Watch Kojima, Suda 51 and Mikami chatting, blowing minds

by Justin McElroy { Jul 21st 2007 at 8:00AM }

This half-hour long video isn't chock full of news or hot gameplay footage. But for those of who love Metal Gear Solid or Resident Evil, it's 26 minutes more than well spent. It's Hideo Kojima (MGS) and Shinji Mikami (RE) having an informal chat that's basically moderated by Suda 51, creator of Killer 7. The event, held this summer, was called "Snake vs. Zombie." (P.S. We need one of those T-shirts, STAT.)

Come on, it's Saturday. You don't have anything to do. You owe it to yourself to spend a half-hour with these guys. If you need more convincing, know that you'll get to hear Kojima's brilliant plan to turn Resident Evil into a boring, yet profitable MMORPG and Mikami's revelation that he was drunk when he decided to be in charge of the Resident Evil remake. Honestly, it's hysterical. Go. Watch.

Tags: kojima, metalgearsolid, residentevil, suda51

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Zoe K. @ Jul 21st 2007 8:23AM

Ah, cool. So I'm not the only one surfing Kotaku at this hour. ^_^

slashdev @ Jul 21st 2007 9:02AM

That was really good.

wine @ Jul 21st 2007 9:18AM

pleasent surprise in a saturday morning.
thank you joystiq.

guidedbyvoip @ Jul 21st 2007 10:18AM

blowing minds, or blowing each other?

Michael @ Jul 21st 2007 10:53AM

Did anyone else find it really boring? "and he put the chocolates down beside me" Oh fuxs no!

slashdev @ Jul 21st 2007 11:05AM

Being a developer myself (not a game developer), it was very interesting to hear the opinions of the guys behind the scenes. I guess purely from a gamer perspective it could be boring, there isnt any announcements or new game release hints.

It could be likened to listening to movie directors/writers talk about their industry on DVD extras. Not interesting, unless you are interested in how the industry works and what personalities exist (like i am), as appose to just watching movies.

guidedbyvoip @ Jul 21st 2007 11:37AM

yes it was an interesting little insight into the creator's personalities, but all of the stupid backstroking and congratulating was not only boring, but a little disgusting. "I make jokes at work." "Platforms hold back my vision." "They kicked my off of remake of my own game for being super-smart (read: overbearing)" Barf.

I can proudly say: I never played into their franchising. How many MGS or Resident Evil/Biohazards must we be punished with? Okay, the Military-Industrial Complex is a heartless, evil Mother-Dearest. (learned that from Oliver Stone anyway) Also, zombies are needy, clinging, stalkers with a dangerous neglect of hygiene. (learned that from a former roommate) Killer7 taught me...um...that...um Suda...goddangit, nevermind.

fffunfarm06---xbl @ Jul 21st 2007 12:10PM

it said a half an hour long. i was thinking in my head " it better not be captions cause i would be really interested in what these creative minds think about."
then i saw the captions. i swear joystiq about 3 people are gonna watch this, much less the entire thing. not gonna read for 30 minutes. of course unless ur a game developer "supposedly" as the guy above me states. then i would sit though it.
as of now, f*ck no.

Rare Hare @ Jul 21st 2007 10:21PM

Actually, he specifically stated that he is NOT a game developer. Damn, you really don't like reading, do you?

Also, it's a shame that you have such a short attention span.

SynGamer @ Jul 21st 2007 12:20PM

That was a good watch. Always good to see people in the same industry getting along.

manford @ Jul 21st 2007 1:00PM

interesting stuff.

i like how these guys are so laid-back, even if they're amongst the TOP game designers in the world.

Western game-designers on the other hand (Jaffe, Dyack, etc.) always come across as hyper-caffeineated and over doing the macho schtick to appease to teenage boy gamers.