Hideo Kojima talks life, influences at USC presentation
This is press coverage of a talk, not a transcript: apart from the quoted passages, the sentences are the writer’s summary. Kojima spoke through an interpreter. NOTE: the text describes Kojima as “the son of two pharmaceutical executives”; this archive documents that his father worked at a pharmaceutical company, but does not support that his mother did, or that either was an “executive”. That detail has not been incorporated.
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In 2011 Kojima described his week as sleeping only four hours a night and spending the rest of each day working or in meetings; he said he himself regrets being away from his family so much, but tries to keep weekends free to spend with them.
Paraphrase 2011-10-06 Engadget, by Mike Schramm; Kojima talk at the University of Southern California moderated by Geoff Keighley -
In 2011 Kojima described a difference between Eastern and Western design: in Japan players are placed in a room with one door that leads to a room with two doors, and so on, so the game opens up gradually; in the West players can be dropped into a jungle early on, where freedom and exploration are valued.
Paraphrase 2011-10-06 Engadget, by Mike Schramm; Kojima talk at the University of Southern California moderated by Geoff Keighley -
“true game design”
Quote 2011-10-06 Engadget, by Mike Schramm; Kojima talk at the University of Southern California moderated by Geoff Keighley -
“only oddball in my class that wanted to make movies or novels”
Quote 2011-10-06 Engadget, by Mike Schramm; Kojima talk at the University of Southern California moderated by Geoff Keighley -
“First, come up with something you like, and then show it to as many people as you can. Tweak it, and get their opinions.”
Quote 2011-10-06 Engadget, by Mike Schramm; Kojima talk at the University of Southern California moderated by Geoff Keighley -
“to surprise my professor, and he was very surprised, but it didn't help my grade much”
Quote 2011-10-06 Engadget, by Mike Schramm; Kojima talk at the University of Southern California moderated by Geoff Keighley -
“plays with Legos all day”
Anecdote 2011-10-06 Engadget, by Mike Schramm; Kojima talk at the University of Southern California moderated by Geoff Keighley -
“I felt great potential in the medium”
Quote 2011-10-06 Engadget, by Mike Schramm; Kojima talk at the University of Southern California moderated by Geoff Keighley -
At a USC talk in 2011, Kojima said he began writing as a young man and that one of his early pieces was a long story titled Survival Battle, set in a world where everyone fought when they turned fourteen and earned extra time in their lifespan for each victory.
Paraphrase 2011-10-06 Engadget, by Mike Schramm; Kojima talk at the University of Southern California moderated by Geoff Keighley