Hideo Kojima Quotes

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Hideo Kojima

Profession : Designer

Birth : August 24, 1963

Genetic engineering is a result of science advancement, so I don't think that in itself is bad. If used wisely, genetics can be beneficial, but they can be abused, too.

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I want to show people how there are variations and different interpretations of good and evil.

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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.

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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.

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My biggest failure is 'Metal Gear.' It's my biggest failure and my biggest success.

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When I was small, I was always thinking about different worlds in my head.

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The painter has total control over what they're showing to the viewer.

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I always say, 'This will be my last 'Metal Gear.'

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Personally, I'm not too fond of remakes.

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I believe the game should really feel what the players are feeling and change according to that.

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Hollywood continues to present the U.S. Army as being the good guys, always defeating the aliens or foreigners.

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My goal is to make a player think, 'I want to reenter this world of lies tomorrow.'

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The last remaining thing that must be communicated to the next generation is an aging figure that still continues to change.

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I don't really want to be a celebrity.

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Every time I make a new game, I put all of my effort completely into that game. It's like putting all your effort into a new child that's being born. Once the project is done, I can step back and look at it objectively, which is when I can see a lot of flaws. That's when I start to make a new game that tries to fix some of those flaws.

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You have to be very careful when you're working on a sequel, because it has to be a continuation of what you did before.

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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.

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What I'm really trying to do is create unique characters.

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If it weren't for Miyamoto-san, I wouldn't be where I am.

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I am tremendously excited to introduce a unique 'Metal Gear Solid' experience to a new audience of gamers as well as collaborate with my mentor in game design, Mr. Miyamoto, on 'Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes' for Nintendo GameCube.

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