Hideo Kojima has gotten a lot of flak over the years for putting sexy stuff in his video games. Many were outraged when women with boobs and cleavage appeared in his Metal Gear Solid series — not once but many times throughout the whole series. But put down your pitchforks, there’s a reason for all of it. In a recent interview with BBC Radio 1, Kojima clears up his artistic choices for all the naysayers.  “What I really want to avoid is, like you see in some games, characters with big breasts with no back story,” Kojima said. “If I make characters that at first glance might look like this…

Hideo Kojima is one of the most illustrious game designers in the world. Known for his sterling work on the Metal Gear series, which has won awards and the love and admiration of countless gamers, Kojima was ill-treated at Konami, where he worked for several decades until his exile in late 2015. It was revealed Friday that Konami continues to exert its cruel grip on the talented developer by punishing him and other former employees. He is facing severe repercussions from the company for his decision to leave them, including denying him pay he is owed and colluding to prevent his employees from getting health insurance. The game designer left Konami under…