Anecdote 2025-06-13
“You have no idea how much he doesn't give a shit about this. He really doesn't. He doesn't compromise; he does what he wants.”
— Woodkid
What it documents
Woodkid said there is a real anomaly in Kojima's work and in Death Stranding: they are mainstream games and at the same time radical, which is very hard to reconcile today because being mainstream requires compromises; he added that Kojima does not compromise, he does what he wants, knows what he is doing, and does not care.
Source
“There's a real anomaly in the work of Hideo and Death Stranding, which is [that] they're mainstream games, but are so radical. It's so hard to be mainstream and radical today, at the same time.”