Comments on: Hideo Kojima says Metal Gear and Death Stranding wouldn’t exist without the globalist and futuristic outlook he learned from 1970’s Osaka World Expo

By: Santos Pari

Santos Pari — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 21:24:29 +0000

It’s because average IQ is dropping so hope has left the world. I’m old enough to remember similar events and the feeling that we could colonize the stars was palpable and uplifting. Now science means whatever corporations want it to mean with fear mongering about made up ecological collapse and racial guilt being the primary focus. Who would want to go to such an event now?

By: Julius

Julius — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 05:38:57 +0000

Bless dat expo

By: Mortified penguin

Mortified penguin — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:24:01 +0000

You can have your globalism.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 11:34:22 +0000

Hideo is completely brilliant and his work has literally changed my life, I build submarines and his work pushed through miles trials and hardships and his games definitely motivated me to keep going and build this life’s metal gear

Some people world say you missed the point but that’s not how I see it,

By: Dave Finkbeiner

Dave Finkbeiner — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 11:17:24 +0000

It feels like the Expo has gotten away from the average person and is more corporate now. Back in 70 is way different than 2025 in that we have discovered or invented so many things in that span of time and we know now what is really possible and what is more fantasy than reality.

By: L’Austine Space

L’Austine Space — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 11:15:24 +0000

Great article, Kojima is a true visionary. Lamenting on the past, meeting his heroes, excited for the future; and yet, disappointed by the present’s future is almost poetic.

I’d love to someday try my hand writing about topics like this. Kojima is one of the few devs in the industry trying new things and although opinions are divided, Death Stranding is in my opinion a gem among diamonds. That is, coloured beautiful by imperfections in the past, stands in stark contrast to one of the most common stones in the universe, artificially inflated by greed.

I am excited for OD and whatever it’s about, I’m sure it will be beautiful in its mystery and horror. After a long past of pressure and greedy limitations now free to create games that blur the lines between games and film.

By: Kris

Kris — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 03:45:56 +0000

The humourous part is going to expo in 2005, awesome all pavilions open, amazing.
Going to expo in 2025 can’t get in anywhere, hours of wait time, only for corporations.
Huge shift.
I don’t think many people will experience expo in the future.

By: Snow

Snow — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 02:48:22 +0000

Sounds like the kind of event that was probably the catalyst for a lot of creative endeavors— I wonder how many people were similarly inspired like Kojima. A bit sad that it’s maybe not up to snuff with its former self, but it still likely continues to be a source of inspiration