ReAction: Why Roberta ❤’s Colossal Cave, Live Event & New Video!
From Ken’s Desk ~ “For the first time in our newsletter we actually have an article by Roberta. She talks about the game and why we decided to come back from retirement and make a game after all these years. I hope you will enjoy this issue of the newsletter!” In this edition… Why Roberta […]
ReAction: Ken’s Thoughts, New Price & “The Modern Boomer” Podcast
In this edition… Greetings all! As you may have heard we released our new game! That said, we’ve been busy since the initial release enhancing the game and starting our marketing effort. We’ve also been busy putting it on more devices. This edition of ReAction has a lot of good information, including: Updated release schedule Update on pricing […]
Colossal Cave is now available. People are loving it! 🔥
In this edition… Colossal Cave has launched! Colossal Cave launched on January 19th on Steam and Epic Games Store. It also released on Meta Quest 2, Nintendo Switch (North America) & Playstation 5 What’s ahead for Colossal Cave? Read ahead and see! Ken’s Thoughts on ChatGPT “A Peek Inside The Cave” – stories and trivia […]
Q&A with Roberta & Ken Williams, developers of reimagined Colossal Cave, out today
Sid Shuman (he/him)January 19, 2023 Ken and Roberta Williams need little introduction among adventure game fans. The duo, who founded legendary developer Sierra On-Line in the earliest days of gaming, has been responsible for some of the genre’s most innovative, daring, and memorable titles. The two have been away from game development for quite some […]
Why Colossal Cave matters and why Ken and Roberta Williams remade it
Fifty years after it first appeared on old mainframes, Sierra founders Ken and Roberta Williams have remade the landmark adventure game Colossal Cave. Ian Boudreau23 hours ago Colossal Cave is an adventure game that predates its own genre and arguably everything we know as ‘the rules’ of modern game design. It began life as 700 lines of […]
Colossal Cave is released!
In this edition… COLOSSAL CAVE IS AVAILABLE NOW!! Thank you for reading. For more insight, visit my blog – Ken’s Corner Colossal Cave OUT NOW!! Colossal Cave Brings Magic, Wonder to PlayStation VR 2 in 2023 Fantasy Adventure Launches on PC, Meta Quest 2, Consoles Today Xbox Version Makes a Short Detour SEATTLE – Jan. 19, […]
Colossal Cave Interview – How Ken And Roberta Williams Reimagined A ’70s Text Adventure For VR
Colossal Cave, a VR remake of the classic text-based Colossal Cave Adventure, arrives next week on Meta Quest 2. Developed by Sierra On-Line co-founders Ken and Roberta Williams through Cygnus Entertainment, we interviewed these adventure game icons to learn more. I’m reminded of something Rand Miller once told me. “2014 is like 100 years ago in […]
Ken and Roberta Williams are back to evolve the adventure game genre
Right before her 20-plus year retirement, Roberta Williams could see how the video game industry was about to leave the adventure game genre behind. Set in motion in the 1970s by a text adventure game called Colossal Cave Adventure, the genre would never be the same after Roberta and her husband, Ken Williams, entered the industry. […]
Happy New Year 2023 & Upcoming Release on Jan 19th
In this edition… Happy New Year 2023!! Wishing you all a happy & prosperous New Year in 2023 Colossal Cave finally releases! Launching for PC & Consoles Jan 19th Coming to Meta Quest 2 VR soon! WISHLIST NOW ON STEAM! We were in the LA Times; read the article here Thank you for reading. For more […]
Newsletter #4 – The Game AwardsReAction
In this edition… The Game Awards Ken & Roberta to appear on The Game Awards. Watch it live on Thursday, December 8th, 2022 Links for livestreams included below. Thank you for reading. For more insight, visit my blog – Ken’s Corner Ken & Roberta at THE GAME AWARDS Ken & Roberta are appearing on The […]
