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
raids
My parents were born in the 1930s, and they experienced the air raids on Tokyo.
previous
As a game creator, I'm not 100% satisfied when looking back at the previous game that I released.
stressful time
My games are rather stressful games, where you have to play for a long time.
player
My goal is to make a player think, 'I want to reenter this world of lies tomorrow.'
trying
What I'm really trying to do is create unique characters.
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.
technology design facts
90% of what is considered "impossible" is, in fact, possible. The other 10% will become possible with the passage of time & technology.
mushrooms turtles gears
I respect Shigeru Miyamoto, so there will be a lot of mushrooms in Metal Gear Solid 3. But you cannot eat turtles.
army guy hollywood
Hollywood continues to present the U.S. Army as being the good guys, always defeating the aliens or foreigners.
nice world body
It's nice to wear a suit once in a while. It can restrict some body movement, but it makes me feel as though I'm part of society. I feel a sense of security because I've conformed to the standards of the rest of the world.
nice people long
People are satisfied with making minor upgrades and tweaking things here and there - as long as that's the landscape, it will keep on happening. I don't see a problem necessarily, but at the same time it is nice to see new things come.
europe games roles
Japanese gamers aren't really into action games right now. They're into role-playing or strategy games with a lot of stats, but action titles are still really popular across the US and Europe.
caves cameras lost
What's troubling is that because the camera is 3D, the northern part of the screen isn't necessarily north anymore. So the jungle transforms into the true meaning of a jungle. For someone with no sense of direction like myself, I get lost in the caves every time.
bathroom disneyland
At Disneyland, you never go backstage - even when youre in the bathroom.