GDC 2009: Rhianna Pratchett, games writer

As a games journalist for over a decade, Rhianna Pratchett had the enviable opportunity to really explore the gamut of games in great depth. Now, as a game writer, she gets to create them. At this year's Game Developers Conference 2009, I caught up with Rhianna, one of the creative minds behind the most recent titles in the Broken Sword series, last year's parcour phenomenon Mirror's Edge and Overlord, to find out a bit more about her role, and why the games industry - whose products are generally better recognised for action rather than artistic prose - is knocking down her door.

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[Arcomatik]

I love her father's books :)

[TripleM87]

Go on...

[VIDOTTONATOR]

i LOVED MIRRORS EDGE WAS A FANTASTIC GAME!

[McPrfctday]

I wonder if Terry wishes that high graphic video games existed when he was her age. That's probably the kind of job he would do... and he'd work with Douglas Adams and Terry Gilliam of course.

[bbbmoody]

... seems like a dumb place for an interview...

[Outlander1138]

Oh wow! I didnt know Pratchett's daughter wrote video games! Or was a games journalist! They sound like such cool jobs!

[aaazzzza]

I have odd celebrity crushes. She's one of them.

[HongKongKanto]

Mirrors edge had a good story and atmospehre. She wrote also the storyline for PoP 2008.

[IllusionWannabe]

I want her Job!

[malcom108]

she is hiding a big ass