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Konami 2011 Pre-E3 Press Event Summary

By Roy | Published: June 3, 2011
Yesterday, Konami live-streamed their pre-E3 press event on their official website.  I was late getting home to watch it and Twitter was already abuzz with some of the more exciting announcements.  Thankfully, Konami still has the whole event available to view on their site here. The event was something of a Kojima sandwich, with the first [...]
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Kojima & Solid Snake Encourage Japan

By Roy | Published: March 18, 2011
Japan has really come together in an impressive way over the past week.  Everyone is pitching in — even Hideo Kojima offered some words of encouragement on his blog.  Long story short, Kojima asks that we continue to pray and think of those effected by the quake.  He encourages Japan to continue to do their [...]
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Kojima Productions is Hiring for a New Metal Gear Solid Project

By Roy | Published: January 13, 2011
A hiring call has gone out on Konami’s website looking for talented individuals to get to work on “the next generation of the Metal Gear Solid series.”  The positions available include planner, level designer, scripter, graphics designer and many others. There are no details about what platform the game will be for, but the required skills [...]
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E3 2010 Catch-up: Metal Gear and Versus

By Roy | Published: June 23, 2010
During E3 I was so busy running around, I had blinders on when it came to any other coverage.  This wasn’t so much out of laziness, but necessity — the last thing I needed was another distraction.  Now that I am back home and things are starting to settle down, I am picking up the [...]
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Let’s Get Serious: Depicting War in Video Games: East Vs. West

By Roy | Published: June 7, 2010
War is a common foundation for fictional works, spanning a number of media.  Everyone loves a little life and death struggle and what is more recognizable to the masses than war?  The genre has certainly made its mark on the video game industry, defining an ever growing number of titles.  Recently I discovered a glaring [...]
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