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In April, I made the rarest of pilgrimages. To Tokyo, and the top of a skyscraper, to meet @HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN. I went with one question: why still make games? At 61, he has made them for almost forty years. But he has seen his end.
Sam White
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Sam White
@samwrite
I write for GQ. My mum says she’s very proud.
Joined September 2009
- Replying to @ianmilesrich coming from a melting waxwork of a deep sea fish.
- Replying to @ultrabrilliantFeels less rushed than season 8 to be fair.
- Microsoft has a market cap larger than the GDP of all but five countries in the world. Entire NATIONS. And it can’t sustain the team that made Hifi Rush? Fuck off.
- Was just told a story by a friend about her work colleague who went on a first date, ordered a bottle of wine (and subsequently two more) and mis-read the price as £50.00 instead of the actual £5000, and now has a ten year direct debit to The Shard to pay off her huge wine debt.
- "When I first started Reynholm Industries I had just two things in my possession: a dream, and six million pounds"On 2015/12/16 I became independent. No office, just a tiny room, no staff, no machines nothing. All I had was this KJP logo, notepad & pen and my own PC. I started to work on the concept while recruiting staffs, finding office & game engine. Had dream and connection that's all.👍
- Replying to @ZeroSuitCamusimagine eating literal bollocks and still being stick thin
- The lunar lander scene in TLOU2 is perfect.
- In 2018, I had dinner with @Neil_Druckmann and @grosstastic to start a 2 year behind-the-scenes profile of #TheLastofUsPartII After what feels like a lifetime, and with 10 days to go, this is how @Naughty_Dog created a classic amidst catastrophe:
- Found out yesterday that my dad has me in his phone as Sam White. Full name. His own son.
- I had the pleasure of writing @GQMagazine's first big video games profile. On the unlikely and amazing story of @ConcernedApe.
