#911 - Death Stranding 2 on the Beach Review: Walking Simulator or is Kojima a Genius? Plus the Future of Xbox Hardware, Dune, and Gaming News

Video Game Outsiders

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Leisure, News, Tech News, Games, Video Games

4.1 • 672 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 108 minutes

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4th of July Gaming Special! Death Stranding 2 on the Beach with Matt, Dispatch, Dune Awakening survival-craft MMO and new movies, HITMAN World of Assassination Bond mission LeCHIFFRE from Casino Royale, Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon, Battlefield Hardline, Picnic Peril, Doom the Dark Ages, The Alters, Xbox's hardware desires cause a stir online, and gaming news. Sign up for the Mario Kart event, win games from CD keys, or support us in Discord to get weekly bonus shows, ad-free VGO, and the entire back catalog of 20 years on VideoGameOutsiders.com via https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT where there is also an EXTRA Discord only podcast! Head to Twitch.tv/johnANDmichelle and sub free with Amazon Prime every month for our game streams and to support the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Pickax.
0:05.8	Five, four, three, two.
0:11.2	Michelle.
0:12.2	Hello, everybody.
0:13.1	Welcome to episode 911 of the Video Game Outsiders podcast, our Fourth of July special.
0:19.0	Of course, it's Canada Day as well.
0:20.4	I'm one of your host, Michelle Madison.
0:23.9	Well, we have a Canadian with us, Matt, you.
0:25.7	So we had to talk about Canada.
0:28.0	What?
0:29.0	Yes, Matt, you're here.
0:30.0	Literally July 1st.
0:31.5	It's literally Canada Day.
0:33.1	Yeah, but we've got our 4th of July this weekend.
0:35.1	We don't have the show.
0:35.9	So this is it.
0:36.8	Okay. Yeah, but we've got our Fourth of July this weekend. We don't have the show. So this is it. Okay? We've got a fun show.
0:38.2	What is this kazoo music, John?
0:40.6	Cazoo.
0:41.7	This is good shit.
0:44.7	All right.
0:45.2	So joining us, Matt, because we're going to talk about Death Stranding, one of Matt's favorite games.
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