Ryan Payton
From the Metal Gear Wiki
Ryan Payton (born April 30, 1981, in Vancouver, Washington, United States) was an assistant producer at Kojima Productions. He previously worked at a freelancer at various magazines before joining Kojima Productions. He hosted a podcast, The Kojima Productions Report, which reports on various news within the company or rumors on the internet. However, for the most part his podcast focused on the Metal Gear series, especially that of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. The podcast is now hosted by Sean Eyestone, who also hosts the MGS4 Integral Podcast.
On August 26th, 2008, it was revealed that Ryan Payton had left Kojima Productions. He plans on finding a job closer to his family. Of his time at Kojima Productions he said "I'm pretty satisifed with all I've accomplished at KP. I set my goals and hit almost every one. The dream has always been to get an original game concept green lit, but that'll have to wait until I find a new home. The good news is that I've got plenty of exciting ideas that I've been keeping close to my chest."[1] He is currently working on the Halo series for Microsoft Game Studios.[2]
[edit] Previous jobs
- 2002-2003 Seattle AM Radio Stations producer/engineer
- 2003-2004 Xbox Nation Magazine freelance writer
- 2004-2005 1UP, Japan Times, OXM, EGM, WIRED, Metropolis freelance writer
