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" There are so many games where you fight aliens or zombies, and they have very high-fidelity graphics, but they don't ask the question of why the events are happening. "

Hideo Kojima

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" If it weren't for Miyamoto-san, I wouldn't be where I am. "

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Were

Where

" People nowadays don't know about the Cold War and the U.S.'s old rivalry with the U.S.S.R. "

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Game

Mission

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Change

" In Japan, there are storm channels on either side of the main roads. There were so many times when I'd fall into these ditches because I was lost in stories as I was walking along. It's still dangerous for me to drive. I've driven into the gate outside my house numerous times. "

Hideo Kojima

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Roads

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" Personally, I'm not too fond of remakes. "

" I have always had a fascination about what's inside a human being. "