Why MGS4's final scene is more powerful than we ever realised
The article mixes quotes from the author’s own 2013 interview, biographical quotes of undeclared origin, and the journalist’s personal reading of the final scene. Only the passages quoted and attributed to Kojima have been taken; the quotes of undeclared origin are flagged on each entry. The same author also wrote the 2019 Guardian interview already held here.
The 5 entries it supports
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“In the beginning, I would say the answer to that is yes. I had very specific people in mind when I created a game, and I had a message that I wanted to pass along. But now my thought process is changing.”
Quote 2015-08-21 GamesRadar, by Dan Dawkins; includes his own 2013 interview with Kojima -
“I've been stuck with something of a father complex ever since. All the Metal Gear games so far have been paternal stories. They're all about killing your father (laughs).”
Quote 2015-08-21 GamesRadar, by Dan Dawkins; includes his own 2013 interview with Kojima -
“This isn't the kind of movie a child can understand though”
Paraphrase 2015-08-21 GamesRadar, by Dan Dawkins; includes his own 2013 interview with Kojima -
“He'd say, 'Watch me carefully, Hideo,' and take a magic marker and paint the connecting pieces in the stone walls around the castle, then wipe them with paint thinner from the top. 'You should always make these fine lines black like this,' he'd say.”
Quote 2015-08-21 GamesRadar, by Dan Dawkins; includes his own 2013 interview with Kojima -
“As a child I couldn't understand this. If they can sit down and talk like that, why do they even need to fight in the first place? I thought.”
Quote 2015-08-21 GamesRadar, by Dan Dawkins; includes his own 2013 interview with Kojima