Curated playlist
Konami people
- Hideo KojimaKonami reportedly barred Hideo Kojima from The Game Awards 2015, where his Metal Gear Solid V won two prizes.
- Motoi OkamotoMotoi Okamoto went from Mario and Zelda games to leading Silent Hill.
- Masahiro ItoMasahiro Ito designed both the world and the monsters of the first Silent Hill.
- Keiichiro ToyamaKeiichiro Toyama went from Silent Hill horror to Gravity Rush, where the heroine changes which way is down.
- Takayoshi SatoTakayoshi Sato made the CGI cutscenes for Silent Hill and Silent Hill 2. He later became a visual producer at Nintendo.
- Akira YamaokaAkira Yamaoka is the Japanese composer and sound designer behind the music of almost every Silent Hill game. When Konami went looking for someone to score the first one, he put himself forward. His reason was blunt. He believed he was the…
- Yoshitaka MurayamaYoshitaka Murayama pitched Suikoden using a Chinese novel his boss might know.
- Yoji ShinkawaJapanese artist and illustrator
- Rika MuranakaHideo Kojima refused to hear English lyrics in Metal Gear Solid. Composer Rika Muranaka faced that rule for years.
- David HayterDavid Hayter gave up half his paycheck so the Metal Gear Solid voice cast could return. It was for a 2004 remake.