Hideo Kojima
Hideo Kojima
Hideo Kojimais a Japanese video game designer, screenwriter, director, and producer. He is the director of Kojima Productions, which he originally founded in 2005, and a former vice president of Konami Digital Entertainment. He is often regarded as an "auteur" video game director...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionEngineer
Date of Birth24 August 1963
CityTokyo, Japan
CountryJapan
people
Even when people abroad see me, I'm often asked about a 'Zone of the Enders' sequel.
aware cultural economic factors interested learned movies political themes watch
I try to watch a movie a day, if not more, and through movies, I learned about so many different political themes I hadn't been interested in and cultural things I hadn't been aware of and economic factors I hadn't thought about.
home japanese maybe similar sort system video
When I was a child, there really weren't very many video games, but I do have memories of 'Pong.' Maybe it was 'Pong.' It was a home system in Japan, so maybe it wasn't the real 'Pong.' It was just sort of a Japanese game that was similar to 'Pong.'
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In Japan, there are storm channels on either side of the main roads. There were so many times when I'd fall into these ditches because I was lost in stories as I was walking along. It's still dangerous for me to drive. I've driven into the gate outside my house numerous times.
coming protect shoot typical
In any game, you have an enemy coming at yourself that you have to shoot. If you go back to 'Space Invaders,' they shoot at you when they come at you, so how are you going to protect yourself? You're going to shoot, and that is a typical videogame.
trying
What I'm really trying to do is create unique characters.
games inhabit main player stories
Stories in which the player doesn't inhabit the main character are difficult for games to handle.
player
My goal is to make a player think, 'I want to reenter this world of lies tomorrow.'
stressful time
My games are rather stressful games, where you have to play for a long time.
according believe change players
I believe the game should really feel what the players are feeling and change according to that.
defines including love people work
I don't like necessarily that people think 'Metal Gear' defines me. I love 'Metal Gear,' don't get me wrong. But as a creator, I really want to work on other projects, including new games.
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As far as how I create games, I'm just reflecting what I feel, the things I have in my mind. I put those out there. Some of the things that I'm going through, the things that surround me, might be reflected there. But for me, it's a natural process. I just reflect what I feel into the game.
previous
As a game creator, I'm not 100% satisfied when looking back at the previous game that I released.
ask games question
There are so many games where you fight aliens or zombies, and they have very high-fidelity graphics, but they don't ask the question of why the events are happening.