The Creative Gene: How books, movies, and music inspired the creator of Death Stranding and Metal Gear Solid

I’m grateful that many critics consider my work to have originality and a distinctive creative vision. I can safely say that going to bookstores and picking out books is part of what makes that possible. By training my eye and my aesthetic perceptivity to find winners, I’ve formed my own viewpoint and values, which yield creative output with origin

Stories allow you to experience places you could never go—the past, the future, or distant worlds. You can become a different ethnicity or gender. Even when you’re reading all by yourself, you’re sharing those stories as they unfold before you with countless people whom you’ve never met.