Hideo Kojima Turns 58, Vows To Stay Creative Even As His Body Fails Him

Hideo is a top guy. SP is still more important to him as well as voice acting, integrating awesome cutscenes, even spending a shit load of cash for actors. He also lives simple (travels by train, public transport), this is a great guy, whether you like his games or not.

Wish him all the best in health and success!

Who?

I love(d) everything Hideo touched.

Until The Great Deception!

I didn't lose anything except a great Hideo game w/

DeathStranding.. But it was not only mediocre/avg in everyway,

The stuff w/ Norman Reedus doing weird faces in the mirror was just dumb.

~Who likes/cares that much about any celebrity that making a pop sound with ur finger in ur cheek is considered interesting? The Norman stuff was Cringe.

He shoulda went with another actor imo. Norman didn't impress me in DS.

**Why myself and others felt decieved about DeathStran= Becaus ethe way it was marketed & Hideo-cryptic style made it seem like the game was more then a boring walking sim.. And we thought the death STrand was gonna be something super amazing.. It wasn't...

*And i wont even get into the super lame combat and enemy Ai..

*My bottom line~ Still like & defend Kojima. but wont go in bLind ever again.

that bridge is burned...

Super hideo fans~ Are you pretending that Death Strand was on MetalGearSolid level?

Judging by the comments, some people need to stop playing video games and watching movies. It would suck to be that miserable.

I can’t stand him, death stranding was dull. Everything that comes out of his mouth is self obsessed garbage, that’s my personal view, I’m entitled to that

“Kojima also reminded his Twitter followers that Brad Pitt is also 58 and Tom Cruise is 59.”

Lol. That’s not exactly a close comparison. He mentions his body is failing him and then brings up those guys; both of whom are in really good shape, even aside from their age.

Well the last president is 20 years older than him and he campaigned 3 times a day. Live long and prosper.

By creative you mean milking same series over and over like disney doing with starwars and marvel? Pffft no thanks. MGSV was 7/10 at best and your walking stimulator is boring

I thought he was ill for a second there and my stomach just dropped. FFS he's 58 not 98, he's got a while yet lol, my mum's nearly twice my age and she's fitter than I am.

Headline read likes he's ill, come on now. Everyone ages. This shouldn't even be an article. Betty White is almost 100 freakin years old!

uh ok so he isnt dying of cancer?

When I read the headline - I honestly thought he was sick/had a disease... glad that isn't the case!!

I felt myself aging as early as my mid-20s. I can't eat what I used to. My hair isn't as thick as it used to be. Skin isn't as elastic. Etc.

He looks good for 58.

Haha, I see a bunch of people commenting how 58 isn't old, so how is his body failing him. While I agree 58 is not elderly, your body changes as you age. You can't always eat the same stuff in large volume anymore, can't drink as much sugary stuff(or alcohol), can't work for 3 sleepless nights in a row without feeling it(as some passionate Japanese developers are known to do). It is likely these are the things he is referring to with a bit of tongue in cheek, as he mentions Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise are the same age.

Someone should tell him that Asian people live to be like 107. Lol

What a bizarre comment...maybe a cultural thing? Unless he has some underlying health issues he is not disclosing (nor should he), then 58 is firmly the middle age category, hardly "old" (especially in Japan). He talks as if he just turned 78, not 58.

damn i know hideo can keep doing his thing until 90s as long as someone listens him, but brad and tom soon being the old wise farts who appear in movies for 3 minutes before sending off the hero to save the world and then dying?

noooooooooooooooooooo

wtf is he ill or something? If not, this is pretty hilarious. Maybe "old" has a different benchmark in Japan but, if your career is basically over at 58 because you're considered too feeble, seems like a pretty shitty place to work and live. I sure hope people are stopping to help him cross the street...

When he dies, he’ll have a huge statue made in his honour

Dude is 58, not 88. I doubt his body will be "failing" him for another decade and a half or more.

Looks to me like he's in great shape at 58.

Happy B-day Kojima-san! 🥳

that good, but don't presssure yourself too hard when your stuck (hideo kojima).

Crazy to me that all three of them in the second tweet are already 58. They really don't show their age.