Death Stranding • Extinction Opportunity
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Seeing as I live such a solitary lifestyle, Death Stranding connected with me in a powerful way. It's
the most relatable game I've played since Metal Gear Solid 2. While it's impact on me wasn't necessarily as immediate as that of Planescape: Torment, I suspect that in the future, when I'm at some of my lowest points, not sure of what to do with myself next, I'll look back on some of the lessons I took from this game for guidance.
The music in this video is from Low Roar's contribution to the "Death Stranding" OST. "The Music Scene" by Blockhead, and the "Donut County" OST by Daniel Koestner & Ben Esposito
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im also not entirely sure about deadman. i think hes got a soul. even though he is basicaly constructed out of others....i remember an email from him where he talks about it, while also not beeing entirely sure himself. he says he doesnt have a beach....at least thats what he belives.
Yeah, I probably should've noted how vague the game kept that, I framed it as if I was sure. However, I think that his fear that he might not have a beach serves the same purpose as if he absolutely didn't have one, at least, for the purposes of my reading of the game
My guess is that he missed a "phase of development", something that would have attached him to his soul like how his creation gave him a body.
With all the emphasis on umbilical cords and connections, I imagine that his soul is somewhere far beyond the Beach - Deadman was never "properly" born, like you or me, so the "tether" of his soul to his body was never made. His body was brought into this world, and so was everything for him to have a soul, but due to a step that was missed in his development, the soul was never properly "attached".
He still has it, it's just undetectable and beyond reach because he never managed to cross the metaphysical threshold that would "properly" make him a living being.
@@wormwoodbecomedelphinus4131 maybe he doesn't have a soul because he doesn't believe he has it
"Death is only a fear if you haven't yet truly lived"
This sentence really stuck with me
This sentence could go for endings in general. For example, if you break up with someone, and it was beautiful while it lasted, you'll be more forgiving of letting go. The understanding that there's no more use in trying, knowing it won't be the same again, could open one up to let it be. Finding peace in death comes down to the same thing, can you let go of life peacefully or are you struggling to make it work?
I'm not scared of dying... I just don't want it to be a long painful one.
“A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time” -Mark Twain
I often heard storys about how Elders, having lived a good life in their eyes, have no or very little fear of dying. They're just ready to go.
I think quite often about that.
dam yea
"Still Walking" is in ever single Konami/Kojima game. It is first referenced in Snatcher. I believe the symbolism of the Ludens planting the KojimaPro flag is Hideo is done "walking" and has made it to his destination. He is finally free of a malicious corporate entity. Connecting to the tone of DS
I mean, I get where you're coming from. But I think the real problem is one you'd run into with any extremely expensive creative endeavor. MGSV was in development for five years, and its production cost had ballooned up toward one hundred million dollars. And the games industry is uniquely challenged with a constantly changing landscape. Ten years ago, when development started, banking on gigantic, expensive open world games was an insane risk. It's hard to blame Konami for being what it is, a profit driven machine that weighs risk and reward and found MGSV too unbalanced.
On the other hand, MGSV, great as it is, was also a demonstration that Kojima Productions had outgrown that IP, and as Leadhead points out, felt trapped. From what little I understand of Japanese culture, there's a deep bond of duty between corporations and their people, one that often strips away individual freedoms. Presumably, the staff at Kojima Productions felt obligated to continue working under Konami, and grew increasingly frustrated with the company's insistence on cranking out endless sequels and spin-offs to the team's first breakout success. In the end, the outcome was for the best. Sure, MGSV might have been a slightly better game with that last mission that got cut, but whatever. Konami let KP go, they had to learn to swim on their own, and now they're flexing their creative muscles in ways no company, least of all Konami, would have allowed. So everyone wins, especially us.
Dr pervert actually used up most of his time and resources to build that damn generator what a chad
Jim?? 👀
@Mr. Obunga • 20 years ago actually we're both wrong. that's Jay, they're non-binary. stupid
@Mr. Obunga • 20 years ago ... this was a joke tho, yeah? you're familiar with callmekevin?
All hail the dear leader!
Hail the Dear Leader
Dunkey: "nOn-gAmEpLaY"
MarkAfterDark: "NOOOOO THATS NOT TRUUUUUUUUEEEE!!!!"
