*This episode Contains Spoilers for Death Stranding Throughout. Check Timestamps to see the severity for each section. It is highly advised you do not listen past the Act Man Review roast if you have not, but plan to play Death Stranding*

In this Companion episode to our Season 3 Debut, we take one last drive by of the game start started us off: Death Stranding. This time, however, we have something a little different in our sights: The Act Man, as he is known on Youtube.

With the gift of time and the convenience of Death Stranding 2 having retconned many critics opinions on the first game, we dive into The Act Man's review and commentary of the first installment as he viewed it at launch. It opens a door for us to reminisce on how far the little strandlike that could has come from its early reception. Of course, Mr Kelly will not escape unscathed with a review this colossally braindead, however.

In the Second half of the episode we dig into some of the philosophy and political discourse that further surrounded the game at its launch and even today, plus answer most obvious question of them all: Is Death Stranding Pro-Life?

Timestamps:

0:00 Why is The Last of Us Season 2 SO BAD?

07:22 Episode Intro (Light intro Spoilers)

12:49 Review Roast Start (Spoilers for many term definitions and concepts that are explained in the first 5-10 hours of gameplay)

1:03:57 Is DS *Actually* Political (Theme Spoilers and Discussion)

1:16:09 Is DS Anti-Capitalist? (Theme Spoilers and Discussion)

1:18:53 Is DS Pro-Life? (Heavy Endgame Spoilers)

1:33:58 Wrap up and Final Thoughts