How the makers of Tearaway tapped their creativity to make a world built from paper (interview)

LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule is known for its quirky games, and Tearaway for the PlayStation Vita is one of the quirkiest.

Tearaway
PlayStation Vita’s Tearaway.

You play two characters in a 3D world made out of paper. It is an imaginative game where you can insert your own picture and add your own creations into the world. The character known as The Messenger has to navigate through the paper world to deliver a message to the player, known as The You.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.