Game Director Finally Addresses His Rumored Foot Fetish–Wait, Not Kojima, The Other One

A prolific Japanese game developer has finally addressed all that weird foot imagery in his video games. What? No, I'm not talking about Hideo Kojima (he's busy hanging out with The Backrooms director right now, anyway). I'm referring to Dark Souls and Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki, who has finally addressed online speculation that he is a foot guy. “It's not necessarily something I’m consistently aware of--maybe it’s something subconscious coming through,” Miyazaki told The Guardian in response to a question about all the hand imagery in his upcoming action-RPG, The Duskbloods. "Take a look online and there’s a rumor that I have a bit of a thing for feet, but I’m not honestly sure where this comes from." Seriously, stop making it weird. Though Miyazaki says he's not sure where the idea that he has a "thing for feet" comes from, it's something fans of his games have noticed for years. Whether we're talking The Maiden in Black from Demons' Souls or Priscilla (or Gwunevere, or Sister Friede, or Maneater Mildred) from Dark Souls, it's hard to ignore how many barefoot women are roaming Miyazaki's fictional worlds. Elden Ring's Malenia is rocking bare feet, too, although hers a…