Leadhead: *writes a philosophical essay and makes a 33 minutes analysis video*
I just imagined leadhead as this tposing guy in a suit with his channel pic as a head over those two you mentioned
Watching people trying to comment or make a joke out of the game feels inferior after seeing a proper essay like this, yeah
Seriously, this is a game that went over so many people’s heads and became stuck in silly tribalism. Especially when you consider the source. I still remember Jim Sterling criticizing Kojima for being indulgent, as if he’d never played one of games before. This eccentric style that he’s had has always existed in his games and his curse to breakthrough into a new IP must’ve been hell knowing that people like Dunkey expected TPP 2, the apex of Metal Gear Solid gameplay.
The lines about "you can lead a life alone but won't know how substantial it is until you connect" makes me think of one of my favorite artists. Henry Darger. A man that spent his life living in an apartment alone, going from job to job and not really making any friends. When he was dying the landlord and his wife were cleaning out his house when they found a back room covered in drawings and manuscripts. All in all there was 15,145 pages of content. The landlord wanted to trash it all but his wife stopped him. They went to visit him in the hospital and asked why he didn't release any of it. His only response being "it's done now".
For me as an artist it is inspiring seeing someone that dedicated to manifesting their story. But also incredibly sad when you actually look at what happened in his life, how it made him reclusive, and how it influenced his work. With his story pretty much being about protecting kids because of the horrible trauma he went through as a child. To further the artistic inspiration, the man had no art education and just made his pieces in any way he could. Tracing characters from advertisements and adding features, etc.
LOVE Harvey Danger
I'm 25 right now and I haven't changed since i was 16. I live like a hermit, I have little connection with my family and minuscule connection with my bygone friends because of the fear off getting hurt or getting rejected. If I died right now I wouldn't be missed, I wouldn't be remembered, and I just kept on telling myself that everyone lives alone and will die alone and its normal to live with no connections. heck the way I'm living I'm already dead. My life is feels meaningless. I don't want to be alone anymore I am going to reconnect with others again to get out of this rut I have placed myself in.
Thank you for making this video.
From one hermit to another I wish you luck
I felt this and never knew how to put it into word's i wish us both luck
I'm turning 30 in 2 months and I still live like this. Due to traumas
2019: Hard to understand Death Stranding.
2020: Completely Understandable, connections are important in the face of catastrophe.
Connections are important when you find out that the catastrophe is not so catastrophic. leading you to not value the very life that you thought that the catastrophe would sever completely*
@@sibanbgd100 I pressume you mean it as "this thing isn't 100% lethal". I fully understand your position. But remember that this crisis has far more than it's lethality rate. The way it has changed the lifestyle of many individuals, it's economic implications, it has tanked certain industries thus making it impossible for people who have specialized in such market to find jobs. And for others, specially those sensitive and easily stressed, this has been a crisis all of it's own on their anxiety levels.
@@icecold1805 That wasn't the virus that was the government.
@@LostSandwich The government who took actions to minimize the spread of the virus.
@@icecold1805 So it's okay for the government to take everyone's freedom away and destroy countless lives because of a spooky virus with a pitiful fatality rate?
What you describe in the video's introduction is pretty much exactly how Hegel views the world. To Hegel, the human being is a social creature in a very deep-seated, essential way. When we're alone, we become diminished because we cannot gain recognition or sanity checks from other independent human minds (something the Hegel calls "an other", an agent that's external to us which we cannot completely control or predict). We cannot know if an experience is truly real or just our imagination, if our ideas are dumb or if our art can evoke the feelings we want it to. When we're alone, we cannot make our fears and apprehensions more tolerable because we cannot share them with another. We understand other people quite easily, but we have a much more harder time understanding ourselves, because the brain we're trying to analyse is also the tool we're using to analyse it in the first place - there's bound to be some blind spots and we need other homo sapiens monkeys.
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Plato talked about how important and essential the polis (lit. "city", which is a metaphor for society) is to a human being: To belong to a polis is to belong to humankind. Someone outside the polis, for better or for worse, is not considered human, either because they are below humans (a beast) or something above the limitations of mortal existence (a god).
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Even self-identified hermits and misanthropes cannot completely escape a dilemma that even their desire for isolation and seclusion is, in the end, determined by other people. They might've grown tired of other people, they might've been mistreated or they might want to disconnect to a society because that society makes them feel unwell. Or maybe they're hoping for a better world, but they think the progress will never come or is too slow, so they start to hate other people. But in a perverse way, they might even be more socially sensitive, as some of the hermits have gone through a lot of personal inconvenience to divorce themselves from the society.
