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Hideo Kojima

Hideo Kojima

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About

Hideo Kojima (小島 秀夫 Kojima Hideo) is a Japanese video game developer who is best known for developing games in the Metal Gear and Castlevania franchises. Online, he is often regarded as a troll for trying to mislead fans and shrouding his works in mystery.

History

Work at Konami

Kojima first joined the gaming industry by joining Konami in 1986 with his first game he worked on being Penguin Adventure[1] adding many elements that had not been considered originally by the team working on it. Kojima was first tasked with helping create Metal Gear in 1987 when limitations in the hardware were slowing down production time. Kojima rose the ranks of the company eventually becoming vice president of Konami in 2011 from his works.

A Hideo Kojima Game

On March 19th, 2015, several gaming news sites reported about a rumor that Kojima might be leaving Konami.[3][4][5] On July 14th, a NeoGAF thread was submitted by user Love Deterrence that featured the final version of the official box art for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain which reveals Kojima’s brand being completely removed. The removal spurred Twitter users to launch the hashtag #AHideoKojimaGame in protest of the decision.



Departure from Konami

On October 19th, 2015, The New Yorker published an article about an anonymous source who claimed that Hideo Kojima has left Konami since October 9th.[18] Konami denied the claim and stated that Kojima is still an employee in the company and is currently on vacation after the completion of Metal Gear Soild V.[19] On October 20th, Simon Parker who wrote the article on The New Yorker posted an image on Twitter of Kojima's farewell party that Konami has denied to have occurred.[20]

Simon Parkin @SimonParkin Follow Here is a photograph of Kojima's farewell party on October 9th at Konami, which Konami claims no knowledge of RETWEETSFAVORTES 1,632 1,043。 EES /

On December 15th, 2015, Hideo Kojima announcesd via his Twitter account that his employment contract with Konami has been terminated.[21]

HIDEO_KOJIMA @HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN 1h My employment contract with Konami has been terminated as of Dec 15th, so today marks a new start for me. I'm committed to be involved in creative activities for as long as I live. Look forward to what's coming 44K 5.9K

On the same day, Sony Computer Entertainment announced their official partnership with Hideo Kojima and his new independent studio, Kojima Productions, in developing a new game exclusively to the Playstation 4.


Online Presence

I'm Alright

I'm Alright refers to a tweet made on March 11th, 2011 (shown below), by Kojima during the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, confirming his safety because many fans began to worry if Hideo had died in the disaster[7].




Because of the simplicity of the tweet, many parodies and photoshops were spawned. Many gaming related news sites and forums reported on tweet[8][9][10].


KOUIMA Is alrightHIDEO KOJIMA EN I'm alright.

Ruse Cruises

Ruse Cruises refer to the way fans of Kojima interpret actions that may or may not be intentional often delving into a conspiracy involving Kojima. Circa mid-2015, a thread[11] titled "/v/'s Ruse Cruise by Kojima" was created on the subreddit r/MetalGearSolid featuring a screencap of a /v/ thread discussing a possible ruse set up by Kojima about the upcoming Metal Gear game (shown below, left). Many gaming centric sites have reported on Kojima's possible trolling and ruses[12][13][14][15]. Kojima has also stated[16] multiple times that he will be leaving Metal Gear alone before releasing or revealing the next game in the series (shown below, right).


