Strap on those babies and keep clear of the wet ghosts, we’re finally talking about Death Stranding! Yes, Casual Trek Episode 69’s going to have to wait as the boys are very excited about the work of the game designer, dreamweaver, visionary plus actor, Hideo Kojima.

(Network Note: We have this down as episode 78, but we count the non-Trek episodes as episodes… because they’re episodes.)

Sit back and listen to the attempts to explain what Death Stranding is actually about, the ways Hideo Kojima’s works are somehow both deep and very stupid, in the best possible ways.

Timecodes:

00:01:17 What Non-Star Trek or Death Stranding Thing We’ve Been Enjoying?

00:13:17 How did we get into Death Stranding?

00:25:00 What is Death Stranding?

Pedant’s Corner:

Charlie’s thinking of Final Fantasy VII: Remake, but in his defence they’re incredibly similar names. Also, MULE stands for Multi-Use Labour Element. It may be a reference to an Atari game of the same name

Talking points include: 28 Years Later, The Walking Dead, Men (the movie), Quiet Year, Apocalypse World, Nosferatu, monster peen, a nice walk, Kubrick, Chvrches, Theory for Turntables, Spider-Man (PS4, Mega Drive, Commodore 64 versions), Final Fantasy Remake, time is nothing anymore, Jedi Survivor, Metal Gear Solid, Low Roar, Breath of the Wild, loner characters. Oh, and occasionally Star Trek.

[ Additional Show Notes ]

Music by Alfred Etheridge-Nunn. Read Miles’s blog or Charlie’s blog.

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