Yessss. As of today, you can buy all five classic Quest for Glory adventure/RPGs from GOG.com for 10 bucks. Worth it if only to hear one of Jennifer Hale’s early game voiceover performances.
Adventure games have changed a lot over the past 20 years. And now, thanks largely to Tim Schafer’s super-successful $US3.4-million Kickstarter, we’re about to get a whole lot more of them.
If you’ve ever played an old adventure game from Sierra – so King’ Quest, Police Quest, Space Quest, Quest for Glory, etc – you need to see this old documentary showing how some of those titles were made. While the bulk of the clip is taken up with hyping the then-upcoming King’s Quest VI, there are also interviews with Sierra co-founder Roberta Williams and footage of how the company’ later efforts were written, scored and filmed.
While You Were Sleeping was a well-received romantic comedy starring the luminous Sandra Bullock and the irrepressible Bill Pullman.
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