The genius hopes that his projects give people "good role models".
Last weekend, the Italian city of Lucca hosted the Lucca Comics & Games 2025 festival, which Hideo Kojima visited. He took part in a special panel with two actors from Death Stranding 2: On the Beach — Luca Marinelli (Nils Vana) and Alissa Jung (Lucy).
Most of the discussion was devoted to the experience of working on Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, including filming during the pandemic. However, Kojima also shared more personal thoughts about his motivation as a creator.
I grew up on films and books. As a child, the world sometimes seemed very dark, and there were no good role models around. I was saved by cinema: the characters, the dialogues, the themes — they gave me the strength to keep living. I want to give this back to people, and that's one of the reasons why I make games. If someone plays my game and thinks a few years later: "I want to keep living because this game cheered me up," that would be the greatest happiness for me. I put this thought into creating games
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