The legendary video game designer Hideo Kojima has released the first episode of his new podcast,Brain Structure, on Spotify. The 59-year-old master of storytelling, directing, and all things game development is taking on a new challenge by hosting an internationally distributed podcast. The name of the podcast comes from Kojima’s own brain structure, and how he wants to give the listeners a look into how he thinks.Hideo Kojima Presents Brain Structurewill bring his unique vision of games and the creative process of developing grand storylines and characters to listeners of the podcast. Theman behind the iconicMetal Gearfranchiseshares his insights with the listener on not just games, but also movies, books, art, and philosophy. In addition, each episode features a special segment on the latest gaming news. This section called The Geoff’s Answer (TGA) is presented by game journalist Geoff Keighley.RELATED:Hideo Kojima’s Next Game Could Be Getting a Proper Reveal SoonKojima is by no means a newcomer to the podcast scene, as he hosted his first podcast as early as 2005. This current iteration grew from a more recent Japan-only project that garnered worldwide interest. In collaboration with Spotify, Kojima Productions is bringing that now to listeners around the world. While we might hear Kojima’s take on specific upcoming games, like hopefully a sneak preview into thesetting of the rumoredDeath Stranding 2, the podcast aims to present listeners with a more personal picture of the master.
The first 25-minute episode ofBrain Structure, titled “Dive into the Brain of Hideo Kojima,” was released today. In this episode, Kojima talks about where the idea forMetal Gearcame from and how Solid Snake was created. It also celebrates the 35th anniversary ofMetal Gear, first developed for the MSX in 1987. Thepodcast that was announced at Gamescomjust a couple of weeks ago will also include guests from many walks of professional life. While it was announced that business, technology, and entertainment personalities will make an appearance, no names have been revealed.
According to Kojima, his unique workflow includes working on all aspects of his games simultaneously, instead of focusing on one specific task at a time. In his view, this is close to how Pixar operates. In fact, occasionallyKojima praises his favorite movies online, as he is intimately influenced by movies and has a huge soft spot for them. One can imagine that at least some of his guests are going to be famous movie creators. The first episode is now available on Spotify and subsequent episodes are released weekly on Thursdays at 9 PM JST. For each episode, there’s an original Japanese and a dubbed English version available.
