But Heartman, the serial heart attack sufferer living on a heart-shaped lake in the heart of Death Stranding’s mountainous region, is an extravagant man. And so I wedged the case flat between the folded ladders and climbing anchors on my back, placed my feet flat against the ground, strongly pushed up from my knees and off I went.
The route, starting out at the bunker of a biologist living two peaks south of Mountain Knot City, was treacherous. The thick snow sapped energy and hung in the air, creating whiteouts that made cliffs and ravines all but invisible. For once, though, the weather could work to my advantage, keeping the fish cool and fresh – or so I thought.
Minutes later, warning lights began to flash on my backpack. The cargo was deteriorating. With a firm footing and no enemies around, high temperature was the only possible explanation for the damage. So began a frantic troubleshooting operation: could a change in elevation be responsible? Was the friction from my zipline wire giving off heat?
Then Sam Porter Bridges rolled his shoulders, waving the culprits in my face: thermal pads. I’d essentially been walking around with some hot water bottles strapped to my arms. The very tools that had kept me safe and warm in the mountains were now destroying my cargo, melting the ice in my cases and prematurely frying the damn fish.
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BITING BACK
The tooth is out there in adventure TEETH OF GLASS
SMOKE ALARM
THE INVISIBLE SMOKE FACTORY is back in a Flash
MECH ME OVER
Move over Mario, here's mech-based platforming in ARMORED SHELL NIGHTJAR
"I like Pillars of Eternity better than Baldur's Gate III"
PILLARS OF ETERNITY deserves a bigger space in the CRPG pantheon
"A harrowing dark fantasy about hapless, bright-eyed children"
Spelunking into hell with MADE IN ABYSS: BINARY STAR FALLING INTO DARKNESS
THE IMMORTAL LOCK
A massive, meaty game in a single horrific Quake map.
NEW MANOEUVRES
Building a dedicated sim racing space in an average family house
OVERWATCH 2
Save me space girl.
REET GOOD TIME
THANK GOODNESS YOU'RE HERE is a riotous recreation of Yorkshire
THE PLUCKY SQUIRE
How many games let you make friends with a MtG card?