The article text provided could not be retrieved properly — the content consists entirely of PC Gamer's website navigation, membership sign-up prompts and category menus, with no actual article body about Hideo Kojima included. As a result, there is no substantive information available to summarise regarding the title's claim about Kojima's stated wishes for his death.

Based on the headline alone, the piece appears to reference a light-hearted or humorous remark by Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding series, about how he would like to die — using "popcorn bucket" phrasing that suggests a jokey or pop-culture reference rather than a serious statement. Without the actual article text, no further detail, quotes or context can be confirmed.