The Chinese Room: A look behind Britain's boldest studio

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Everybody's Gone to the Rapture's co-director Jessica Curry is not your typical video game developer. Having a background as a film composer is one detail that sets her apart from the pack, but what's probably more important is that she's co-directed three successful commercial games without being a gamer herself. How did this happen?
It all began 15 years ago when a snafu with an arts organisation mucked up one of her bookings, and she had the situation resolved by a young upstart at the company named Dan Pinchbeck. Little did either of them know that this would result in a 15-years-and-counting relationship and the birth of both a son and a video game studio.
That final bit was never part of the plan.
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