Summary
- In a new interview, Hideo Kojima shared more about his plans for after he dies, including passing on a USB drive with ideas for Kojima Productions.
- Having been "confronted" with death, Kojima has gained a new outlook on life, and is preparing for the day he is no longer with us.
- The sobering interview goes in-depth about his experiences during the global pandemic and how that has since shaped him.
As unfortunate as it is to ponder over, death is a facet of life. Over the past few years, we've seen many key figureheads in gaming, anime, voice acting and more pass away. For instance, in late December, Ni🅷hom Falcom founder Masayuki ꦦKato passed away at age 78. Before that, renowned actor, including as the voice of Venom in Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Tony Todd, passed away๊ at 69 years old.
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At 61 years old, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Hideo Kojima is seemingly aware of his own mortality, and𒁃, after a confrontation with death itself, has begun devising a life-after-death plan, so his work can live on.
Kojima Is Aware As Anyone That Death Can Happen At Anytime
, Kojima shared that it wasn't him turning 60 years old that changed his pe𒁃rspectiv♎e on life, but rather an illness he suffered during the global pandemic of 2020.
"I fell seriously il𒐪l at that time, and also had an eye operation," Kojima recalled. "Until then, I didn’t think I was old, you know? I just didn’t feel my age, and I assumed I would be able to create for as long as I live."
Putting things further into perspective was the death of those around him, plus the scare that comes with being ill, Kojima revealed. "But then I became sick, and I couldn’t create anything. And I saw lots of people around me passing away at that time. I was confronꦫted with death.
"Of course, I recov🀅ered, but now I was thinking, 'Wait, how many years do I have left to make game or a film?’ Perhaps I have ten years?'"
With a new outlook on life, Kojima plans on spending his remaining years putting Kojima Productওions into a position where it can succeed even without him present. Part of that includes a USB drive with ideas to run off of when he is long gone.
"I gave a USB stick with all my ideas on it to my personal assistant, kind of like a will," Kojima exღplained. "P🅠erhaps they could continue to make things after I’m gone at Kojima Productions… This is a fear for me: what happens to Kojima Productions after I’m gone? I don’t want them to just manage our existing IP."
It's a rather sobering outlook from one of history's greatest auteurs being confronted with their own mortality. That Kojima is not only aware of it, but is also activelyꦜ working toward ways to help creatively overcome it with contingency plans is admirable. May we all learn to confront our own mortality with that level of grace.
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