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A silent game from Keita Takahashis To a T

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A silent game from Keita Takahashis To a T

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In 2004, Keita Takahashi Created and designed the classic video game Katamari Damacy. It is a completely unique, completely bizarre game in which you play a tiny ball that rolls around and bigger because things are liable.

Katamari Damacy At first it was such a lassical success, then a big one, and now it is a classic. Keita Takahashi created the game at Namco, a company that is known at the time to fight Tekken And Soulcalibur. And how you may have collected yourself – Katamari Damacy is not Tekken or Soulcalibur.

Katamari Damacy changed what big video games could be. It also has an amazing soundtrack. Keita Takahashi will also have a new game out the next month. It's called TOatsAnd it's about a child whose arms are directly like a “T.” Clear.

We talk to Keita Takahashi about how he got into the design of video games and how he put the idea for the idea Katamari Damacy To the people at Namco. He also talks to us about his new game, to a T.

A version of this interview was originally broadcast in April 2024.