Rapper Kanye West seems to be on the hunt for Metal Gear Solid creator and gaming industry legend Hideo Kojima, and nobody can work out exactly why.
The artist behind classics like Graduation Tweeted out of the blue that he was in New York, he’d heard Kojima was also in the Big Apple, and asked his followers if anyone knew how to get in touch.
Heard Hideo Kojima is in NY We need to meet Does anyone know where he is or how to contact him
— ye (@kanyewest) December 14, 2018
Presumably one of West’s followers soon told him Kojima actually has his own Twitter account, as he was soon addressing the developer directly to request a meet, but not before a number of other Twitter users had some fun with the rapper.
@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN Let’s please meet today I’m in NY as well
— ye (@kanyewest) December 14, 2018
You have to have super monkey ball save data on your 2nd memory card slot when talking to psycho mantis and if you do he’ll appear in your bedroom at exactly 3:33 AM
— KILL BILL: THE RAPPER (@iamkillbill) December 14, 2018
It doesn’t look like West has had any luck in actually meeting up with Kojima yet, and he has yet to reveal exactly why he was after a chat with him in the first place – not that he owes anyone an explanation, mind. I’m just really curious.
Perhaps Kanye fancies doing the music for Death Stranding? Maybe he wants to bag Kim a starring role in the game alongside Mads Mikkelson? Maybe he’s just a genuine fan of Kojima’s work and wanted to pick the man’s brains?
Any and all options are possible. Knowing Kojima, he’ll probably turn around a week from now and tell everyone that his whole thing with Kanye was an elaborate prequel to Death Stranding and we’re all already playing the game or something equally strange.
I got ya
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) December 14, 2018
Even though he hasn’t been successful in finding him yet, The Game Awards head honcho Geoff Keighley – a man who can apparently summon anyone – did offer to try and get the pair together, so Kojima and West could meet yet.
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