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The Complete History of Broken Sword: Paris, Conspiracies, and George & Nico

Broken Sword history collage with George, Nico, Steve Ince and Charles Cecil

George Stobbart went to Paris for a holiday. A clown, a bomb, and a dead man had other plans. George is an American tourist whose afternoon outside a Paris café ends in an explosion. He survives, but a man inside does not. Most people would give the police a statement and book an earlier flight home. George starts investigating. He has no special training for this sort of thing, just a quick… Read more

Steve Ince Interview: Broken Sword, Beneath a Steel Sky, and the Art of Game Writing

Steve Ince interview collage with his portrait, Broken Sword, and Beneath a Steel Sky

Interview by David, Retro-Replay. An adventure game can begin with a painted cityscape, a conversation, or a mystery the player cannot leave alone. Steve Ince has helped shape all three. Across his career, he moved from creating artwork to organising production and then writing and designing the stories players would uncover for themselves. Ince spent eleven years at Revolution Software, moving from artist to producer to writer and designer. His work on… Read more