Hideo Kojima
The Kojima Files #3 - Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (1990)
Metal Gear 2 feels like the start of the stealth genre and its belated western release reframes it as a lens for post cold war warfare.
Hideo Kojima
Nintendo
Video Games have a Crediting Problem
Nintendo's refusal to say who is making Donkey Kong: Bananza brings to the forefront the issue of game credits.
Hideo Kojima
The Kojima Files #2 - Snatcher (1988)
A cyberpunk narrative steeped in cold war and nuclear anxieties that feels oddly pertinent in 2025. Also the first major example of Hideo Kojima being bad at writing women.
Hideo Kojima
The Kojima Files #1 - Metal Gear (1987)
Metal Gear (1987) is not without flaws but presents the skeleton of what would become Kojima's style in a package that holds up surprisingly well