I love your analysis and explanation.
but I'd like to argue about "the others" being easier to understand, through my life I've found that it's almost impossible to completely understand other people, they often seem irrational, unreachable and illogical. I've never being able to understand the actions of others, many of their decisions often seem illogical, I always expect different outcomes, decisions or explanations, but they never coincide with what I expected. for me, humans appear to be very random and unpredictable, impossible to fully comprehend.
I always wonder if my case is a minority because it's really hard for me to socialize and open up to others, specially because I decided that I shouldn't trust any stranger with specific things (feelings, contact, affection, etc.).
with that in mind... self discovery and self understanding has been one journey that seems much easier and logical.
with the help of philosophy, I found that one can self reflect, analyze and understand oneself in a unique way, because you are the one who can analyze all the thoughts that led you to a decision and conclude why you did what you did.
[sorry if my English is bad, I'm not a native speaker]
@@Oscar4u69 I think it's precisely because of what has been touched on in this video, that everyone has a 'beach' of their own, their own imprisoned feelings and emotions, only sharing as much as we are comfortable showing, which leads to us assuming other's outward personality to be all that. When someone acts irrational or make decision that seemingly defy what we think of them, it might just be one of these deeper desires they are ashamed to show acting out. Miscommunication and the fear of ostracization seem to be the biggest obstacle in interpersonal relationships, the fear of being honest and truthful about every part of oneself, which only leads to more problems down the road as the other only sees you as you present yourself, not as you truly feel or think.
It's true that philosophy helped me as well understand myself better, but in reality, I know that very little of the connections I have even know or felt how much I've changed about my personal beliefs because there is a deep seated fear of being seen as pretentious or outright dramatic, which I noticed really damaged some connections I have by them not aware of what I personally keep in isolation, and I can only imagine how others feel as well regarding my own or others ignorance regarding the thoughts and feelings they keep on their beach.
Your comment resonates as closely as the video essay. Thanks and take care :)
After I got the platinum for DS I made a zipline system to every delivery point around the entire map(With the system you can travel around the entire map without ever needing to walk). Most rewarding 6 hours I’ve ever spent in a game even though I got nothing for doing it.
Youre a hero
Before DS: I'm confused as hell
After DS: I'm still confused as hell
When I was writing about your video to my journal of daily experiences, I labeled it "True connections in the face of Death". I'm fascinated by the importance you place on connections. It's a great lens to see the world through. I do have the context of your Disco Elysium video. I've had ideas in a similar vein and your essays struck a chord.
My idea was about the definition of life. Perceiving the life as a purely biological standpoint is robbing it of its richness. Life is the change we bring into the world through our words and actions that affect the world around us. And with this definition, death is the last time your ideas and actions (perceived and transformed by the others) have any effect on the future world.
Also, this thinking goes well with listening to 65daysofstatic)) I feel like their best work is Radio Protector, but I was listening to "Sleepwalk City" while writing the comment.
Thanks for the essay
Wow you seem like alot
I've gotta say, it's so refreshing to hear someone gush about this game. I had really accepted that the majority of the online public thinks it's stupid and boring, and I just personally loved it.
Tommie Earl Jenkins's break down was so convincing. I was breaking down hard at it. And when Sam hugged Deadman, I lost it again. The final 6~ hours of Death Stranding was so ungodly moving.
Truly 🥲💯
Really interesting and great analyses. I have seen no one give a good explanation for the ending with the rainbow and the rain, and I think your take on it is interesting and I have not seen it that way. So, thank you for the video. I have watch 3 videos of you now (the one on mgs4 and the one on Undertale) you really deserve more subscribers and views , what I've seen is really well done, explain and research. That's why I'm gonna subscribed and look at the rest of your channel ! (sorry for my english, I'm french ^^ I understand english very well but not practice it enough for speaking or writing.) Good luck with your channel. You have made a connexion with this video ;)
Death Stranding is easily one of the best games I've ever played. It's arguably the only time I felt like I wasn't just playing someone's game but playing their *truth* and yes I realise how ridiculously pretentious that sounds.
huh
Hey man, I actually know Dr Pervert!
