week: Condo

A warm, existential 45-minute game about wandering the 14th floor of a condo building late one night.

The Week in Video Game Links:

• System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster review - a careful makeover that doesn’t wholly stave off the ravages of time (Eurogamer)

• System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster - Another Nightdive Studios Triumph (Digital Foundry)

• This Cyberpunk 2077 mod literally called "Weeee" lets you leave your flat via a big slide like a trash Batman (RPS)

• I Love The Alters And All Its Weird, Annoying Clones (Aftermath)

• Resident Evil Requiem - Official Game Overview (IGN YouTube)

• GameCube Emulation on Switch 2 isn't great... (Modern Vintage Gamer)

• Aspiring game developers in Fortnite and Roblox keep suing each other (Game File)

What Else I'm Enjoying:

• Movies with Mikey made sense of the Marvel Cinematic Universe collapse

• Alex G has a new single, "June Guitar"

• HAIM performed Down To Be Wrong in the BBC Live Lounge

• Ben Kweller appeared on World Cafe

• If you still have the stomach for AI stories after my two-part series, this is one of the best pieces I've on how AI is ruining and replacing jobs in Silicon Valley

• The NYTimes published a feature on the new Clipse album: "Pusha T and Malice Reunite as Clipse, With Vengeance on Their Minds"

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