I thought that I could never recover. I felt like I might not ever be…

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“I thought that I could never recover. I felt like I might not ever be able to create a game again.”

What it documents

Kojima said that in 2020, isolated during Covid and nearing 60, he fell seriously ill, and he said he thought he could never recover and felt he might not ever be able to create a game again.

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GQ, by Sam White, 2025-06-10. View source ↗

“Then, in 2020, isolated during Covid as he neared 60, he fell seriously ill. "I thought that I could never recover," he says. "I felt like I might not ever be able to create a game again."”

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