Computer games are developing with great success. Every year, several cool exhibitions are held at once, to which developers bring their masterpieces to share them with the world. So many fans will learn about new faces in the gaming industry, and some will actively idolize. The same thing happened with Hideo Kojima.
The beginning of life
Kojima was born in 1963 in Tokyo. He had to move to another part of the country. Soon, the boy will feel what loneliness is: his father died when Kojima was 13 years old.
The family has to move again. This time they settled in Shirasaki, and later in Kawanishi. In his teens, Hideo was completely alone. He often felt unattended. Now, already a grown man, Kojima immediately turns on the TV when he arrives at the hotel so as not to remain in silence.
Choice of profession
A large number of facts influenced the choice of the profession of Hideo Kojima. Japan in those days dictated strict social norms, so the work of the illustrator, which so beckoned the young man, caused misunderstanding on the part of society. It was necessary to find a serious position with high earnings.
Hideo decided to publish stories in magazines. But most publishers needed short stories, which, of course, did not suit the future screenwriter. The lack of success in this matter forced Kojima to start shooting films.
Career development
At 23, the young man still got a good position at Konami. Designers of the company had to deal with MSX projects. The first job, an assistant director, was successful for Kojima, so he participated in the next project, which, unfortunately, was canceled by the company.
The main breakthrough in the career of Hideo Kojima was Metal Gear. The project was unique in that it introduced the viewer to stealth-action. For the first time, the player was given the opportunity to go through the story without fighting, but hiding from everything.
Already in 1988, the world learned all about cyberpunk in the adventure game Snatcher. The project received a lot of critical reviews, but still proved successful. Within two years, the game designer is again returning to the MGS project. A second series appears, which later became the best in Japan.
Favorite game
In the early 90s of the last century, it became clear that Metal Gear Solid will not leave anyone indifferent, and the biography of Hideo Kojima will be closely related to this project.
After the long-awaited release of the game on PS, the entire gaming industry found out about this game designer . 3D graphics appeared, and an interesting story did not leave anyone indifferent.
In the early 2000s, information appears on the Sons of Liberty series. The developers again pleased with high-quality graphics and animation. But this was not enough for everyone. Someone was outraged by the change in the main character.
While everyone was expecting the release of the new series, Hideo Kojima is engaged in other projects, which in the end were not remembered as much as his main work.
In 2004, developers released a remake of the main part called The Twin Snakes. After the release of the second series, Kojima decides to take up the third part of MGS. The history of Big Boss has been expanded by Konami.
The game was really successful. In 2015, the fifth series of games was released, which combined some of the stories from the previous ones. The Phantom Pain turned out to be the coolest part. Both critics and gamers talked a lot about her.
A break up
At some point, it turned out that Kojima had some conflicts with the company. Most likely, they are related to financial issues. As a result, the game designer could not stand it and left Konami, and it was decided to disband the Kojima Productions division.
But the very next day after breaking up with Konami, Hideo teamed up with developers from the Sony computer division and announced the re-establishment of the disbanded division.
Meme Appearance
Hideo Kojima became especially popular in Russia because of the meme. It all started with the fact that one day he decided to register on Instagram. A day later, a huge number of comments gathered under his first photo. But the most interesting fact was that the most comments were left by Russian-speaking users. Among all the messages that Kojima received under the photo, the most popular was “Kojima is a genius!”
Some internet users quickly picked up this phrase. Someone did not even understand why, suddenly, a Japanese developer began to enjoy such success with a Russian-speaking audience, because Metal Gear Solid is not the most popular game in the CIS. But the meme "grew up" not from scratch. The attention to Hideo Kojima was attracted by the Russian video blogger and streamer.
Where do the legs grow from?
Returning to the memo with the game designer Hideo Kojima, it is important to understand where the similar influx of the Russian-speaking community came from, and why they called Codism genius.
This happened just after the fifth series of MGS games. The famous video blogger Gufowski, who is known for his gaming streams and videos on popular video hosting, recorded a video called "Hideo Kojima - a genius."
In a characteristic ironic form, the blogger announced the many talents of a game designer. He says that Kojima invented gunpowder, inspired Soviet animators, Kojima captured Russia, etc.
Since Gufowski has a huge audience, the video quickly "spread" on the Internet. An even larger audience found out who Kojima is. Despite the fact that the fate of future projects in the new company is still unknown, the audience continues to cheerfully push this topic.
Now the passions have subsided, but no one forgets that Kojima is a genius. Sometimes in social networks you can still find memes that are associated with it. The essence of the jokes is that the genius of the game designer is almost completely unrelated to computer games. In most cases, this is just a topic for jokes.