New various information

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New various information

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Noriaki Okamura, one of the members of the Kojima Group, has restarted his blog after a long absence (many months). He gave out some new info on various projects:

- There's yet another new project he's working on besides DGN and MPO.

- The multiplayer aspect of MPO (the community) is based on an idea Kojima had last year for a PSP game called Metal Gear People. This would have been an online game similar to MGO, with a bit more emphasis on the community aspect. The project eventually became MPO.

- MPO will have a device tentatively called the Sound Indicator in it. This will be a radar for surrounding noises, the reactions getting bigger the closer a sound is. This will also apply to your own movements, so you'll really need to use stalking close to enemies and still stay when they're nearby, etc.

- He has a funny anecdote about the recent GC show. While walking around the show floor, people would see his badge, then call out, "Excuse me!" and get his attention. After studying his badge, they'd inevitably then say, "Sorry" and walk away. He then jokes (as if speaking to the attendees at the time), "You thought I was Hideo Kojima, didn't you?!"

- He says he likes working with Ashley Wood because of how laid-back and enthusiastic he is, and how he takes pride in whatever he does. But as Okamura doesn't know any English, and Wood no Japanese, whenever they're having a meeting and their interpretor goes away to the toilet, there's always an awkward silence for the duration, especially since they both like to talk. They both promised each other they'd study the other language and try and become better at it.
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