Itagaki is apparently drunk pretty much all of the time, and proud of it. He apparently gets his best ideas off whiskey, and thinks of Soju (a pretty strong Korean drink) as a starter. It definitely explains Extreme Beach Volleyball…
[url=http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2006/7/4/4522]Itagaki on getting ideas for his games: “drinking pretty much full-time”[/url]