Gameology: Commentary and Resources for the Game Studies Community

Damn lunch and its article interrupting qualities! ;)

We will start writing the book, Matt... We just have a few more GAG games to get through; after a few Apple ][ GS titles, we should be ready for an initial draft of the first few chapters. Our outline is a great start.

Roberta Williams does get better as she goes along, but her lack of humor (for the most part) hurts her games. The Space Quest and Leisure Suit Larry series have a nice sense of humor to them, which helps the narrative (and mediocre parsers) tremendously. The more realistic setting of Police Quest sets it apart from other similar games from the era. Gold Rush is another interesting Sierra title, for different reasons...

I wonder if somebody has ever tried to remake The Wizard and the Princess as a straight GAG to see if having a more direct interface would help the game at all?