GameTech: Death Stranding is a divisive, beautiful journey packaged in a cool world

SOMETIMES, the journey is more important than the destination. And sometimes, we just want to sit at home eating a bag of jelly beans, while thinking about more jelly beans. Life is only as significant or special as we make it.

Death Stranding, the long-awaited game from Hideo Kojima, presents exactly that challenge to the player. On the one hand, Death Stranding could be seen as a something of a slog, a simulation of servitude. On the other hand, it can be viewed as a visionary piece of art that nails its themes perfectly.