The legendary video game designer Hideo Kojima has released the first episode of his new podcast, Brain Structure, on Spotify. The 59-year-old master of storytelling, directing, and all things game development is taking on a new challenge by hosting an internationally distributed podcast. The name of the podcast comes from Kojima's own brain structure, and how he wants to give the listeners a look into how he thinks.
Hideo Kojima Presents Brain Structure will bring his unique vision of games and the creative process of developing grand storylines and characters to listeners of the podcast. The man behind the iconic Metal Gear franchise shares his insights with the listener on not just games, but also movies, books, art, and philosophy. In addition, each episode features a special segment on the latest gaming news. This section called The Geoff's Answer (TGA) is presented by game journalist Geoff Keighley.
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Kojima is by no means a newcomer to the podcast scene, as he hosted his first podcast as early as 2005. This current iteration grew from a more recent Japan-only project that garnered worldwide interest. In collaboration with Spotify, Kojima Productions is bringing that now to listeners around the world. While we might hear Kojima's take on specific upcoming games, like hopefully a sneak preview into the setting of the rumored Death Stranding 2, the podcast aims to present listeners with a more personal picture of the master.
The first 25-minute episode of Brain Structure, titled «Dive into the Brain of Hideo Kojima,» was released today. In this episode, Kojima talks about where the idea for Metal Gear came from and how Solid Snake was created. It also
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