Hideo Kojima in a speech about game design at USC discussed how LEGOs played a huge role in the Metal Gear Solid series, why his wife hated his work for a while, and the new "Fox" engine being developed for future use in both the series and Konami games.
While he got a degree in economics, he was more well-known in college for creating interesting stories which ended up playing a huge role in his desire to switch into the video game industry.
His wife for a while hated his work on video games because he usually only slept around 4 hours a day and spent the other part "playing" with LEGOs to help design levels for the PS1 Metal Gear Solid project.
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He also told the story of his son coming into the office with him while designing Metal Gear Solid, when the designers sometimes used Lego pieces to put the levels together. His son returned to his wife, who was already unhappy with the amount of time Kojima was spending away, only to report that his Dad "plays with Legos [SIC] all day."
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The current build of the "Fox" engine was also shown off to be powerful enough to create detailed levels in only 30 minutes while automating the collision detection and A.I. work needed for CPU controlled characters.
http://kotaku.com/5847317/hideo-koji...new-fox-engine
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