Hideo Kojima

小島秀夫

Hideo Kojima is a Japanese video game designer originally employed at Konami. Formerly the vice president of Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, he is currently the head of Kojima Productions. He is the creator and director of a number of successful games, including the *Metal Gear* series, *Snatcher*, *Policenauts* and the *Death Stranding* series. He has also produced both the *Zone of the Enders* and *Boktai* series. Kojima is consistently named by fans and industry experts alike as being one of the most influential and innovative video game directors and writers of all time, as well as being on many all time director top ten lists. Newsweek named Hideo Kojima as one of the top ten people of 2002. In 2008, Next-Gen placed him #7 in their list of "Hot 100 Developer 2008." He was awarded the first ever Lifetime Achievement Award handed to a game designer at the 2008 MTV Game Awards. He is most well known for his involvement with the *Metal Gear* series. The series is credited for pioneering and popularizing stealth video games and "cinematic video games". Notable traits of the series include cinematic cutscenes, intricate storylines, offbeat and fourth-wall humor, and explorat

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