Hideo Kojima
Progressive Game Design from Metal Gear to Death Stranding
Seiten
2023
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
979-8-7651-0168-1 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
979-8-7651-0168-1 (ISBN)
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.
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.
Bryan Hikari Hartzheim is Associate Professor of New Media at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan.
List of figures
Acknowledgements
Preface
Foreword
Notes on Translation and Names
1. Introduction: The Cult of Kojima
2. Enter Konami: Designing Experiences for the MSX
3. Small Teams, Big Worlds: Playing Detective in Snatcher and Policenauts
4. The Progressive Franchise: KojiPro’s Collective Design in Metal Gear Solid
5. Live Ops: Building Connections in Open Worlds
6. KojiPro’s Legacy and Future
Gameography
Notes
Works cited
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 05.09.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Influential Video Game Designers |
| Zusatzinfo | 30 bw illus |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 218 mm |
| Gewicht | 420 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode |
| Informatik ► Software Entwicklung ► Spieleprogrammierung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-13 | 979-8-7651-0168-1 / 9798765101681 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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