Hideo Kojima

“With a movie, it's probably easier to sustain intensity and seriousness over the 90-minute duration. But in an open-world game it becomes exhausting, demotivating and even uninteresting for the player.”

“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.”

“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.”

“To be honest, my friends weren't really as into making films as I was. But I convinced them all to make some zombie films with me.”

“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.'”

“There are many museums dedicated to technology, artistic endeavors, music, and that sort of thing. From that perspective, I think games really do have a place as a kind of collaborative art or a synthesis of all these various aspects into a whole, and that, in itself, can be perceived as art.”

“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.”

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

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

“I believe that this cooperation between Nokia and Konami will form the perfect match to share the vast potential of mobile entertainment content with users all around the world.”

“At Disneyland, you never go 'backstage' - even when you're in the bathroom.”

“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.”

“Normally, when people compose for film, you give them the film, and they look at it, and they compose it.”

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

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

“I don't like necessarily that people think 'Metal Gear' defines me. I love 'Metal Gear,' don't get me wrong. But as a creator, I really want to work on other projects, including new games.”

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

“People nowadays don't know about the Cold War and the U.S.'s old rivalry with the U.S.S.R.”

“I have to have a creative role; otherwise, I simply wouldn't come into work.”

“One of my first dreams when I was a child was becoming a painter.”