In a recent interview on Daily Yomiuri by Takei Yohei, Takei recently interviewed “Metal Gear Solid 4″ creator Kojima Hideo.

Here is an excerpt from that interview:

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (MGS 4), a stealth-action video game developed for the PlayStation 3 game console, was released worldwide on June 12. Hideo Kojima, who has been developing the MGS series since 1998, said he wants to offer a substantial, elaborate game you can enjoy with the occasional laugh.

Wearing a black jacket and trousers and black-and-white glasses, Kojima, an operating officer at Konami Digital Entertainment Co., looks younger than his 44 years. In contrast to his cool appearance, however, Kojima is friendly and service-minded. He readily agreed to pose for photos with a life-size figure of Solid Snake, the protagonist he designed for MGS 4.

Kojima believes service-mindedness is a prerequisite for designing a game.

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Mainichi Daily News reported, “Game maker Konami Digital Entertainment announced Wednesday that it canceled three release events scheduled in Tokyo for new software for a PlayStation 3 game with violent content in consideration of Sunday’s Akihabara stabbing rampage.”

“Konami canceled the events marking the launch of the action game “Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots” — scheduled in Akihabara, Yurakucho and Shinjuku on Thursday — in consideration of the “safety of large crowds.”

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