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
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.'
simply work
I have to have a creative role; otherwise, I simply wouldn't come into work.
army continues defeating good hollywood present
Hollywood continues to present the U.S. Army as being the good guys, always defeating the aliens or foreigners.
human
I have always had a fascination about what's inside a human being.
centre criticise maybe stories
In the past, the U.S. was the centre of the world, where everything was happening. I think my stories have always sought to question this, maybe even criticise it.
dreams
One of my first dreams when I was a child was becoming a painter.
worlds
When I was small, I was always thinking about different worlds in my head.
observe pass people
I always observe the people who pass by when I ride an escalator. I'll never see most of them again, so I imagine a lot of things about their lives... about the day ahead of them.
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.
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.
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.
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.