I asked HER about it and she sold her PS4 but sent me a screenshot of her PSN hahaha
That is really funny you helped me connect with a friend from 10 years ago. WTF
this video is really underrated :(
His whole channel is greatly underrated.
Just like the game
I'm not sure why Sam doesn't have an afterlife. His soul form was send back by Amelie to the real world. But that doesn't make him losing his Soul?
At the early credits roll, we were stranded on Sams Beach, why can't he go on to the afterlife?
And OT, but why does heartman still searches beaches for his family, when their long gone from the beach?
Youre amazing i subbed
Oh my god I remember Jacksepticeye using that zipline. That one was absurd.
"But I'm stil strandin' better than I ever did!
*I'm drinking ungodly amounts of monster energy*
AND NOW I'M TAKING A MAGNUM SHI-
But iiiiim stil strandin' *dies*"
You need other people to remind you that there are much worse people than you, and if they can demand their share in the pie of happiness, regardless of what it might be, so can you.
Really fascinating take about Sam's fear of (lack of) afterlife. I always interpreted Sam's aloofness at the start of the game to be a sort of willful self-isolation -- that he only cared about things close to him like his family, who were dying one by one, and so that he had nothing left to connect himself to.
Until your video, it didn't really occur to me that his repatriation was a short-term blessing but a long-term curse. After all, he's always visiting the Beach and the Seam, so at first blush, it seems natural that Sam would be one of the MOST at peace with the afterlife. Even after watching several video essays on this game, yours was the first to flip my thinking on its head, so thank you for that!
This has really helped me understand how I’m going to live life. I’m not going to spend my whole life preparing for life. Why prepare so long for life when you are never truly going to live it.
This is exactly how I want to describe the story and concepts/themes to my friends but can never word it the right way. This was on point. Brilliant. One of the best summaries of the story and it’s meanings so far. Keep on keepin on man great video
I don't get why this channel does not have millions of views and subscribers. He goes very deep into the matter, the concepts are complex which makes the videos very rewatchable and the video design is top notch.
Im at the mountain knot city part and thank god i didnt spoil
thanks for curing my depression with that last bit dude, hat's off for you
Phenomenal video and analysis! I beat the game for the first time a couple weeks ago, and I’m still digesting everything.
This helped me learn more about the world of DS and comprehend more of what I experienced.
This gave me some new perspectives and changed the way I view the game. The game is already incredibly deep, but this added on to its depths. I’m always learning something new about the game, and I am so grateful I found this video. It helped open my eyes more. When I replay the game, I’ll use these teachings to further enrich the experience. Just like other player’s structures help us along on our journey, this also helps me see more of what DS is all about at its core. Thank you for this legendary video. I’ll definitely be keeping an eye on your future content. Keep on keeping on!
when ever i see something that left me scratching my head, i usually just assume that what ever i was looking at was part of a much larger and possibly brilliant plan that required other parts that didn't load in for me
this sounds a LOT like the message of evangelion actually?
(The Message, like there only one, lol. i think this is a reeeeally predominant theme in the series though.)
tl;dr the hedgehog's dilemma and "AT Fields" represent the walls of the heart, that which separates one person from another, so we remain distinct but also hurt each other in the process
the conclusion of the movie has shinji saying he'd rather the world continue in that way, even if it means everyone having to suffer, because he's lonely without other people. duh
please someone talk to me about evangelion more
please
There was an awful lot in the progression of Death Stranding that reminded me more and more of Eva, from the idea of the connection to others, to even the imagery of the beach. Amelie reminded me an awful lot of the End of Evangelion. Such a phenomenal series!
If anything NGE gave me Hedgehog Syndrome. That series really fucked me up, gave me I was missing out on alot of things in life and that alot of people weren't noticing the same. It made me rethink my Catholic upbringing, I read Zarathustra when I was 15, it all basically came down to "people are destroying this planet and all they care about is their own comfort". It was a phenomenal series, but I was also deeply obsessed by it and looking back, must've been some 14-15 years ago, I can't even figure out why it made such an impact on me. Probably because I was a teenager going through really tough times and Shinji made me think alot about myself, so I identified with him, tried to be a part of his world, but now that I'm older I don't wanna be like Shinji anymore. My life is different and I'm very happy it turned out this way. I'm more comfortable being an individual on my own beach and I'm glad to see strangers strolling down the coastline. Lately, I found it's nice to visit other beaches as well, but I still prefer to go there by boat ^_^
God damn the comment section getting real 🤔
This is the only game that has ever made me cry because of how it made me feel something that no other game I have ever felt
28:44 ...the one level of existence that Sam knew for certain he would get to experience...
