(re: If it were me…)
Ken, that’s an interesting comment. I remember you saying before that even if you had retained control of Sierra, you may have moved the company away from adventure games anyway. If you were running Sierra now, and planned to make a SQ MMORPG (did I get the acronym right?!), would you see it as an adventure game? Or more as a way to attract the market that Lucasarts has already developed with the Star Wars games, since it’s also a space theme?
In other words, what is it about Space Quest that would make it a better “massively multiplayer” game than King’s Quest or Quest for Glory? (I’m not suggesting that one of the other franchises would be better, just wondering why you mentioned Space Quest.) Do you have any opinions on what the Myst people are trying to do with URU?
I’m just curious — I’ve never played an MMORPG (although I am tempted to try The Sims Online) so I don’t really know what they’re all about. Guess I’m wondering about what “might have been” if you still controlled Sierra in today’s market…
-emily
ps I just tried to update this post, and was given the opportunity to update your post instead. It’s working now and i’m not sure I could replicate the problem. After writing my post, I clicked the “Click here to see your message” link, and then might have clicked “Previous post” to re-read your post, before clicking back to mine. Then when I clicked Update, the text of your post about Star Wars Galaxies appeared in the edit box…