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Articles written by Jordan Mechner on video game narratives, transmedia, and other subjects.

A Los Angeles story lost and found ⌛ July 21, 2026 Watch Chavez Ravine . I made a short documentary film in 2003. It gets less attention than my other project that wrapped that year ( Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time ), but it's close to my heart, and I think it holds up well. Chavez Ravine, site of Dodger Stadium, was once home to a closely-knit Mexican-American community overlooking downtown Los Angeles-until 1950, when its residents were evicted in what came to be viewed as a historic injustice. In my 26-minute film , black-and-white photographs of the neighborhood, taken by Don No

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