Hideo Kojima Name Generator

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Hideo Kojima is infamous among other things for his pointedly-named characters, including Solid Snake, Vamp, Sam Porter Bridges, and Die-Hardman. Now you too can know what your name would be in Kojima's universe!

The format is a series of questions and dice rolls taken from an 11-page worksheet by Brian Gilbert, with an interface--music and graphics, though decidedly not sound effects--taken directly from the original Metal Gear Solid. Select an avatar, fill out the forms, and we'll find out who you really are.

The app is playable on desktop browsers.  None of your information is stored, but if you want to share a screencap, go nuts.

Credits

• Original Hideo Kojima Name Generator by Brian Gilbert for Polygon
• All music composed by Rika Muranaka, copyright Konami
• Graphics and Yoji Shinkawa concept art from Metal Gear Solid games, copyright 1998 - 2015 Konami
• Graphics and Yoji Shinkawa concept art from Death Stranding, copyright 2019 Sony
• Hideo Kojima photos from Hideo Kojima and Official Playstation Magazine UK
• All-Seeing Eye graphic from Wikipedia
• Conspiracy theory meme from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. You know the one.
• Mueller Investigation Chronology by Philadelphia Tribune
• Metal Gear Solid fonts by Steve Snape at Solid Snake’s Game Shrine
• Made in Unity with some assets made and modified in Clip Studio Paint and Photoshop
• Sound effects recorded with Audacity
• Everything not made by others, made by me
• Special thanks to Christopher Ryan Chan for pointing me to the original Name Generator article in the first place

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