GamesHideo Kojima was told “games don’t need stories” early in his career, so he read 300 books while making a single game to prove them wrongWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. GamesHideo Kojima was told “games don’t need stories” early in his career, so he read 300 books while making a single game to prove them wrongWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Konami) Hideo Kojimahas opened up about what it was like being an early progenitor of story-focused video games, revealing he once read around 300 books researching story details for a single game. In a recent episode of TBS Radio’s After 6 Junction 2 podcast (timestampedhere), Kojima relayed his experience as a young developer, in which he faced …