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From Death Stranding to Metal Gear, Kojima is no stranger to smash-hit game successes.

I like to call it our ‘cinema DNA,'" jokes Kojima.

Death Stranding

As for Kojima’s games, films’ influence on them is undeniable.

And “it’s all influenced me in one way or another.”

The lead concludes that “A single work becomes invested with many unconscious strands.”

Norman Reedus in Death Stranding

Even though this interview took place in 1999, Kojima’s words seem more relevant than ever.

Death Stranding 2

Hideo Kojima side by side with I Saw The TV Glow

Normal Reedus in Death Stranding

Metal Gear Solid collection

Death Stranding 2 PS5 screenshot

Lethal Company trailer

A player using a flashlight in horror game REPO.

Two players in horror game REPO.

The cover of Edge Magazine showing Cronos: The New Dawn spread across all the way to the back cover

Dredge

Neverway closeup of main character

Dragon Quest 11

Fortnite

Baldur�s Gate 3 Drunken Master Monk in the House of Hope screenshot

Star Wars #1

A screenshot from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, showing a man named Verso covered in dirt and blood, looking into the camera.

Lewis Pullman as "Bob" in Thunderbolts*

Articulate box, cards, board, and tokens on a wooden table

The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

Logan Kim as Hershel and Lauren Cohan as Maggie in The Walking Dead: Dead City season 2