Hideo Kojima only plays "maybe one game a year" because "games take a lot of time" and "what's happening outside the game world is more important to me to incorporate into my game"

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The Death Stranding 2 director says "young people are playing games a lot, and that's good," but they should also try "to feel art or see art and then digest it themselves and create new games"

Hideo Kojima holds the Death Stranding harmonica
(Image credit: Kojima Productions)

Gaming auteur Hideo Kojima thinks it's great that young people are playing so many video games, but he's also strongly suggested that everyone should dip their toes in other mediums in order to create new and original art.

During a panel at the New Global Sport Conference (via Rolling Stone), Kojima got into his own media habits and how they inspire his game development, saying he doesn't play as many video games as you might expect and generally prefers movies, books, museums, and meeting people.

Jordan Gerblick
Jordan Gerblick
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