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And if he did understand it then his information about it must be wrong.
And if the information isn’t wrong then Kojima’s not worth caring about and his games are bad actually.
The guy who has written cyberpunk stories for 40 years, who is deeply synonymous with one of the most exciting emergent forms of art ever created, who includes characters in his stories that embody themes of transhumanism and gender fluidity, doesn’t know what the terms “cyberpunk” or “transgender” means apparently.
Looks fake. Cannot find it among his tweets.
Of course, the famously apolitical creator of the apolitical Metal Gear Solid series couldn’t possibly understand genre or theme.
Side note - I can’t imagine being a writer as successful as Hideo Kojima and being subjected to this patronizing racism.
