With Death Stranding: Director’s Cut done and on digital storefronts, Hideo Kojima can turn his attention to somewhat more offbeat projects. The first of which is apparently a collaboration with French designer Jean-François Rey, a man who specializes in strange, non-traditional designs for glasses.
Rey and Kojima have just unveiled three new glasses designs that will be available for pre-order soon. They're all inspired by Death Stranding, and all fall somewhere on the wide range spectrum of what we'd call "weird."
First, we have HKxJF01, a design that puts square shaded lenses in front of a set of regular clear lenses for a very jarring appearance. The shaded lenses also swing outward on their own separate hinges far enough that they can run parallel to the arms. An extremely thick bridge completes the off-putting ensemble.
Next is HKxJF02, the least strange design of the bunch. Although very steampunk in appearance, these thick-rimmed glasses at least have a conventional design, with round lenses behind a set of shaded clip-on lenses. The thick rims come in black, blue, or army camo patterns for a little bit of variety.
Last, we have HKxJF03, which looks like a pair of steampunk goggles, and the Ludens mask. You might recognize Ludens as the mask Sam Bridges occasionally wears in Death Stranding to give him a more futuristic appearance. Both come as a limited-edition pair and are delivered in luxury packaging with the Kojima Productions logo on the box.
Kojima didn't provide a release date and Rey didn't provide pricing, but you can head over to the official website to sign up for notifications on both.
In other Death Stranding news, it looks like it's been long enough for folks upset at the Director's Cut to find some other games to review bomb. Strange that anyone would think that the Director's Cut additions would fundamentally change Death Stranding, but we live in strange times.