‘I want to keep being the first’: Hideo Kojima on seven years as an independent game developer

In his 36-year career, Kojima has become one of the world’s best-known game directors – and he has never been keener to welcome fans into his worldOn 8 July 2022, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was delivering a political campaign speech outside the Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara City, Japan, when a man approached and shot him in the back using a homemade firearm. Even before Abe died from his injuries, footage of the assassination had been posted online. Social media user