Anecdote 1998
“We went to go buy dry ice but they didn't have any, so with no other options, even though I don't smoke I lit some cigarettes and blew smoke everywhere. (laughs)”
What it documents
In 1998 Kojima said photographing Shinkawa’s finished Metal Gear REX model was an odyssey: the team worked until midnight and went to buy dry ice but they didn’t have any, so with no other options, even though he does not smoke he lit cigarettes and blew smoke everywhere, asking Shinkawa for help, and Shinkawa replied no, he hates cigarette smoke; they then tried doing the shots in CG, the results were almost the same, and in the end they did not use any of the studio photos.
Source
shmuplations.com; MGS development interview in The PlayStation (1998), unofficial English translation. View source ↗
“After taking those photos I said we could probably do this in CG too, so we tried that and they turned out almost the same. [...] In the end we didn't use those studio photos at all. (laughs)”