I watched Troy Baker zap someone with a guitar solo this week | Kaser Focus

There are days when I do not get Hideo Kojima. I always recognize his contributions to the history of gaming and his success as a developer, but he is not my brand of weird. His style comes from different stripes of pop culture than mine does. But there are times when I play (or watch) something he’s created, and it clicks. I get it. Never have I had quite so momentous a “click” than I did during this week’s State of Play event, when I watched Troy Baker’s Higgs in full Crow regalia electrocute a fool with a blistering guitar riff in the Death Stranding 2 trailer. I could feel the very fibers of my being light up, and if that’s what this game is going to look like, then call me Captain because I am on board.

The other big surprise at the State of Play event was Konami shadow-dropping a new, free-to-play Silent Hill game in the middle of the event. It seems the franchise is coming back in a big way, as the company also revealed a new look at Bloober Team’s Silent Hill 2 remake. The rest of the event was standard, as these things go, though I am looking forward to Stellar Blade, as it looks like exactly the kind of action game I gravitate towards.