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"Ms. Jensen has a truly unique gift: that of being able to
weave intricate, intelligent stories, flesh them out with
marvelous characters and settings and still succeed in
incorporating the whole thing into a good adventure game."
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- Games Domain Review
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Biography
Jane Jensen is the ultimate story-teller. She breathes life into her
newborn plot; invents her characters' ideas and thoughts, creates the
time and the place for the adventure, and decides the destiny of her
characters. Jensen revels in creating her story, and in watching it come
to life.
She considers herself, at heart, a writer -- a novelist. Her main
literary influences are Stephen King and Anne Rice. She is also a
researcher, putting hundreds of hours into the depth of her stories. For
The Beast Within, the second Gabriel Knight mystery, Jensen traveled to
Germany, the site of the story, to conduct historical research. She
believes this research truly creates the feel for the story, and gives
depth to its realism.
Jensen's technical background began with a degree in Computer Science
from Anderson University in Indiana. Later, she became an engineer for
Hewlett-Packard, and was employed there for six years. Her career in
interactive entertainment began at Sierra On-Line in 1991. Since then,
she has had the opportunity to work on such hit titles as Police Quest
3; Gabriel Knight- Sins of the Fathers; Ecoquest; King's Quest VI and
Pepper's Adventures In Time. As designer of Gabriel Knight - Sins of the
Fathers, Jensen was honored when the game won Computer Gaming World's
Adventure Game of the Year and also Best of Show at CES. This accolade
was actually surpassed with her next Gabriel Knight adventure, The Beast
Within, which netted Jane the top honor that Computer Gaming World can
bestow: overall Game of the Year!
Designer Diary
Read Jane Jensen's thoughts and feelings in her Designer Diary
on Gamespot! This feature will be updated by Jane regularly
as she continues to work on Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the
Damned.
Interviews
The Web is home to several excellent Jane Jensen interviews,
some by game publications, and some by devoted GK fans.
They're all cool, and they're all here. (Or, at least, all
the ones we could find. Do you know of another one?
Tell us!)
Antagonist Games Network
Online Gaming Review ** EXCLUSIVE!
Games Domain
Sierra Gaming World
Michelle's GKII Homepage
Tenamor's Realm
Tenamor's Realm (again)
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