“There was also no real story”: Hideo Kojima Revolutionized Storytelling in Games With Metal Gear Solid “because everyone was against it” Hideo Kojima's rebellious journey from library outcast to gaming visionary shows what happens when you refuse to play by the rules. 12/21/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
Hideo Kojima was told "games don't need stories" early in his career, so he read 300 books while making a single game to prove them wrong Hideo Kojima has opened up about what it was like being an early progenitor of story-focused video games, revealing he once read around 300 books researching story details for a single game. 12/20/2024 - 7:14 am | View Link
Hideo Kojima originally had "no plans" for a character like Metal Gear Solid's Cyborg Ninja until Yoji Shinkawa's art had him saying "hell yeah, a ninja cyborg!" Metal Gear Solid's Cyborg Ninja is one of the 1998 game's most memorable characters, backflipping all over protagonist Snake with his chiseled exoskeleton and hissing haunting musings about life. But ... 12/19/2024 - 7:18 am | View Link
Death Stranding and Metal Gear Solid lead Hideo Kojima once said "everything I make ends up feeling somewhat like a movie" because he'd "grown up with them" From Death Stranding to Metal Gear, Kojima is no stranger to smash-hit game successes. If you've played any of his titles and have felt almost as though they carry a touch of cine ... 12/18/2024 - 2:18 am | View Link
Hideo Kojima Interview Reveals He Almost Left Konami Because of Metal Gear An old interview with Hideo Kojima has been uncovered again, revealing that Kojima was keen on leaving Konami over Metal Gear. 12/18/2024 - 1:54 am | View Link
Hideo Kojima will attend and present at The Game Awards Whatever this year's runtime is, you may as well subtract the 15-20 minutes that the super special Kojima feature will take up Not that I'm not looking forward to it, but if they do that 'please wrap it up' shit again this year while giving Kojima his own full-on segment, then Imma tune out from this thing for good and catch the trailers and ... 12/6/2024 - 1:38 pm | View Website
I've Decided Kojima Is The Most Overrated Popular Game ... Kojima was at his best when he had limits to what he was allowed to do. He's been a shadow of his former creative self in recent years who seems more obsessed with Hollywood and Hollywood actors than ever, and I don't think cramming as many names into his games as he possibly can makes them better games. 12/1/2024 - 7:10 am | View Website
Kojima and the Real Metal Gear Solid | Good Blood (Video ... The video is essentially delving into how the Metal Gear series is about Kojima's troubled childhood and traumas. Citing Kojima himself, Javed references the book titled "Metal Gear Solid: Naked" where Kojima talks about how MGS was really about the impact of his father's death on his storytelling, and how he had gotten "darker" because of it. 11/19/2024 - 10:30 am | View Website
What do you think when you look back at the Konami vs. Kojima debacle ... Kojima overspending money or not bringing David Hayter back for shallow reasons or whatever doesn't make a corporation abusing its employees okay. My take is that Konami had been a shit corporation that abused and didn't appreciate its creators for a while, but Kojima was big enough that it finally became visible for everyone to see. 11/11/2024 - 8:52 am | View Website
[Automation-media] Death Stranding IP will be owned by ... Though I guess it wouldn't be too shocking he has a similar deal as with DS (though probably just Sony publishings vs multiple), especially given what Kojima went through with Konami and the whole "Kojima Kojima Kojima" aspect pretty hard tying his I.P to him regardless, that if he isn't involved people won't care as much. 11/7/2024 - 8:28 am | View Website
Forget making us look because Meghan Trainor is all about leaving us shook.
The "All About the Bass" singer has never been shy about sharing intimate details about her marriage to Daryl Sabara,
For several years, the final “Saturday Night Live” episode of the year includes a segment of “Weekend Update” in which co-anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che write jokes that the other must read for the first time on the air. For Jost, this typically has meant Che forces him to say a litany of jokes […]
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Tom Hanks opened the 2024 season finale of “Saturday Night Live” and could barely get a “hello” out of his mouth before the audience in Studio 8H went wild with excitement. Sitting in a leather chair and wearing his Five-Timers Club jacket, the actor said, “Hello, I’m Tom Hanks.” Explaining the origin of the esteemed […]
Blake Lively alleges that Justin Baldoni launched a smear campaign against her after she accused him of sexually harassing her on the set of their film It Ends With Us.
The actress detailed her