June 11, 2008
What Retailers & Librarians Should Know about Video Games and Gamers
Jordan Mechner, the creator of Prince of Persia, takes us inside the video game world — explaining how this fast-growing, often-misunderstood new medium has evolved over the past twenty years, and exploring the connections between video games, books, movies and graphic novels.
Created by Jordan on the Apple II computer 20 years ago, Prince of Persia has become one of the world’s most popular and enduring video game franchises, with over 10 million copies sold. Jordan adapted his game as a feature film screenplay for Jerry Bruckheimer/Walt Disney Pictures (coming Summer 2009), and directed a graphic novel adaptation to be published by First Second Books (September 2008).