曰KOJIMA RUSE CRUISE TO MGSV Anonymous 04/19/15(Sun20 0B 25 No 29140692 291419272 291419606291419937 291421208 3291425506 >291427058>2914 http.Macepunch.com/showthread.phpt- 1461422 propose possibility ofhead transplant suigery DIRECTOR get proposal publicized on major news outets around tha world oget crip to volunteer as first patient for procedure, drawing further media attention scrip does CG wok for vdeo game doctor wries novel on transplant surgery, ail chapters reference MGS universe TEDx logo given by doctor resembles V THE BIG CHILL date of surgery wil be proposed ametime this year crp goes into OR, no cameras or press allowed inside 10 hours later the sugery is complete, prass inad up ousside wating to capture photes of tha warld's fest trans-headed mala doors slowly begin to open, cameras already taking photos Kojima walks outside and holds up a copy of MGSv orld outraged as everything is revealed to be a hoax >MGSV gets more pubboty than any game r, existence MGSV becomes bast selling game of all time Unnamed doctor in MGSV trailer CONTENTS 2w.wkming 123 KB, 496496)gle i Kojima changed his twitter pic to Lego Sgure which all have Chapter 1 The impossible! Chapter 2 A Bold Seep Chapter 3 GEMINI Chapter 4 The wondrous world of polymers Chapter 5 And let there be ligh.. Chapter The Big Chill Chapter 7 HEAVEN Chapier 8 In need of toleranere Chapter9 FOrever Young Chapter 0 Clone 2291422394 Heading of HIDEO KOJIMA Heading off @HIDEO KOJIM. Mar 16 Appendix The FRONTIERS files Planned first human head transplant ed In 2013, the neuroscientist Sergio Canavero, director of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group in Turin, Italy, announced the plan for the hrst head transplant in man. Canavero stales that the poss biity exists to re-fuse a severed cord by use of fusogens The project, the Head Anastomosis Venture with Cord Fusion, was announced in July 2013. He wrote The greatest technical hurdle to such endeavor is of course the reconnecton of the donor (ojs and recipient (Rys spinal cords. it is my contention that the lechnology only now exists for such linkage. This paper Sketches out a posstie numan scenario and outhnes the technology to recorrect the severed cord pro ect GEMNI). 티s argued that several up to now hopeless me tal condtons m berett from such procedure. Canavero caled the procedure Heaven surgery shorthand for its more ful name, head anastomosits venture He speculates that the surgery would take a team of 100 surgeons roughly 36 hours to complete, at an estmated cost of $12 8 lion [15 Dr Canaven recent y e aned the ati ale a TEDx conference鬩He also wrote an An an n book Head Tanspantat and the Quest for M m am (Create pace hdependent Pubishing Pliatform, 2014), to cover the costs of the operation by crowdfunding rough its sales.T The volunteer to receive tne frst head transplant is 30-year-old valery Spiridonov, a Russian win Werdnig-Hotman disease and rapiay decinng healh鬩The procedures planned to be performed prior 2017 [101 わ 다911 ★1,219 HIDEO KOJIMA @HIDEO KOUMA EN Apr 15 claimed to be the first person who can perform head tranplant surgery わ が 永遠に続く の想し 春 の カラ 画水インタビュ 回 わ 196 *506 Wew mare phatos and ideos Galaxy Express 999儼河1tle000スリーナイン) Gnga Tetsud0 Surf Nan") is a manga wrmen and drawn by Leep Matsumoto. as wel as vanous anme tams and TV series based on n an Moore, British Japanese actor who plays the doctor in MGSV The manga won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shonen in 1978㈱ The anme seres won the Animage Anme Grand Prtx prze n 1981 Matsumoto was inspired to create Galary Express 999 by the idea of a steam train nunning through the stars in the nowell Nignt on me Galactic Rairoad by Kenji Mlyazaua4This will be my final Metal Gear" -Hideo Kojima (2001, 2004, 2008, 2014)

Personal Life

Hideo Kojima was born on August 24th, 1963, in Tokyo Japan. Much of his early life was influenced by video games and movies which both got him to chase the career he currently has. Kojima cites[17] Nintendo and Shigeru Miyamoto as being major roles in what got him into gaming.

Search Interest

External References

[1] Wikipedia – Penguin Adventure

[3] IGN – TIMELINE OF THE KOJIMA, KONAMI CONTROVERSY

[4] Gamespot – GS News Top 5 – Kojima Vs. Konami Saga, Five Nights At Freddy’s 4 Incoming!

[5] Polygon – ! – Something is going on between Konami and Hideo Kojima

[7] IGN Forums – Report: Hideo Kojima dead after tsunami hits Japan

[8] Giantbomb Forums – Kojima is alright, guys!

[9] N4G News – Hideo Kojima confirms he is safe and well after Japanese tsunami

[10] GameFAQs Forums – Hideo Kojima says I'm alright

[11] r/MetalGearSolid – /v/'s Ruse Cruise by Kojima

[12] Segmentnext (via Wayback Machine) – Top 5 Ways Hideo Kojima Tricked Players in Metal Gear Series

[13] Gematsu – Report: Hideo Kojima expected to leave Konami after Metal Gear Solid V

[14] Examiner (via Wayback Machine) – Hideo Kojima continues to ruse and confuse with his latest interview appearance

[15] Express – 5 Reasons why Hideo Kojima could be trolling us

[16] Kotaku – A List Of Times Hideo Kojima Has Said He's Done Making Metal Gear

[17] Bloomberg – Hideo Kojima: Gaming's Designer-in-Chief

[18] The New Yorker – Why did Hideo Kojima leave Konami?

[19] Kotaku – Konami Denies Hideo Kojima Has Left, Says He's On Vacation

[20] Twitter – Here is a photograph of Kojima's farewell party

[21] Twitter – Kojima is Free

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