Unraveling Death Stranding's Existentialist Themes | Complete Review

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Video essay on Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding, exploring how its gameplay mechanics, multiplayer system and narrative build towards deeper existential themes.

00:00 Prologue: A Cataclysmic Event
4:16 Episode 1: Decoding Death Stranding
8:09 Episode 2: The First Connection
16:31 Episode 3: Strands
21:04 Episode 4: The Subverting Moment
30:30 Episode 5: Death and Grief
36:06 Episode 6: Before the End
41:49 Episode 7: The Mountain
48:03 Episode 8: Sisyphus Smiles
53:41 Epilogue: Survival Entity

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