Review Fix Exclusive: Q & A with Jane Jensen

Review Fix chats with Moebius designer Jane Jensen about her current project, the Kickstarter campaign behind it and her hopes for the future.

Review Fix: What was the main reason why you launched Pinkerton Road Studio?

Jane Jensen: I’ve wanted to get back to designing 3rd person adventure games for quite some time. And right now the timing is ripe in the industry. I think adventure games are going to be having something of a modest revival among hard-core gamers, plus the casual game audience is a whole new market for this type of game.

Review Fix: Why a sci-fi game?

Jensen: Moebius is what I’d call “soft sci-fi”. It’s not set that far into the future and doesn’t involve space or aliens. It’s more of a metaphysical thriller with a unique way of viewing the world, more like the Fringe TV series.

Review Fix: Why is this game cool?

Jensen: It’s going to be very dramatic and cinematic, have a pop sensibility but also make you think. It will be an updated throwback to classic adventure games.

Review Fix: The concept art for this game is pretty damn cool. How similar will
the game look?

Jensen: We’re working on the first scene now and hope to reveal it in the next week. Like the concept art, it will be 2D but it will be further developed.

Review Fix: Tell us about your Kickstarter campaign.

Jensen: On our current Kickstarter campaign (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1005365109/jane-jensens-pinkerton-road-2012-2013-csg) we’re raising $300K to fund Moebius, which will be our first adventure game title under the new Pinkerton Road studio label. We’ve got a studio model we call CSG or Community Supported Gaming. Being a CSG member is like having a virtual seat in the studio. You’ll get monthly video updates where we’ll show you art and progress on the games we’ve got in development. You’ll also get to alpha and beta test our games early on if you want, and then get the new games before they’re released to the public.

Review Fix: How do you want Moebius to be remembered?

Jensen: My ‘positive thinking’ dream would be that it’s remembered as one of the highlights of a new golden age of adventure games.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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