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An interview with Jenova Chen: How Journey’s creator went bankrupt and won game of the year

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 8, 2013
Updated June 18, 2025
15 min

LAS VEGAS — Jenova Chen got a letter from a 15-year-old girl named Sophia last month. She said that she had played Journey with her father before he died from an illness, and the game had changed her life.

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