Ken & Roberta Williams Answer Your Gaming Questions From X, Facebook & IG | Sierra Founders Tell All

We invited fans on social media to ask Roberta and Ken Williams questions. The response was overwhelming. We planned a 20 minute video to answer the questions. Here's two hours of answers, and that's only the first half. To see what questions were answered in this video, scroll down). Everything from game design to the future of technology is discussed, with sections for King's Quest and more! 00:00 Introduction 00:52 Can you give some history on King's Quest? 03:21 Same question restated 04:26 In Phantasmagoria, what about the portrait? 06:39 Top five times Roberta made Ken do something 13:13 Why is Valenice only in King's Quest 7? 14:22 Your favorite King's Quest plot lines 17:55 Favorite Easter Eggs 21:46 What do you see as advanced technology? 25:10 How do you get game and puzzle ideas? 26:30 Was King's Quest 1 the first game to eat a mushroom? 27:30 Putting cheese in the cauldron 30:20 Where did the music for King's Quest 5 town come from? 31:42 Inventory objects in games 34:11 Dogs and inventory physics 38:30 Why Cedric the owl? 39:08 Comparing the past to the present 44:42 How would you revitalize the industry? 46:55 What game like experiences in your real life? 47:42 Did you look for a trident? 48:01 Where did the names Gwendolen and Manon come from? 49:14 Tell me about Time Zone 55:10 Would you do a text parser game? 59:22 Why Sierra adventure puzzles have only one solution? 01:07:35 What do you think about AI? 01:08:46 What about the future of gaming? 01:11:53 What about games for kids? 01:13:11 Any words of wisdom for today's game devs? 01:17:25 Crypto and buckazoids 01:19:38 How do you feel about modern game dev tools? 01:21:24 Why didn't Sierra make board games? 01:24:19 How did Sierra hire? 01:26:47 Your favorite programming language? 01:27:52 Where do I buy Leisure Suit Larry 4? 01:29:10 Favorite game Sierra rejected 01:31:12 What souvenirs do you have from Sierra? 01:32:50 Games and movies, and more! 01:37:23 Keeley is getting impatient 01:37:32 Where do you get your energy? 01:38:08 Where did you get the idea to do a game engine? FYI - We're not completely happy with the video and audio quality on this. We thought about pulling it, but are letting it go because we think you'll enjoy watching it. For Part 2 we plan on setting the bar higher!