Alex and Andrew jump into the beginning of Death Stranding, discuss their thoughts, opinions and analyses of the Prologue and Episode 1 of the story. Death Stranding is a game that quickly sets up plenty of unique lore and introduces many key concepts and characters, but it will only accelerate from here. The intro was short but has us intrigued to learn more and theorizing plenty of ideas.

Stay tuned for next week's episode to discuss Death Stranding's Episode 2 and wherever it takes us.

Hosts Andrew and Alex invite users to join the "book club" style conversation group The Gaming Backlog "Book Club", where one video game from an extensive backlog will be chosen to play through as a group, with everyone advancing to a prespecified chapter breakpoint or section each week, meeting up to discuss anything and everything related to the game up until that point, and chatting about expectations for the next week's chapter. The first video game of The Gaming Backlog "Book Club" podcast is Death Stranding by Kojima Productions. Death Stranding 2 will release on June 26, 2025, so there is no better moment to pull this game out of your backlog.

Before diving into Death Stranding, the hosts introduce themselves, walk through some of their favorite video games of all time, what they're playing now and their most anticipated new game releases. Join Alex and Andrew in starting Death Stranding this week and stay tuned for next week's episode to discuss Death Stranding's opening moments.