same as us, the 'player character' as opposed our 'NPCs' who _(we know for certain)_ get to endure past _their death_ in _our memories._
I totally agree with you that you need other people in your life to provide a frame of reference- which is why I'm so glad that you make your videos. Putting yourself on the spot and talking about yourself and something you're passionate about is something that I've never been able to work up the courage to do, and your point of view really helps me understand that all the stuff we consider cheesy bullshit in our lives actually has significant meaning and importance for it, even though we overlook it so much because we take it for granted.
Death stranding meant a lot to me and I have to say my 2-3 months playing the game were very peaceful for me. So satisfying to play.
Perfect supplement to finishing the game, I never looked at the game this way due to how personally convoluted the plot was. Thanks for figuring it out so I can better comprehend the game's messages
Awesome video! I've written 2 papers on Death Stranding and our deep readings of the game have very little overlap. I love how complex, layered, and varied the themes and messages of the game are. Great job!
You, sir, have earned both my respect, and my Subscription. Keep on Keeping On!
Kojima screaming at us in MGS: STOP BEING INCELS
Us: But what if we didn't?
Kojima pulling out more bangers with DS: I SAID WHAT I SAID 👏🏿
the pure dedication and heart you put into this vid , stuns me , you earned a permanent subscriber.
may fortune bless you my friend.
Man. I haven’t played this game, so much of this video was Greek to me. That being said, great video nonetheless.
i know this is an old video and all and i wanna say i never played death stranding but i love your analysis. tbh may have cried a little. i ve been trying for a long time to be proud of my art and i know popularity of it is not everything but it's easy to get discouraged when nobody cares so i've been on a brink of giving up on it completely but your video essay, your words gave me a new power and understanding that i must keep submitting myself to this terrifying ordeal of being known and trying to make connections and i wanna thank you. gahh sorry it s a lot of sappy meaningless words but your video really hit me hard
Very well thought! You give me ideas for my own essays
Fck dude that B.B. scene had me crying AGAIN
For the 3rd time...
This game hits me too hard 😭😭
Death Stranding: It's not to late to connect with others
Gameplay: 6/10
Story: 100/10
I think Story is more like: ABC/10
Meh i loved the gameplay
@@telesnow it takes a lot of patience for sure
@@telesnow the gameplay was great. Highly underrated
Two other underrated similar channels are some of my faves.thor high 👠 heels
And purposeless rabbitholes.
Glad I discovered ledhed too.
Much love
32:10 I would argue that it's not specifically death, but rather, the fear of pain.
Why do we fear Death? Because we fear __ending__ , because we fear pain emotional, physical and mental whether that is pain for ourselves or pain that others experience.
It's that pain more than anything that drives us. When I was suicidally depressed, the main thing that kept those thoughts away was that I would give extreme emotional pain to others. I didn't *want* anything, I just wanted the pain to end, but at the same time didn't want to hurt others in the process.
WormwoodBecomeDelphinus I kinda see an aspect of that. I don’t fear death as much as I fear pain. I’ve already done enough in life to be content with it coming to an end. It still sucks but honestly what I focus on daily is not feeling pain. Especially physical pain. Guess that’s why I been on opiates for 6 years. and Emotional pain too. being close to family and loved ones to appreciate them while you still have them and vice versa is also one of my top priorities. Being in the moment is amazing.
Death stranding for me was a magical experience.. Considering how mondane and easy task the game ultimately give you and the sole purpose of the game is to walk from A to B at its core.. The story and how well i connected with sam was like "I need to know this answer" and I hated some characters, grew to love those characters and I pushed for a finish, only to find out that the game had me tricket all along. The magical feeling of this game is when you walk to a certain place in the beginning of the game and the song "Bones" Plays in the background had me chilled to the core.. And at the end of the game i was doing the exact same thing, and guess what.. chilled to the core. some people call it a walking simulator, and probably for them they are not wrong. but for me, this was my own life story told in a overexaggerated way. I saw myself in Sam so much, from every interaction, and he made every action i would've made if this was a Choice game.. And because I agreed with this game, I Know that there are a lot of people out there who can not agree with it, and therefor they will hate the game. And i respect that. Its my favourite game and story by far.
