I just read an interview with Hideo Kojima, on 1up (
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=0&cId=3170146) by Thomas Puha.
It gives more of a look into the developement side of games.
Personally, I really like this quote "...making the impossible possible. If you don't think you can do that, what are you doing making games? If you only do what you think you can do, then you'll work on a normal schedule, using normal technology, and nobody's going to be surprised with the end result."
This is so true.