Associate Professor Hartzheim’s monograph Hideo Kojima: Progressive Game Design from Metal Gear to Death Stranding (Bloomsbury 2023) has been published in Japanese by DU Books. Translated by Yosei Muto and titled ゲームデザイナー小島秀夫論 世界のゲーム市場を熱狂させた革新性―MSX2版『メタルギア』から『DEATH STRANDING』まで (On Game Designer Hideo Kojima: Innovation that Captivated the World’s Game Industries—From the MSX2 Metal Gear to Death Stranding), the translation is a revised and expanded edition of Hartzheim’s book which maps the game design of Hideo Kojima. Hartzheim appeared as a guest on radio station J-WAVE in May to discuss the book on the culture program, Grand Marquee. He will also take part in a book talk at the main branch of Junkudo Bookstore in Ikebukuro on the evening of July 31.
