http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png http://kotaku.com/tag/diec 2005 http://kotaku.com/tag/diec 2005 Forget the dirty lies and half-truths you've read. Hideo Kojima does not want to make a "spanking game" for the Nintendo DS. It seems someone in attendance at the recent Digital Interactive Entertainment Conference says on a site to remain unnamed: More »
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Japanese site Game Watch Impress has a bunch of pics from the Digital Interactive Entertainment Conference up. After the jump, check out images of Shigeru Miyamoto, Hideo Kojima, Nolan Bushnell, Toru Iwatani, Robin Walker and the back of my head. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=140853&view=rss&microfeed=true I can't find a taxi. Rather, I can find taxis, plenty of taxis, but not one without someone already in it. I pace up and down the street, thinking about going into the glowing convenience store one more time to buy a snack or kill the monotony of unsuccessfully trying to hail a cab. More »
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"No, it's not a First Person Shooter," says Metal Gear mastermind Hideo Kojima. We've just seen the "This is no FPS, This is MGS" trailer that showed at this year's Tokyo Games Show. Kojima-san, rather "Kojima-kantoku" (Director Kojima) as the President of Enterbrain keeps calling him, is sitting on stage. Looks like he's weaseled out of a straight-up presentation in favor of a round-table discussion. Chairs are brought in as Miyamoto and Valve's Robin Walker take their places on stage. Nolan Bushnell sits in the audience, but is given a mic as a consolation prize. More »
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A nervous "Hi" is how Valve's Lead Designer Robin Walker began his presentation. How the heck is one supposed to go after Miyamoto, let alone before? Next up, Hideo Kojima. More »
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Speaker says: More »
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1. The idea of the game came from "eating." More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=140641&view=rss&microfeed=true The keynote was given by a Ritsumeikan University professor who talked about Korean gaming, independent game companies, outsourcing and why his name is in the credits for Rez. Good to know that arrogant college professors have no cultural borders. More »
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Miyamoto's at it again. We've just seen the Revolution controller propaganda that Iwata-san screened at this year's Tokyo Game Show. And now, here's Shiggy at the podium, wrapping up his presentation and talking about all the possibilities the remote control offers. More »
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"That slide's not right. It shouldn't read 100 megabytes," Nolan Bushnell says. "We didn't have 100 megabytes back then." More »
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Shigeru Miyamoto is sitting exactly five seats away from me. Hideo Kojima is sitting four. I'm sure, because I counted. More »
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Classical music greets me as I file into the lecture hall. An usher guides me to my reserved seat: second row, front and center. The public wasn't so lucky. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=140594&view=rss&microfeed=true I'm about to head over to Kyoto for the DIEC 2005 Conference. Nolan Bushnell (inventor of Pong), Toru Iwatani (creator of Pac-Man), Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear mastermind), Robin Walker (Valve goodness) and Shigeru Miyamoto (Mario's papa) will all be in attendance. Expect a full report when I return. More »
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