What Even Is Deadlock? The Deepest Esport

Deadlock is a game from Valve that arrived without an announcement, without a press cycle, without permission. It is a MOBA, a hero shooter, an action game, a strategy game, and an argument. In this video I try to figure out what it actually is — through its design, its complexity, its lore, and what it might be saying about the moment we're all living in. This is not a review. This is an investigation. What Even Is is a series about games doing something worth examining — good, bad, or genuinely strange. DISCORD ►   / discord   PATREON ►  / skylent   Thanks For Watching! #skylent #deadlock #valve