08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
The odd path ‘Expedition 33' took to becoming one of the best games of the year
'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' is being hailed as a masterpiece in storytelling, which makes lead writer Jennifer Svedberg-Yen's path in video games all the more unusual. The California native is a first-time writer, having spent most of her career as a private equity investor.
She retired in 2015 to chase other interests. Five years later, during the pandemic lockdown, she saw a Reddit post from video game developer Guillaume Broche, an alumnus of France's games mega-publisher Ubisoft, looking for voice actresses. Bored and curious, she submitted audition tapes.
