Hideo Kojima

  • Codec Logs: Who Do I Call to Import Some Sand?

    Codec Logs: Who Do I Call to Import Some Sand?

    I’ll get to the the intro credits in a minute, but you touched on something that I suddenly can’t stop thinking about: the scene with Gustava in the sewer. You’re right, it isn’t necessarily…

  • Codec Logs: Don’t Picture the GAME OVER Screen, Even If You Make a Mistake

    Codec Logs: Don’t Picture the GAME OVER Screen, Even If You Make a Mistake

    To: Blake Foley From: Sean Gandert Subject: RE: The Phantom Sequel Theoretically, I would always have games make an attempt at telling their stories through gameplay—after all, that’s why we’re here, right? Playing through…

  • Codec Logs: A Very Sad Olympian

    Codec Logs: A Very Sad Olympian

    The inventory in Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake is unlike anything I’ve ever seen before in a video game, and I think you are on to something when you compare it to an adventure…

  • Codec Logs: When You’re Boiling an Egg, You’ve Got to Time It Just Right

    Codec Logs: When You’re Boiling an Egg, You’ve Got to Time It Just Right

    To: Blake Foley From: Sean Gandert Subject: RE: The Phantom Sequel Dear Blake, So if Metal Gear 2 isn’t just more of the same, then the question I have to ask is, “What is…

  • Codec Logs: The Phantom Sequel

    Codec Logs: The Phantom Sequel

    To: Sean Gandert From: Blake Foley Subject: The Phantom Sequel Dear Sean, As we head into Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, I thought it would be worthwhile to take a brief look back at…

  • Codec Logs: Positive Punk

    Codec Logs: Positive Punk

    From: Blake Foley To: Sean Gandert Subject: RE: Stop the Operation. Switch off Your MSX at Once. Man, Bioshock’s twist… I really hate that it is THE twist in video games, and I equally…

  • Codec Logs: Stop the Operation. Switch off Your MSX at Once.

    Codec Logs: Stop the Operation. Switch off Your MSX at Once.

    Codec Logs is a retrospective Metal Gear letter series by Blake Foley and Sean Gandert. An index of the letters can be found here. From: Sean Gandert To: Blake Foley Subject: Stop the Operation.…

  • Codec Logs: World-Building with Steve

    Codec Logs: World-Building with Steve

    From: Blake Foley To: Sean Gandert Subject: RE: Entering the Cardboard Box Sean, Even though I’m a long time fan of the series, I actually never went back to Metal Gear on the MSX2.…

  • Codec Logs: Entering the Cardboard Box

    Codec Logs: Entering the Cardboard Box

    This is going to put me in a tiny minority of players, but before we began this project Metal Gear was the most recent entry of the series that I’d played. After I graduated…

  • Codec Logs: “Metal Gear?!?”

    Codec Logs: “Metal Gear?!?”

    It is 2015 and I am neck deep in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain; a game that is likely the end of an era. Konami might release a Metal Gear Solid 6,…