You already knew that Hideo Kojima was headed to the 2009 Game Developers Conference this year to deliver a keynote speech. But now it looks like he'll be taking an award back home to Japan with him.
Hideo Kojima will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s ceremony taking place at GDC for the 2009 Game Developers Choice Awards. This award "recognizes the career and achievements of developers who have made an indelible impact on the craft of game development." The Metal Gear creator will be recognized for his twenty-plus years of work on games.
Our berets are off to you, Kojima-san.
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8:30 PM on 02.17.2009
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well deserved,this man is among the creators that shaped my gaming life.
Seriously, kudos Hideo, MAJOR FUCKING KUDOS.
Urgh comment was far too long.
...Right? :(
Dohoho, I jest. Major kudos to the man.
Good for him I guess.
@Pazcuz.
Yea, shitty overrated preachy stories will sure get games recognized as art.
What makes it art in my opinion is not, and at the opposite of everyone else, the story but the way he broke the fourth wall, especially in MGS2. It is as if Jean-Luc Godard made Die Hard. It's crazy from a movie perspective but makes total sense for video games if you look at it.