Go read this New York Times profile of the inscrutable Hideo Kojima

Hideo Kojima is a notoriously difficult figure to profile. Access alone is a huge hurdle most journalists will never clear. Those who do still have to grapple with weaving together meaningful observations, commentary, and insight on a man whose work defies rational explanation. Over at The New York Times, Adrian Chen profiled Kojima and his most recent game, Death Stranding, in one of the better profiles I’ve read.

Most video games are massive, collaborative undertakings done by teams of hundreds. It’s rare for one person to be the face of a game, let alone an entire studio. Kojima is one of the industry’s few auteurs. His name is just as much, if not more, of a selling point than the projects he works on. His strange and high-profile...

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