LOL! I find that imposter syndrome so interesting. The lack of real connection still itches even when no one is ridiculing you.
ahhh those clicks at the beginning! so satisfying. love this vid so much that *i'll keep coming* ♡
This is such a beautifully written video. Definitely one of your best.
Replaying after seeing your clever combination of rope and ladder
There have been game moments that made me tear up a little. (Looking at you, The Last Guardian) DS is the only game that had me full on ugly crying at the end. After I finally stopped crying, I was just quiet for the rest of the day, thinking about what I had just experienced. This is one of the main reasons that DS made it to my top 5 favorite games.
Great analysis! Love your content
I don't think you need anyone to value your life.
Each person is really alone in their world because each person receives and perceives the world differently.
In a sense, a man creates his reality, so he gives himself the value it will have.
19:22 THE MOST SOCIABLE WHERE?!
26:23 - I saw that rope of yours and was wondering how the fuck am I suppose to use it to pass through the river. Wonderfull video!
Didn’t expect to be slapped in the face with unbridled truth in the intro. Subbed.
With the danger of oversimplyfying a very complex topic, the only quantative literature I've read on meaning in life covers three studies which all point unanimously to people (mattering to people, more precisely) being the progenitor of meaning in life, purpose and cohesion in one's world.
On another note, even though my primary interest is existential psychology, I think it's completely unnecessary to abstract ourselves to some knowledge of death to glean any meaning from life.
Meaning of life is not derived from the knowledge that it will be gone someday, but rather from actually living; because making connections with people is pleasurable and more; experiencing the world is meaningful in and of itself in the concrete situation of doing so.
At 1:32 I heard "He has no c*&k no soul" I had to go back and listen to it multiple times to make sure, I think I just can't unhear it now, but it is probably true with him being a Frankenstein.
Loooool his actually saying "he has no Kaa" but the background music has that click sound in the beat and coincidentally the click came in right after he said Kaa so it sounded like Kaak.... Cock 🤣 what a weird coincidence.
i saw a lot of reviews of this game and people complaining about it was boring or annoying to play but is the first time i heard about the history explained in that way. it makes more sense now :3
I’m over here trying to understand the game without having known it existed up until now
My mans out here speaking how much I love this game.
This entire video made me realize, this game is basically Kojima version of Neo Genesis Evangelion, saw the similaritys when watched the cutscenes, but this gives a better idea
In the religion that I personally follow, we are taught that death is an inevitable stage in the ongoing human life cycle, it isn't the end, and it isn't to be feared. That said, it also teaches us that we must value life, because it is a gift from the gods, passed to us by our ancestors, for us in turn to pass to our descendants. There's a complicated part here about how our ancestors and our descendants are the same people, but I don't need to get into that now. We do not believe that fear of death is the only thing that drives us to live, we are taught that we have a duty of care to our family, and a duty of service to our community. On top of that, we must also strive for self-improvement; better health, better business, better wisdom, so that we can better serve our community and wider folk. There are no shortage of things a person should do with their time, even if they don't fear death, and we have the Gods to thank for the teachings that motivate us to strive for greatness. That said, the afterlife isn't a paradise. Suffering exists there, perfection does not, it's cold and dark, you can get bored, you won't be endlessly happy, but your ancestors will be there, and eventually your turn to experience life again will come around.
I was always way more distrustful of Amelie. she is distant and creepy the whole time
The game gives the implication that one day Humanity will go extinct but I honestly believe the opposite.
Might be my religious upbringing (Jewish) talking here but I believe that if we don’t destroy ourselves and socially evolve we will one day attain something akin to ascension whether it be like Dave in 2001 or like Daniel from Stargate
Basically I believe that our current mortal forms are just a stepping stone towards the next stage in our evolution but to achieve that we must band together as a singular species and work towards a common goal.
exceptional video
what a strong and harsh timing for this game to come out, a lil bit too soon perhaps, but still relevant by the time the events of 2020 broke out...
Ill come back to this when I finish the game, so far so great!
I loved this, thank you. Music was great too
Death Stranding is Kojima's Pinkerton
Honestly...
I fear non-existence more than anything.
To me, hell, Tartarus, or anything similar would be better than becoming nothing.
I realize that our time is limited, and every breath I take is makes me one step closer to death.
i spend most of my time alone and by myself conclude that my life has little worth
reach out and explore. just doing that at the least will increase how well-spent your life is.
