Hideo Kojima laments that Metal Gear Solid 4's digital battlefield 'is no longer science fiction'

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Hideo Kojima laments that Metal Gear Solid 4's digital battlefield 'is no longer science fiction'
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'When the battlefield is under total control, war becomes routine.'

Game creator Hideo Kojima is and probably will always be best-known for his creation and stewardship of the Metal Gear series at Konami, which since his departure has been more-or-less on permanent hiatus . In his almost three decades these games evolved to the point where they predicted certain problems of the information age , took aim at contemporary topics like Guantanamo Bay , and ended on a profound sense of sadness about our species' inability to break the cycles of global conflict .

). In that entry the player controls an aged Solid Snake in the year 2014, caught up in a civil war being fought between Private Military Companies . "The concept of 'arms laundering' will also emerge, which will allow the parties to escape from the SOPs," said Kojima."Also, by suppressing SOPs, the battlefield can be controlled."

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