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 […]
ReAction Newsletter #3 – Colossal Cave on Steam
In this edition… Colossal Cave comes to Steam! Colossal Cave is now on Steam – coming soon! Wishlist now! Watch the trailer below! Thank you for reading. For more insight, visit my blog – Ken’s Corner Come Visit Us At COLOSSAL CAVE ON STEAM Colossal Cave is now available to wishlist on Steam! Visit the page […]
Why Roberta Williams Came Out of Retirement to Remake a Beloved Text Adventure
‘Colossal Cave Adventure’ summoned the Sierra adventure game legend to her calling. Forty years later, she’s heeding its call again. When you are as successful as Roberta Williams, you can decide you are done making video games on land. Colossal Cave is the designer’s first game in 24 years, and her first designed aboard the Cygnus, a […]
ReAction Newsletter #2 – Halloween 2022
In this edition… Halloween 2022 Update Edition! Colossal Cave to be featured in “Day of the Devs”, hosted by Double Fine and IAm8bit Spotlight on indie games features our hard work on Colossal Cave & Ken & Roberta’s return to game creation. Some of the spooky history behind the real inspiration of Colossal Cave Adventure […]
ReAction Newsletter #1 – PAX West 2022
In this edition… PAX West 2022 update An amazing panel of your favorite game designers – AL Lowe, Ron Gilbert, Jane Jensen and more! Want to meet Ken and Roberta? This is your chance! Want to see the VR version of our new game? The Switch version? We were in the LA Times; read the […]
Colossal Cave 3D Adventure: Reinventing a Cult Game in VR
Reimagined by the legendary Roberta & Ken Williams, textured with Substance 3D Marcus: I’m Marcus Maximus Mera, and I’m the first artist to work with Ken and Roberta Williams on the Colossal Cave game. My background is a little different from most game designers. I come from high-end jewelry and apparel design and manufacturing experiences. I started […]
Ken and Roberta Williams Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDdih0tJ7iY Ken and Roberta Williams, cofounders of Sierra Online, join us to discuss their new game Colossal Cave: Reimagined by Roberta Williams.
