Learn about the music, movies and books that fuel Kojima’s creative fire
Do I enjoy reading Hideo Kojima’s ideas about movies – enough to justify buying a book? Right!
The Gifted Gene and My Lovable Memes, a collection of essays by Metal Gear and Death Stranding creator published in 2019, “explores the influences and inspirations that shape his work. “It may sound a bell if you keep Twitter records on Kojima, but the book has been out of reach for English readers so far.
Announcement: Hideo Kojima, creator of Death Stranding and Metal Gear Solid, explores the influences and inspirations that shape his work. The creative gene comes out of the fall of 2021. pic.twitter.com/VKL6yXtK79
– VIZ (@VIZMedia) February 19, 2021
By polygon, Viz Media is launching a translated version called The Creative Gene on October 12th.
The extensive title of the adaptation in English – The creative gene: how books, films and music inspired the creator of Death Stranding and Metal Gear Solid – is a better indication than waiting. More specifically, there is this excerpt translated from the introduction “What Memes Connect Us To” by Kojima.
Are you willing to go on this trip or are you okay with continuing his games and watching his antics online?
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