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Why Journey Is Already My Favourite Game Of E3

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3:15PM June 4, 2011 | Mark Serrels

Tags: GameTrailers.com, Journey – E3 2011: Themes & Goals Interview HD, PC Games, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Today is my day off. So why am I writing this post? Well, basically because I stumbled across this video interview with Jenova Chen from thatgamecompany, and was completely blown away. Chen’s latest game, Journey is already my most anticipated game of the year, and this video reaffirms that anticipation. Journey looks stunning.


In Real Life

Journey Creator Breathes His Game To Life

8:20AM January 12, 2011 | Mike Fahey

From his mouth to the screen, as seen in the PlayStation blog interview with thatgamecompany’s Jenova Chen about the artistic inspirations for his upcoming PlayStation Network game Journey. More »


Journey Makes Wandering The Desert Look Like A Hoot

5:30PM December 11, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Sorry, Nathan Drake, but you and your fully-tucked shirt are not the best thing I saw this week for the PlayStation 3. That honour goes to this trailer for Journey. More »


In Real Life

How One Developer Cheated His Way To The Perfect Smurf Village

5:30AM December 11, 2010 | Brian Crecente

Jenova Chen is the designer of genre-bending, artfully crafted games Cloud, FlOw and Flower. He’s the co-founder of ThatGameCompany and the recipient of a master’s degree from the University of Southern California’s Interactive Media Division. He’s also a cheater. More »


Journey, From The Creators Of FlOw And Flower, Explained

11:00AM June 18, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

flOw and Flower developer thatgamecompany is making something new, Journey, a game that’s about singing, sand, hiking, cloth, surfing, astronauts and feeling small. And, in a radical departure for the team, it uses two whole buttons. More »


FlOw Played LiVe

1:20PM August 5, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Composer Austin Wintory has always wanted to adapt his score for PSN game flOw for live performance by an orchestra. More »


News

Scandal Of The Day: Aquatica IPhone

11:40AM June 25, 2009 | AJ Glasser

Earlier today, flOw creator Jenova Chen accused Aquatica iPhone developer Ketera Software of either improperly sourcing his game as inspiration or flat-out ripping off flOw’s source code. More »


ThatGameCompany And The Beauty Of Taking Risks

6:00AM June 16, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

“Everything is intense the first time you experience it,” says Jenova Chen, the 27-year-old creative director at Santa Monica-based studio ThatGameCompany. More »


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Jenova Chen on flOw, Game Design, and Sony

3:30AM May 12, 2008 | Maggie Greene

flOw is one of those interesting little games that keeps on kicking (it’s certainly made the rounds at this point) — it’s spawned a lot of interest and discussion since its first appearance. Brandon Sheffield sat down with Jenova Chen (flOw designer and co-founder of thatgamecompany) at this year’s GDC to talk about Sony’s strengths, game design, and why making traditional games is ‘too easy’:

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