"Hideo Kojima dropped a new bit of lore over the weekend: the renowned designer has "always" suffered from nightmares. As he on Twitter, Kojima stumbled upon old dream logs in his phone's notes while preparing to deliver the first keynote address in five years at the upcoming GDC Festival of Gaming 2026. Suggested to him as a remedy, jotting down his dreams proved to be ineffective in relieving Kojima of his nightmares."
"The first log he shares is from January 3, 2017: In this dream, Kojima is invited to a film set where he is bitten in the arm by a flying, furry round creature. When he manages to pry the strange ball-like creature off his arm, it flies backward and morphs into an undisclosed new form. "A creature from outer space?" Kojima writes. "An object from the fourth dimension? Whatever 'it' is, it keeps changing form in midair and returning again and again.""
Hideo Kojima has always suffered from nightmares and recently discovered old dream logs on his phone while preparing a keynote for GDC Festival of Gaming 2026. Jotting down dreams was suggested as a remedy but proved ineffective in relieving the nightmares. The notes include two dream snapshots from January 2017 that reveal vivid, surreal scenes. One dream places Kojima on a film set where a flying, furry round creature bites his arm, repeatedly morphs in midair, and ultimately becomes a plastic card. Filmmakers silently film the encounter, emphasizing the dream’s cinematic, uncanny quality. The logs offer a glimpse into persistent sleep imagery.
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