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Hideo Kojima to deliver keynote address at GDC 2009 photo

Japan beefs up their plan to invade the 2009 Game Developer's Conference. Now, alongside Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, cool glasses-wearing Metal Gear daddy Hideo Kojima will attend to deliver a keynote speech next month at the event.

Called “Solid Game Design: Making the ‘Impossible’ Possible,” this will be Kojima's first appearance at GDC. He must have heard that all the cool kids were doing it. Last year's GDC was also populated by many big-time Japanese guests. 

“The Game Developers Conference has invited Hideo Kojima to keynote every year for as long as I can remember, so we couldn't be more excited that, at long last, he feels that it is time for him to address the game development community,” said Meggan Scavio, event director of the GDC. “The anticipation is already huge to see how one of the community’s most revered and elusive creators will inspire attendees to further push the limits of game development.”

I'm going to use the stealth skills his games have taught me to sneak into his presentation on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.

[Via Gamasutra]








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Pacopaco's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2009 12:39
Pacopaco
Expect the speech to be 2 hours long with lots of exposition followed by a kick-ass dance number featuring ninjas.
randombullseye's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2009 12:47
randombullseye
Will he announce Pedal Rear Squalid Door?
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2009 12:56
BlindsideDork
MGS4 Wii: Party of the Patriots!
Demtor's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2009 13:07
Demtor
Don't forget your card-board box Dale ^_^
CocoJambo's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2009 13:07
CocoJambo
Maybe it will be related to what Iwata says. One can hope.
exodus1925's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2009 14:33
exodus1925
God he'll talk for HOURS!
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2009 15:06
Holyetheline
I hope you can make it past security! haha
Dale North's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2009 16:47
Dale North
Holyetheline - of course I can - no "!" here.
burglarize's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2009 00:51
burglarize
AM I LIVIN' IN A BOX?
AM I LIVIN' IN A CARDBOARD BOX?
myheadsonfire's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2009 10:21
myheadsonfire
Alrite! I'm always interested in what Kojima has to say, he's one of the smartest game designers out there.
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