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The case of Dunkey vs. Death Stranding
🕑 Added 2025-06-27 20:47:50 +0000 UTC
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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
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
Bonus act: Dunkey on Games Criticism (and Critics)
Dunkey videos
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
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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Comments
Grant Cameron
This was great! I'm a huuuge fan of kojimas games, I am holding off playing death stranding 2 as planning a wedding and know I don't have time to get into it. But this guide was great, offered analysis and a good mindset to approach the game and not a single spoiler in sight. Loving postgames!
Daniel Gauthier
Here’s a vote from me for more game guides — loved the approach
