The Death Stranding Episode

Episode 204: It's Death Stranding time! Kirk, Maddy, and Jason spend some time talking about BlizzCon and Luigi's Mansion 3 before jumping into discussion of Metal Gear Solid director Hideo Kojima's new game (25:40), which all three of them have played. They talk about its slow start, why Jason couldn't play more than two hours, and why Kirk and Maddy are loving its weird clunkiness. The show ends with some off-topic talk (58:09) on Trick Mirror, Us, and the Legend of Gardner Minshew.

Music pick of the week: “The Other Side of Summer” by Elvis Costello from Mighty Like a Rose, 1991

To read: Death Stranding: The Kotaku Review [Kotaku];

What Happened to Deadspin, According to the People Who Were There [Slate];

The Future of the Culture Wars is Here, and it’s Gamergate [Deadspin]