The Design Philosophy of Hideo Kojima | The History of Metal Gear Solid

Hideo Kojima is a game designer who is heralded for having a unique creative voice. This video traces the history of his design philosophy as well as how he designed the metal gear solid series. Ultimately , he advocates for an integrated design philosophy, where mechanics , themes, game design, and game development all unite to create the impossible.
Support the channel on Patreon for Additional content
/ gameoveranalyser
Sources
Hideo kojimas GDC talk
• Hideo Kojima Keynote -...
The Art of video games Kojima interview
www.youtube.co...
Kojima interview psx 2016 Decima engine
• Death Stranding - Play...
IGS 2007 Innovation in indie games
• IGS 2007: Innovation i...
Jonathan Blow Preventing the collapse of civilization
• Jonathan Blow - Preven...
Books
-Chris crawford On game design
-Richard Dawkins Climbing mount improbable
-Daniel Dennett Darwins dangerous idea
Kojimas favourite films
junkerhq.net/fa...
Kojimas literary influences
/ the-literary-source-ma...

[@simonjohnwright5129]

Hideos games are expressions of his soul. There is more truth in his games than he can ever speak. He is a good communicator. I like his stuff, but not as much as my stuff which carries more truth.

[@KefkaTheDeathJester]

Awesome can't wait to see your take on Death Stranding once it finally comes out.

[@poplarmusic]

Great video as always! Can't even imagine how much time you've spent on writing and structurizing material.. It always a pleasure to see such deep and yet understandable topics! Thanks a lot!

[@thegameoveranalyser4835]

Thanks poplarmusic, I appreciate it! Haha yeah this one took a while but i wanted to do justice to Kojimas work.

[@chillworksdev4145]

I always love your videos. This one is also very enlightening. So fascinating to see how theme can influence every part of a game, which I always enjoy and try to do myself in my games. Great vid!

[@thegameoveranalyser4835]

Thanks Brandon, I appreciate the support! That''s awesome, I''d love to see more people infuse themes into their games.

[@drageonmusic6421]

Dude. This is super useful thank you

[@LordMarvin1993]

Maybe making a hideo Kohima game is like making a horcrux

[@Tito53084]

Thanks for all your videos. I'm a young game designer and that inspire me !

[@uncharted295]

Awesome video. Will recommend all of my friends to watch and support your channel

[@thegameoveranalyser4835]

Awesome thank you!

[@Kikidewivered]

So close to 5k! Congratulations!

[@thegameoveranalyser4835]

Thanks FIELS, i appreciate you supporting the channel!

[@royfromtexas6045]

This was an amazing listen. Thanks a million!

[@thegameoveranalyser4835]

Thanks for watching Roy!

[@Guratza]

Amazing video. Thank you.

[@prosper624]

Wow man this was an amazing video

[@chrysm6842]

Thanks !

[@maymayman0]

Great video!! Death Stranding is such a perfect example of this stuff. Almost the entire gameplay loop is analagous to some of the themes of the game, it is amazing

[@stacymitchell1890]

You know your shit son. Jonathan Blow and Chris Crawford Talks... Subscribed!

[@thegameoveranalyser4835]

Thanks Stacy, welcome to the channel!

[@maciejgada740]

Keep it up man.

[@fly7188]

Very Concise and well written, cheers.

[@thegameoveranalyser4835]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@LaMaq95.]

Beautiful video man

[@Fascistbeast]

This video is amazing 👍 I’m a new subscriber thanks!

[@sooooooooDark]

4:58 that guy really likes Ds

[@samghost13]

Snatcher is still my Favourite game from the Mastermind

[@dominikvlcek8213]

great video

[@thegameoveranalyser4835]

Thanks Ashal!

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

005 was the first stealth game.

[@thezikaz]

Liked subbed rang the bell, thank you!

[@empresslabs1272]

Have you done a video like this for Miyazaki? More interesting to some.

[@thegameoveranalyser4835]

I've done a video on dark souls and a general video about game designers in the past. Miyazaki is someone to consider doing a full video on though, ill keep it in mind.

[@juniorBigBoss745]

Opa cara boa

[@jtasarkan7088]

Metal gear 1/2/3 are possibly the best games i played as a kid. Aside from Monkey Island 😅

[@zeon137]

anti-authoritarian yukio mishima? mishima tried a coup d'état , kidnapped a really importat politician, wanted to bring back bushido to post-war japan, has a film called 'patriotism' and has a manifesto on nationalism... i think you got a bit mixed up, nice video though

[@thegameoveranalyser4835]

Hi Holden. You bring up a great point, I used the word anti authoritarian too loosely here. He resisted the prevailing order, but he wanted to reinstitute a new authority that hearkened back to the past, making him a reactionary. I should have been more specific with my description, or used a different word. Thanks for the input.

[@johnrafaelb.garcia269]

END THIS MEME

[@Detonator111]

The theme of MGSV is RACE not PAIN.

[@KenMasters.]

I was getting into the vid until you lost me when the F.F.R.F. propagandists like Dawkins and Dennett were being mentioned.

[@TotallySearch]

Msg5 sucked