this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2023
414 points (90.4% liked)
World News
32363 readers
500 users here now
News from around the world!
Rules:
-
Please only post links to actual news sources, no tabloid sites, etc
-
No NSFW content
-
No hate speech, bigotry, propaganda, etc
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
who and what
Hideo Kojima is the creator of the Metal Gear Solid video game franchise. The games have a plot critical of the war economy/racket. I think the original commenter is saying that the games got their criticism of the war economy right, but their depiction of women was sexist and/or oversexualised.
?
You don't know who Hideo Kojima is?
am i expected to
It's ok not to know. I think it's extremely odd to think most people would know.
I agree
He's kind of a household name in videogames so it's unusual not to know.
I mean if you don't play many videogames it's not unusual.
Sure but that's like 50-60% of western populations and 36% of global so. Not sure about america specifically but I know the european figure off the top of my head and it's 51%, my gut assumption would be the US is higher?
It's very high everywhere, though my understanding is a lot of people game on their phones, like more than 50%, and it's been a while since there was a mobile MGS game.
I do play video games but not particularly those video games. I long forgotten the name of Hideo Kojima which i play like one game 25 years ago and i didn't even liked it.
I'm just kind of surprised. He's such a huge cultural influence for a lot of people. His Metal Gear Solid games are very well regarded both for their gameplay, but also for their commentary on modern politics, especially the MIC, that ping-pongs from utterly bizarre and surreal and frighteningly prophetic.