Hideo Kojima : Progressive Game Design from Metal Gear to Death Stranding

An exploration of the influential work of Hideo Kojima, creator of cinematic titles such as the blockbuster "Metal Gear Solid" franchise, which has moved over 50 million units globally, as well as "Snatcher", "Policenauts", and "Death Stranding". As the architect of the "Metal Gear Solid" franchise, Kojima is synonymous with the "stealth game" genre, where tension and excitement is created from players avoiding enemies rather than confronting them. Through the franchise, Kojima also helped to bridge the gap between games and other forms of media, arguing that games could be deep experiences that unearthed complex emotions from players on the same level as films or novels. Drawing on archives of interviews in English and Japanese with Kojima and his team, as well as academic discourses of social/political games and cinematic narrative/world-building, this book examines Kojima's progressive game design as it applies to four key areas: socially-relevant narratives, cinematic aesthetics, thematically-connected

systems, and reflexive spaces. [Publisher's Text]

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