Jenova Chen

Jenova Chen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Xinghan Chen ( pinyin: Chén Xīnghàn), known as Jenova Chen, is the designer of the award-winning games Cloud, Flow, and Flower, and is co-founder of Thatgamecompany. Chen is from Shanghai, where he earned a bachelors degree in computer science and a minor in digital art and design. He then moved to Los Angeles, where he got a master's degree from the University of Southern California's Interactive Media Division. While there he created Cloud and Flow, and met fellow student Kellee Santiago. After a brief period at Maxis working on Spore, he founded Thatgamecompany with Santiago and became the company's creative director. The company signed a three-game deal with Sony Computer Entertainment, and has sold Flow and Flower through the PlayStation Network. Chen and Thatgamecompany are currently working on Journey, their third game for Sony. As Chen was born in one culture and lives in another, he chooses to try to make games that appeal universally to all people. His goal with his games and Thatgamecompany in general is to try to help video games mature as a medium by making games that inspire emotional responses in the player that other games are lacking. Although he and Thatgamecompany can and have made more traditional games, he does not plan on commercially developing any of them, as he does not think that it fits with their goals as an independent video game developer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jenova Chen, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title : Jenova Chen
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  • Place of Birth : Shanghai, China
  • Homepage : http://www.jenovachen.com/
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Jenova Chen Movies

  • 2008
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    Playing Columbine

    Playing Columbine

    6.7 2008 HD

    Chronicles the history of the game "Super Columbine Massacre RPG!." The film traces back the 16-bit role-playing game to its inception, through the...

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  • 2013
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    Us and the Game Industry

    Us and the Game Industry

    6 2013 HD

    This film follows several independent game developers (Jason Rohrer, thatgamecompany, Douglas Wilson, Zach Gage, Aledander Bruce) examining why they...

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  • 2016
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    Video Games: The New Masters of the World

    Video Games: The New Masters of the World

    7 2016 HD

    In thirty years, the video game has conquered an increasingly wide audience. Drawing on the recent work of economists, sociologists, experts and...

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  • 2022
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    GAME GENOME

    GAME GENOME

    8.3 2022 HD

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