Format:
1 Online-Ressource (240 pages)
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9798765101674
Series Statement:
Influential Video Game Designers
Content:
An exploration of the influential work of Hideo Kojima, creator of cinematic titles such as the blockbuster Metal Gear Solid franchise, which has moved over 50 million units globally, as well as Snatcher, Policenauts, and Death Stranding. As the architect of the Metal Gear Solid franchise, Kojima is synonymous with the stealth game genre, where tension and excitement is created from players avoiding enemies rather than confronting them. Through the franchise, Kojima also helped to bridge the gap between games and other forms of media, arguing that games could be deep experiences that unearthed complex emotions from players on the same level as films or novels. Drawing on archives of interviews in English and Japanese with Kojima and his team, as well as academic discourses of social/political games and cinematic narrative/world-building, this book examines Kojima's progressive game design as it applies to four key areas: socially-relevant narratives, cinematic aesthetics, thematically-connected systems, and reflexive spaces
Note:
List of figures Acknowledgements Preface Foreword Notes on Translation and Names 1. Introduction: The Cult of Kojima 2. Enter Konami: Designing Experiences for the MSX 3. Small Teams, Big Worlds: Playing Detective in Snatcher and Policenauts 4. The Progressive Franchise: KojiPro s Collective Design in Metal Gear Solid 5. Live Ops: Building Connections in Open Worlds 6. KojiPro s Legacy and Future Gameography Notes Works cited Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9798765101650
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9798765101667
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9798765101681
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9798765101698
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9798765101674
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