It’s now likely that Japan will face a social and economic collapse by the end of the year. It will take a miracle to keep it from buckling under sudden new pressures while it’s in a very weakened state.
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A Note On Cultural Marxism
In the introduction of THE KOJIMA CODE I mention that video games are currently under attack by “students of Critical Theory and Cultural Marxism”, specifically meaning activist bloggers, critics, pundits, and public personalities who have learned this ideology in University (officially or under its various guises) and adopted its views. I’ve written several articles with this subject in view as well over the years. However, in the interim between writing these words in 2013 and the book’s eventual publication in 2017 a lot had changed in the world of search engine results and political lexicon.
Continue reading2020 Board Game: Can You Escape The Trap? (Video)
Let me discuss a hypothetical board game based on hypothetical events of 2020 and beyond. Could be a fascinating game!
* Virus
* Economic collapse
* Political shocks
* Terrorism, hoaxes
* Martial law, FEMA, United Nations, protests, unemployment
Tons of interesting strategy to discuss! I might update as I get more ideas for this 2020 board game.
Surprise! Stick beats rope (Game Awards)
At Geoff Keighley’s 2019 Game Awards show, Death Stranding was represented in many categories. It won three of them: Best Game Direction, Best Performance, and Best Score & Music. What it did not win is Game Of The Year, which went to Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
This is a defeat for Kojima, because even though he won smaller awards, everybody knows that unless you’re competing in a specific genre (Best Fighting Game, Best Racing Game, etc.) there’s only one award that really matters, and it’s Game Of The Year. Any publication or website can have their own GOTY award, but this is an industry award show, meaning that it is voted on by fellow developers and professionals. Fans could vote online for their favorite game in a separate category.
Continue readingVideo: Tommie Earl Jenkins hilarious response to my dumb Death Stranding video
The awesome actor for Die-Hardman in Death Stranding replied to the video above on Twitter just a few minutes ago, showing his great sense of humor. You can see the tweet in context below.
Here’s a screenshot of it in case anything happens to either of the tweets:
Going Astray in Death Stranding
Having completed Death Stranding with the utmost care to obey its logic and comply with its suggestions, I decided to start rebelling in the epilogue to see what happens. Here are my findings.
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If there was ever a game that made sense for it…
Chvrches gets a conspicuous and controversial boost from Deftones, adding validity to my weird pet theory
As you will remember from my legendary chat with the Metal Gear Mondays boys a few weeks ago before Death Stranding’s release, I randomly spouted a theory I’ve long held that Chino Moreno from rock band Deftones was a big fan of Hideo Kojima.
A strange new “coincidence” may add evidence to this theory…
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