Reminds me a little of that Picasso napkin story…

-The story goes that Picasso was sitting in a Paris café when an admirer approached and asked if he would do a quick sketch on a paper napkin. Picasso politely agreed, swiftly executed the work, and handed back the napkin — but not before asking for a rather significant amount of money. The admirer was shocked: “How can you ask for so much? It took you a minute to draw this!” “No”, Picasso replied, “It took me 40 years”-

Our work is the accumulation of all our experiences whether it be our triumphs, our falls, or just our day to day influences. Hopefully Kojima will take all these experiences and use them to help him craft a masterpiece.

I know a lot of people in the industry are curious as to how his first new game since his departure from konami will pan out.

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And so the Matrix begins...

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-"Kojima went on to say that he wants to be seen as a risk-taker, someone who tries new things, even if it means he loses fans."-

Hopefully whatever risks he takes doesn’t totally alienate the fan-base he has accumulated over his career but I respect his vision as well as his self-awareness to realize that taking them at certain points in time are paramount to not just success but overall growth.

After all, if you get too complacent for an extended period of time your work suffers.

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@wayneextremity:

I know, right?

It's everywhere I go too for some odd reason.

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@Pyrosa: LMFAO!!!

Actually spit out my drink reading this. Good work.

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Can't wait to see all of the lovely comments here in the next few hours. Articles like this seem to bring out the best in people.

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@LJNkickstarter:

LOL!!!

Just noticed your username. Gave me a good chuckle. "The LJN curse!!!"

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Even though most of us wanted it to be something huge (like some kind of final fantasy announcement.) I think we all knew it was going to end up being something like this. Not taking anything away from Lord of Vermilion IV, but...

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@teamparadox2k:

OMG lol!!!

27 hours? I used to do that kind of stuff when I was younger but I'm an old ninja now and just the though alone of staying up that late would probably kill me lol.

Go to bed!

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@teamparadox2k: Some good points in there.

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