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Hideo Kojima’s Boktai: The Sun Is In and Ghostwatch, the cult ‘90s BBC faux documentary, are two things not often mentioned in the same breath. But they’re among the reference points raised during our conversation with , the filmmaker taking his first step into videogames with . And if these inspirations seem an unlikely crossover, then the Venn diagram required to fully encompass ’ conceit – a “realtime live-action horror videogame” involving the makers of both Siren Head and Big Bird – is outright inconceivable.
