January 4th, 2008

Jade Raymond Interviews Hideo Kojima

Jade Raymond (the young lady in the image above) who was a bit irritated by the actions of a hilarious community some time ago, as the representative of Ubisoft, she had an interview with Hideo Kojima (image above, in the middle), the game designer and creator of Metal Gear Solid series. Kojima's points and perspective on video game violence is very interesting:

"I don't think there are many games that tackle violence head on...When you hit someone or inflict pain, faces get disfigured for example, and I want to make games that show that sort of thing. (...) If you don't see the pain, you can't understand what you've done, and you'll pass through battles without taking responsibility for your actions. I don't want to ignore that. I want players to think, even if it's just a little, about what violence and war are."

So there you have it, a game creator who actually is interested how his games will be perceived and understood by the simple gamers - such experiences shouldn't be shallow.