When I was a child, there really weren't very many video games, but I do have memories of 'Pong.' Maybe it was 'Pong.' It was a home system in Japan, so maybe it wasn't the real 'Pong.' It was just sort of a Japanese game that was similar to 'Pong.' Hideo Kojima More Quotes by Hideo Kojima More Quotes From Hideo Kojima Find something to believe in, and find it for yourself. And when you do - pass it on to the future. Hideo Kojima believe 90% of what is considered "impossible" is, in fact, possible. The other 10% will become possible with the passage of time & technology. Hideo Kojima design technology facts I want my games to teach a message about life, by presenting situations where the answer isn't a clear yes or no. Hideo Kojima games answers want We ought to remember the past, yes -- but we shouldn't allow it to consume us. We live in the present moment, and some people are too tied to the ideals of that period to fully move forward. We'll never work through the future unless we accept the present. We must fill the twenty-first century with dreams. Hideo Kojima dream past moving It's not wether you were right or wrong, but how much faith you were willing to have - that decides the future. Hideo Kojima metal-gear willing Games are a way of escaping reality - that's why you need heroic factor. Hideo Kojima escaping games reality What I'm doing is creating a game. I'm not making a movie. To make the game more enjoyable and captivating, and to make the player feel like he's present in that setting, we need the cinematic element. Hideo Kojima creating player games When a man is hit by Friendly Fire, his blood pressure lowers and his morale sinks. I have been hit by Friendly Fire in my heart. Sighs spill from my body instead of blood. Hideo Kojima fire heart men Building the future, and keeping the past alive - are one and the same thing. Hideo Kojima building alive past As a creator, I always want to betray fans expectations. Hideo Kojima fans expectations want I respect Shigeru Miyamoto, so there will be a lot of mushrooms in 'Metal Gear Solid 3.' But you cannot eat turtles. Hideo Kojima turtles gears mushrooms Humanity needs more than merely information. We express original ideas, humor, and our personal wills. We express passions and emotions. A person's point of view conveys all of these aspects of identity. Hideo Kojima passion views ideas The human body is supposed to be 70 percent water. I consider myself 70 percent film Hideo Kojima film body water We really can't boil a man's life down to seasonal divisions of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Seasons cycle perennially, and we enjoy them because they recur. We should understand a man's life this way too. An elderly person may yet see new springs and summers. On the other hand, some young people never escape winter. Others become ensnared by their own private autumns. Hideo Kojima autumn summer spring Game creation keeps on expanding, just like the Universe. That is why I keep making games Hideo Kojima expanding creation games Another world exists that I must experience. A genus of people exists who I must meet. I must inhale the air they breathe--share their world at all costs. Hideo Kojima cost air people My unlimited desire to create stuff surpasses the advancement in hardware power. Hideo Kojima advancement desire stuff We might compare each day's decisions with the work of steering a boat. Our efforts will result in nebulous confusion if we make a wrong move at any point, even if it's only a small tack to the side. We absolutely cannot afford carelessness, lest we risk becoming lost ourselves. Hideo Kojima effort confusion moving I want to show people how there are variations and different interpretations of good and evil. Hideo Kojima different evil people Super Mario Bros. is equivalent to the Big Bang of our gaming universe. If it were not for this blindingly spectacular creation, digital entertainment as we know it today would not exist. Hideo Kojima bangs digital today
