68 Quotes by Jenova Chen

Language is very deceiving. In certain languages, there is certain vocabulary that doesn't exist in other languages. It totally changes how people feel about things.

'Flower' is about the sublime.

When I designed 'Flower' I was thinking about making it a positive, almost like a self-healing experience. It's like therapy.

I was not grown up in the U.S., nor in Japan. In order to create a video game that people around the globe can enjoy and relate to, I can't draw things deeply rooted in the local culture that I'm not familiar with. That's why we are not doing games about football or samurai.

We tried to just convince big publishers like EA or other people to make games like 'Cloud'... It's just almost impossible.

Our vision is for games to offer a wide variety of different experiences and attract all kinds of gamers and nongamers.

A teenager can find lots of games, but that's not necessarily true for adults over 30. As you get older, you desire more intellectual, emotional experiences. If you look at film, there's many different genres. No matter how old you are, you can find the type of movie you like. That's a sign of a mature medium.

When I read a good story, I often start thinking, 'Should I live my life according to what this character chooses and values?' It makes me think. I feel like I grew up to be a more mature person while thinking about character development in these fictional situations.

We founded thatgamecompany to push the boundary of video games as an interactive medium.