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Finding us

Our office is in on the tenth floor of 6 Mitre Passage, by North Greenwich underground and bus station. It's the tallest darkest building in this picture.

Who's "us"?

Sonja Penelope Kennedy, Founding Mascot

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32 months.

Sonja predates the first Echo Bazaar beta by one month.

Alexis Kennedy, Chief Narrative Officer and Chairman

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Twelve years of web development. Former English teacher.

Alexis provides overall narrative direction for our projects, writes, and runs the company.

Paul Arendt, Chief Illuminating Officer (brevet Marketing Director)

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Freelance journalist turned freelance doodler. An improvement so far.

Paul is responsible for illustration and production design. He also contributes content and runs the sub-editing pipeline.

Richard Johnston, Chief Financial Officer

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Tax advisor with over a decade of experience in professional advisory firms.

Richard provides professional services to keep the machine running smoothly.

Nigel Evans, Staff Writer

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Provider of quality prose to discerning gentlefolk.

Nigel is a writer and game designer who's responsible for a giant chunk of Echo Bazaar.

Yasmeen Khan, Writer-Producer

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Sometime classicist and amateur artist.

Yasmeen writes for a variety of projects including Echo Bazaar, the Night Circus and Machine Cares, and handles ops and planning on the side.

Chris Gardiner, Writer and Community Manager

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Ex-historian turned enthusiastic word-monkey

Chris writes for Echo Bazaar and Machine Cares, and provides community liaison for long-term projects.

Henry Senior, Lead Developer

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Our second philosophy graduate.

Henry is our technical lead on all projects.


Failbetter Games Limited is a company registered in England and Wales with the attractive registration number of 7121579. Our registered office is at 12 Holly Court, London SE10 0BT.