There's kind of a unique system where we learn many different parts…

Direct quote 2009-04-15

“There's kind of a unique system where we learn many different parts of economics, marketing, or other things... English too, or even a third language - I studied Spanish.”

What it documents

In 2009 Kojima explained that in Japan many university students do not study their declared major in depth, and described a university system in which students learn parts of economics, marketing or other subjects, as well as English or even a third language; he said he studied Spanish.

Source

Video Games Daily / Kikizo, 2009-04-15 (page 2 of 3). View source ↗

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“Ever since middle school or thereabouts, for the longest time, I had wanted to make movies.”

film 1999 Shmuplations, translation of a 1999 interview in Nice Games magazine
“only oddball in my class that wanted to make movies or novels”

film 2011-10-06 Engadget, by Mike Schramm; Kojima talk at the University of Southern California moderated by Geoff Keighley
“Not really! Recently, Kojima Productions was involved in the creation of a foreign currency trading game - so I guess that kind of counts!”

work 2009-04-15 Video Games Daily / Kikizo
“to surprise my professor, and he was very surprised, but it didn't help my grade much”

creativity 2011-10-06 Engadget, by Mike Schramm; Kojima talk at the University of Southern California moderated by Geoff Keighley
“I feel like the video game industry right now is in its last year of elementary school. Everyone is aware that next year will be the start of a new experience with middle school, but no one has figured out what school it will be or what it will look like.”

video games 1999 shmuplations.com; Matsuno × Kojima conversation (1999), unofficial English translation

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