INSIDE THE WORLD Hideo Kojima
In the world of video games, there are numerous visionaries that have brought us some of the greatest games ever made, but very few live up to the legendary status that Japan’s Hideo Kojima possesses. He is an enigma in the industry, a true auteur that does not budge on his vision (to a fault sometimes) and a man that has revolutionized the gaming landscape on numerous occasions. In 2021, Kojima is one of the very few dominant voices left in an industry that has become more corporate by the second, yet how did this mild-mannered man from Japan keep his head above the ever-increasing cutthroat nature of the gaming world and how has he managed to avoid the corporate decision making that plagues so many other auteurs? It’s very simple really, Hideo Kojima’s games are amazing, genre-bending and weird as hell.
The Big Boss
Born on August 24, 1963, in Setagaya Tokyo, Hideo Kojima was the youngest of three children. From a very young age, Kojima fell in love with movies, especially those from America, as his parents would watch movies every night with their kids. This had a massive impact on the young Kojima and he dreamt of one day being a filmmaker or creative artist, even though social norms in Japan at the time dictated that you choose stable income over creativity. Unfortunately, those movie nights would
