On Twitter, many gamers have joked that Grimes’ baby announcement post looks like it could be a Death Stranding teaser. Gamers have compared the image, which shows Grimes with a transparent uterus with a fetus, to images of Death Stranding protagonist Sam carrying a BB tank. Journalist Zoe Camp said that “I mistook the Grimes pregnancy photo for death stranding fanart at first” and a Twitter user named Catherine George also asked Grimes if she’s pregnant or if it’s “extreme” Death Stranding fanart. Some have also asked if Grimes just Photoshopped an image of the Death Stranding BB onto her own nude photo.
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Other gamers have asked if the Grimes post is just part of a teaser for Death Stranding 2. Hideo Kojima has said that he would like to make more Stranding games but that they would be different to the first Death Stranding. Getting a celebrity to post a nude pregnant photo of themselves to social media would be one way of surprising people, so fans may not be wrong there. Grimes could also just be a huge fan of the first Death Stranding and may want to show Kojima and everyone else how much she likes the game.
Grimes and Elon Musk haven’t tweeted about the Death Stranding comparisons. Musk’s last tweet was “I put the art in fart” and Grimes has kept tweeting images from her pregnancy photoshoot. However, the two will probably be excited when they find out what gamers are saying as the two of them really like video games. Musk has donated trees to gaming YouTubers and Hideo Kojima has met and posted photos with Grimes.
It’s also unclear whether this has gotten back to Kojima. Death Stranding features several characters played by celebrities such as Conan O’Brien and Elon Musk and Grimes could potentially feature in his next game. There’s been no confirmation yet but these pregnancy memes may just give him some new ideas.
Death Stranding is available now on PS4, with a PC release set for Summer 2020.
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