FOX on Games - Video Game News & Industry Analysis | Hideo Kojima’s SpaceX Ambitions

About this episode

The episode discusses Hideo Kojima's ambitions to work with SpaceX and the implications of recent legal filings.

Hideo Kojima would trade it all for space. New legal filings reveal the Metal Gear creator’s SpaceX ambitions. ​The industry's most famous auteur is looking at the stars. Legal documents from the Musk vs. Altman lawsuit reveal that Valve’s Gabe Newell personally lobbied Elon Musk to get Hideo Kojima into a SpaceX facility. We explore Kojima’s "Creative Gene" philosophy and why the man behind Death Stranding and Metal Gear is willing to sacrifice his career for a trip to orbit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Topics covered

• video game news
• Hideo Kojima
• SpaceX ambitions
• industry analysis
• creative philosophy
• legal filings

Keywords

• Gabe Newell
• Hideo Kojima
• SpaceX
• Metal Gear
• Death Stranding
• video game industry
• creative gene
• Elon Musk

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SpaceX, Valve, Elon Musk, Altman

Books & works: Metal Gear, Death Stranding

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