Q/A Session with Hideo Kojima (Gamespot)

[bahn]

http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/m...w_6029270.html

good stuff!

[epmode]

good interview, but:

HK: It was more of a cost issue for the solar sensor. I always talk about raw games, and this is this idea I have that you buy this game and if you take it home and play it and it’s game over, the game ends and you have to go buy another one, and it’s really a matter of how you get the right medium for this disk that breaks, or disintegrates once it reaches game over. So with Boktai, it was really a matter of coming up with the proper sensor at a reasonable price to make this happen.

is he serious?

[bahn]

'fraid so.

[Johnny Undaunted]

He mentioned that concept in an old interview prior to MGS2 release. I really loved when Kojima broke the fourth wall a few times in his previous games (namely MGS1), but I think he might be going a bit too far with the raw game concept. I expect there will be many unhappy returns from people who don't know better.

[680x0]

Metal Gear 6, with hyper-immersion vest!!!
When Snake get's shot, so do you!

ammunition sold separately.

I had the idea for a self-destructing videogame cart awhile ago, but thought better of it when the crack wore off.

[Opaque]

So this raw game thing. That means you have to pay for everytime you play through the game? :WTF:. Why the hell would anyone want to do that? no other medium supports that kind of stupid shit. Seriously, What. The. Fuck.

[epmode]

several american movie studios are looking into the same idea. they've made much more progress than kojima. in fact, the technology already exists.

While the courts decide the legality of posting code that subverts DVD encryption, a Rhode Island company is on a mission to develop a new security method that will make discs self-destruct after a specified amount of time.

Less than a year after Circuit City put an end to its ill-fated Divx format, the proprietary pay-per-view DVD player, SpectraDisc is working on a self-destructing DVD technology that works with existing DVD players.

SpectraDisc, a spin-off from Spectra Science, a Providence, Rhode Island developer of laser technologies, is working on a special material to coat DVD discs, which start to self-destruct from the first moment of play. The coating is only around half a micron thick, around 1/200th of the thickness of a human hair. The thickness of the coating determines how long the disc lasts. The time limit can range from minutes to three days.

more here.

[Space Pirate Roberts]

I'd think the dissolved plastic would fuck up your DVD player...

[epmode]

the dvd doesn't dissolve or anything. just the layer that holds the actual data. check the link for a more in-depth explaination.

[Diff-chan]

See, this is why game journalists suck: why didnt GS respond to the "raw game" comment with something to the effect of: "youre making a game that automatically breaks when your loyal paying customers complete it? Hey pass the crack pipe over here, and meanwhile, tell me what the fuck is going on in your head to think thats a good idea?"

I (and Im sure many others) wanna know more about why he wants to do this, what type of backlash he expects, etc... but no, GS continues driving on Interstate Lick-His-Balls. They just left us hanging. *middle finger at GS*