PC

Get All The Quest For Glory Games From GOG.com

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.


April 21, 2012
PC

Gabriel Knight Creator’s New Game Will Have A Matrix Twist, Star The Awesomely Named ‘Malachi Rector’

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.


February 24, 2012
Retro

How Some Of The Best Adventure Games Ever Made…Were Made

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.


October 4, 2011
News

Less Than One Hour To Bid On This Porny 1990s Sierra Game

A copy of the Sierra On-Line’s 1991 Apple II game Softporn Adventure is about to sell on eBay, and you could still be the one to walk off with it!


August 12, 2011
In Real Life

Adventure Games Give Us A Lesson In Fine Art

Some of the world’s greatest paintings collide with some of the world’s greatest adventure games in this collection by Aled Lewis.


July 6, 2011
In Real Life

The GameFAQs Of 1994 Was Way Cooler

These days, if you’re stuck in a game, you hit the internet. YouTube and GameFAQs are your best friends. Back in the 1990s, things weren’t so simple!


June 16, 2011
Retro

Japan, What The Hell Did You Do To This Classic PC Adventure Game?

There are few more storied franchises in adventure gaming than Sierra’s Police Quest series, which in the late 80′s and early 90′s was home to some of the grittiest, most realistic and yet most rewarding games around.


June 15, 2011
Retro

The Great Big Guide To Adventure Games

Even with a recent resurgence of sorts, the time when true adventure gaming was a blockbuster genre is well and truly past. Those interested in re-living that past, or in finding out what all the fuss was about, can check out Hardcore Gaming 101′s Guide to Classic Graphic Adventures.


January 31, 2011
News

While You Were Sleeping

Kotaku AU

While You Were Sleeping was a well-received romantic comedy starring the luminous Sandra Bullock and the irrepressible Bill Pullman.

It’s also the name of a regular section here at Kotaku, where we round up all the best news coming in overnight, to save you trawling down the page for an excuse to not start work. Don’t say we’re not good to you!


January 29, 2011
Mobile

Old Sierra Games Host Gets C&D From Activision

Sarien.net is formerly the site where you could play, for free, classic Sierra games, such as Police Quest, in your browser. We say “formerly” because Activision owns that stuff now, and its lawyer-mans sent them a letter.