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#hideo-kojima

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.

Pay no attention to the low-paid worker virtually operating your Tesla hydration bot A short clip of an Optimus robot at a Tesla autonomy event in Miami over the weekend is going viral. That's because the robot appears to try to take a headset it's not wearing off before going completely limp and falling backwards. It suggests the real-life operator needed to go on a piss break or something and forgot part of the shutdown sequence.

Hideo Kojima has apparently been embroiled in a slow-moving online controversy for the past week and is now trying to definitively extricate himself and his studio from the ongoing backlash. "In light of certain misunderstandings that have arisen in some media reports and on social networks, we would like to take this opportunity to accurately convey the facts," his studio announced on social media on Wednesday.

This time, sporting a bit of a new look in a recent interview, Kojima has said he sees AI as a boon that can help cut out what he describes as "tedious" tasks, helping developers to lower costs and produce games faster. In an interview with Wired Japan ( h/t Dexerto), Kojima described "a future where [he stays] one step ahead; creating together with AI,"

Folks, it's Friday! We made it to the weekend. But first, before you go off and enjoy the last work day of the week, please read today's Morning Checkpoint. Today, we're talking about The Last of Us TV show, looking at the future of S pace Marine 2, checking out some sales data for Cyberpunk 2077, and learning what Kojima thinks of AI. Someone hit that button again. It's too loud, I can't think.

Kojima aims to train for space travel and become the first person to create a game in orbit, demonstrating his dedication to innovative game design.

Death Stranding 2 invites deep contemplation and scrutiny, standing out in its narrative complexity and atmospheric delivery akin to arthouse cinema.

The exhibition explores how two creatives, from opposite sides of the world, overcome language barriers to connect through shared imagination.