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Konami Didn’t Let Kojima Accept His Award Last Night

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8 years ago

December 4, 2015

An interesting thing happened at The Game Awards last night. When Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain won the first of two awards it would take home that night — one for Best Soundtrack, and another for Best Action/Adventure game — series creator Hideo Kojima was nowhere to be seen. Kiefer Sutherland accepted the award on his behalf, and then Geoff Keighley offered an explanation to a confused audience.

“Mr. Kojima had every intention of being with us tonight, but unfortunately he was informed by a lawyer representing Konami just recently that he would not be allowed to travel to tonight’s award ceremony to accept any awards. He’s still under an employment contract and it’s disappointing.”

Kojima isn’t singularly responsible for how great MGS V is, but he did create the series and it would’ve been an entirely different game without him behind it. His acceptance speech shouldn’t have had a 140 character limit.

Thank you very much.

— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) December 4, 2015

If you didn’t watch the awards show, there were a handful of memorable moments, both good and bad. The best of them was captured in this video, when Konami’s epic assholery earned them the award they truly deserve: an auditorium filled with booing fans.

Konami’s being a real ass.

That is all.

Related Topics:hideo kojima Konami metal gear solid metal gear solid 5 MGS V silent hills the game awards the game awards 2015 the phantom pain

Adam Dodd

Gamer, writer, terrible dancer, longtime toast enthusiast. Legend has it Adam was born with a controller in one hand and the Kraken's left eye in the other. Legends are often wrong.

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AreYouWatching.com: ‘The Watchers’ Interactive Website Is Full of Creepy Easter Eggs

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3 hours ago

April 23, 2024

Alex DiVincenzo

Are you watching? Ishana Night Shyamalan has clearly been paying attention to her father, M. Night Shyamalan. Not only is she following in his footsteps as a filmmaker, but she’s also embracing a similar mystique surrounding her work.

The new trailer for her feature directorial debut, The Watchers, gives viewers a taste of what’s in store. AreYouWatching.com has launched with even more clues.

Visit the site to join the mysterious creatures that lurk in the Irish forest as you observe a shelter. From the time the sun sets at 7:30 PM until it rises at 5:55 AM, four strangers — played by Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Oliver Finnegan, and Olwen Fouere — can be seen trapped inside.

You’ll find several interactive items. Click on the gramophone to set the mood with some spooky music. Tap on the birdcage to hear an ominous message from the parrot inside: “I’m going out, try not to die.” Press on the TV to watch clips from a fake reality show called Lair of Love. And if you tap on the window during the daytime … they’ll tap back.

There are also Easter eggs hidden at specific times. We’ve discovered three: a disorienting shot of Fanning’s character’s car at 5:52 PM, a closer view of the captives at 11:11 PM, and a glimpse of monitors at 12:46 AM. Let us know if you find any more in the comments…

The Watchers opens in theaters on June 14 via New Line Cinema. Ishana Night Shyamalan writes and directs, based on the 2022 novel of the same name by A.M. Shine. M. Night Shyamalan produces.