Hideo Kojima Wants to Create a Game That Aliens Will Discover "Centuries Later" and Say "That's Awesome"

Hideo Kojima, the creative mind behind Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding, has set a high bar for the kinds of games that he creates.

He is one of the greatest video game artists working today, and he’s hoping that centuries from now he will have created a game that aliens discover and think is awesome.

During a recent interview with Anan News, Kojima explained that first and foremost, it's important for game developers to create games that they're satisfied with personally.

He said: "I cannot put out a game that I don't feel convinced by. For starters, the way art is evaluated changes with the times. Just as paintings are appraised 100 or 200 years after the artist's death, games and films also remain as objects to be passed down through generations after their creators pass away.

“If I make something I'm satisfied with, centuries later aliens may come and say, 'that's awesome', that's what it means to leave something behind."

While I get what He’s saying, I’m just not sure aliens would even care about any of this stuff we create on Earth. We are just such an insignificant blip in the endless cosmos and I’m sure they see us humans as a ridiculous primitive species.

Kojima’s current project is OD, which is a mysterious horror experience he describes as "a bit risky" and "a game like no other.” So, we’ll all be looking forward to that!