I'm sorry, but this is exactly why I love Hideo Kojima. Sometimes he'll uncannily predict the rough shape of the future Internet and the culture it creates around itself with chilling accuracy, and sometimes you'll have a dude named Die-Hardman because his real name is President John McClane.
It's that incredibly bizarre blend of sleek, military-accurate designs and presentation, with the SWAT clearing and codenames and all, and the weird philosophical high-concept themes he builds stories on, and the just fucking weird Hideo Kojima indulgences that are thrown in there because it's a fucking Hideo Kojima game, that makes his shit special. MGS2 wouldn't have the same vibe if Iriquois Plissken didn't make sure to clarify that he's called Vamp because he's bisexual, not because he's an immortal blood drinker who can dodge bullets and walk on special zero-buoyancy water.
I'm sorry, but this is exactly why I love Hideo Kojima. Sometimes he'll uncannily predict the rough shape of the future Internet and the culture it creates around itself with chilling accuracy, and sometimes you'll have a dude named Die-Hardman because his real name is President John McClane.
It's that incredibly bizarre blend of sleek, military-accurate designs and presentation, with the SWAT clearing and codenames and all, and the weird philosophical high-concept themes he builds stories on, and the just fucking weird Hideo Kojima indulgences that are thrown in there because it's a fucking Hideo Kojima game, that makes his shit special. MGS2 wouldn't have the same vibe if Iriquois Plissken didn't make sure to clarify that he's called Vamp because he's bisexual, not because he's an immortal blood drinker who can dodge bullets and walk on special zero-buoyancy water.