(I dont mean this in a mean way at all btw. im scared to reach out and make this comment myself. you can do this
that hit super hard
building a zipline system with other people was really fun and cool
Context: I’m very much a Christian and do believe there is a Heaven.
I think it’s a bit ridiculous people think that “well if you’re truly religious you wouldn’t fear death” and some go so far as to wonder why we don’t just kill ourselves to get to heaven sooner.
The big obvious point that I just can’t understand why some people don’t get it is that we’re still human beings.
We have survival wired in us biologically just like any other living thing, so of course we’re naturally going to have an aversion to death.
Even discounting that point, from what I understand most religions say that your life has an impact on the afterlife (for a long time Catholics claimed anyone who committed suicide would go to hell regardless of faith, I believe).
So why would you cut your life, and therefor your potential to influence your afterlife, short?
And a final point is that, well, we care.
Everyone cares about others, at least to a degree (maybeee make an exception for clinical sociopaths and psychopaths but idk).
We know our deaths would impact those we love, those we work with, and even from the most cynical POV possible it’d hurt our company.
I don’t know your religious beliefs (I’d guess agnostic or atheist from your videos, but it could honestly be anything) but at least from my Christian POV death, while not the end and for your own sake kinda a good thing, is certainly not something to long for.
As Paul said one of the many times his life was threatened, “to live is Christ, to die is gain.”
(Essentially, living lets you fulfill Christ’s purpose in your life and to die is getting to go to Heaven. Heaven is better than Earth, but you should stay on Earth until your purpose is fully fulfilled).
Allllll of that said, I still enjoyed the video and am very happy I found this channel.
Merc at Arms
I get what you mean. In general I feel people are afraid of the unknown, no one really knows what dying feels like. I’m an atheist myself, although if no one try to preach to me I don’t go for counter-preach. I do not think there is life after death, I imagine it akin to a normal unconsciousness of sleeping, albeit eternal. I thought I was not afraid of death since I rather like sleeping and wish it could be longer... I’m passively suicidal you see, but one night while high on my bed, I started to find it harder to breath, it wasn’t painful or uncomfortable at all, but I still started to think and fear what if I fall asleep now and never wake up?
Fear of death is very ingrained into living beings, for an obvious reason too, especially if you agree with evolution via natural selection.
I haven't actually finished my playthrough yet. And I got the game on day 1. Same for Devil May Cry 5. Oh well.
"A life of solitude isn't less meaningful if you actively make it not a life of solitude."
Man, this video is just amazing
This is magnificent. Thank you.
please continue to make video essays. this is some shit i think about months after watching it.
What Sam is cliffs son!!! Oh boy this video is gonna be fun
This is amazing, I love this channel
19:23 when the uhhh thing 📮
The first 22 seconds made me sit back and think
anyone can tell me, why the old bridget and Amelie were at the same time on the same beach? The scene right after the Higgs fight.
Amelie told Sam to wait, did she change her appearance in that time and went to Die Hardman?
And then, after Cliff Unger appears, Amelie pushed Sam down the hill. And i'm not sure if Bridget was still down at the water in that scene.
Because there was no mention, that Amelie or anyone can change their appearance. Amelie was always the young 20yo lady stranded on the beach.
Det här fixar du! Du har allas stöd!
My dude, you really, really, reeeeally need to read up on Kardecism if the topic explored by Kojima interests you. From my understanding the whole cosmology of Death Stranding is mostly compatible with what Allan Kardec came up with like a hundred or two hundred years ago. There's some stuff that is missing however, but the part about life after death and the beach etc are all elements present on Kardec's work when it comes to their function if not their iconography (for example, Kardec sees the recently dead as being sent to a place where they can start getting used to the whole Being Dead thing before they can move on to the real afterlife etc, but it's not in the shape of a beach). It should make for a very interesting read for you, especially if it's your first rodeo reading up about spooky spooky occult stuff.
Its like saying the point of life us living. I like that.
Thanks for playing this and bringing us all value so we didn’t have to 😆
Shoutouts to Dr_ _Pervert, the hero we all needed
death stranding is basically existential angst
Excellent
I love your videos thanks for creating :)
Great video mate hope you can make it to 100k subs and beyond
Shout out to my man Dr__Pervert
Its strange that i can only give one like to the video