Jordan Mechner

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As an American living in France, I'm doubly thrilled that my graphic novel Liberty!

My first step in creating the animations for Prince of Persia in 1985 was to videotape my brother David running, jumping, and climbing.

I wrote this article for Jon Ingold (Inkle)'s The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope, an anthology of 100+ essays on the craft of game writing.

I'd hoped my first post of the new year would celebrate The Sands of Time's release, but alas, that's not in the cards.

Happy holidays!

As a kid in the 1970s, I was obsessed with MAD Magazine.

"Which is your favorite/definitive version of the original Prince of Persia game?"

My 1997 adventure game The Last Express is 80% off at GOG.com this week (September 17-25) in their Historical Games sale.

A prince who started his career by climbing a garden wall for unauthorized trysts with a princess must be a bit of a rogue, so it makes sense that Evil Empire (developer of Dead Cells) stealth-dropped The Rogue Prince of Persia on August 20 without alerti…

For those already up to speed, I'll cut to the chase: Liberty!

The internet evolves fast.

Last spring, I received an unexpected invitation.

Next week marks the 35th anniversary of Prince of Persia's release in 1989.

I'm excited to announce that my graphic novel MONTE CRISTO — a modern update of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel transposed to post-9/11 America, brilliantly illustrated by Mario Alberti — will be published in English by Magnetic Press later this year.

Four years ago, I embarked on the greatest creative adventure of my life — writing and drawing all 320 pages of my graphic novel memoir, REPLAY.

I'm excited to announce that my graphic novel memoir Replay will make its U.S. debut on Tuesday, March 19, at Book Passage in the San Francisco Ferry Building.

Today, I'm releasing a new artwork, "Saturday 1979," depicting the living room of my childhood home and a very special computer — the Apple II, where my earliest gaming memories were created.

At last, it's here!

A huge thanks to everyone who has followed my creative projects and supported me in 2023.

Good morning!

I'm thrilled to announce the launch of my new graphic novel trilogy LIBERTY — an epic historical adventure, spectacularly drawn by Étienne LeRoux and Loïc Chevallier.

For everyone who's asked if it will be possible to order a signed copy of REPLAY in English: I have good news, and thank you for the idea!

When the Digital Eclipse team told me they wanted to give my early game Karateka "the Criterion treatment" and re-release it in a deluxe remastered edition, I couldn't quite picture exactly what they had in mind.

I've been eagerly awaiting this moment for so long, I can't believe it's here at last.

A big thank you to everyone who purchased limited-edition prints of my first three Prince of Persia-inspired game tribute artworks, "A Faithful Friend," "Bones," and "Dagger."

30 years ago today in 1993, Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame went gold master.

I'm happy to share the newly-completed artwork for the English cover of my new graphic novel memoir Replay — slated for release by First Second Books/Macmillan on March 19, 2024.

I'm excited to finally share the project I've been deeply immersed in for the past two years.

Today, I'm releasing the third in a series of Prince of Persia tribute artworks — my homage to the fans and teams that shaped the prince's destiny (and mine).

I'm excited to announce that the second volume of my new graphic-novel trilogy Monte-Cristo arrives in bookstores tomorrow (March 22) in France.

When I launched this website in 2008, I began transcribing and posting daily entries from my old handwritten journals as a "blog from the past," documenting my game-development odyssey making the first version of Prince of Persia in 1985-1993.

So many video games, films, and music albums I “own” now live in the cloud, and I’m nostalgic for the days when they existed as physical objects on a bookshelf.

A huge thank you to everyone who bought a print of "A Faithful Friend" last month!

Happy New Year!