Estória,

Thank you so much for all the kind words. The thought that they were such a positive and  formative influence is really (for me at least, and I hope for other Sierra alums) the icing on the cake. And the gratitude people are expressing is so unexpected, it's so heartfelt and it feels like it all went down so long ago. It's...okay, I've backed myself into a corner with the cake analogy. The edible glitter on top of the icing? 

I hope we can continue to find ways to make games that entertain and educate and surprise and delight. In another 35 years, it would be great to have people coming up to me and saying, "Hey, I remember playing your games back when I was in my second childhood!"

Warm regards,
Josh

Thank you so much for the reply! 

Don't worry, I'm in my 2nd childhood (actually I never left my original childhood, which explains why I have no money), and I still replay Sierra games all the time. Earlier today I posted in the "what games do you replay" forum that King's Quest and Quest for Glory, and basically all the Sierra games, are my go-to comfort blankets.

Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that you, and everyone at Sierra's life's work has had a very positive impact on a large number of people. You've truly spread "good" into this world, and it's appreciated.

I'm trying to get my 6 year old niece hooked while she's young, too.
-Jonathan

I'd like to ask what your best memory of working at Sierra is? Also, did you have a favorite designer to work with?

I was in college when the company fell apart, but it had always been my dream up to that point to work there. Interaction magazine made it seem like a fun, creative, family-run dream job. Obviously that's a "rose colored" view, especially towards the end, but it still seems like a case of "when it was good it was really good..."

Thanks!

I think my single favorite memory is probably when Freddy Pharkas first went into production. There was a window you could stand up, on the second floor of the main building, and look out over the entire warehouse/assembly line part of the facility. For whatever reason, I happened by this window. At that point, I was completely and utterly exhausted -- the whole team was, we had just finished a several-weeks'-long "crunch week" on the project, and some of us (primarily Steve Conrad and Bill Shockley and I) were sleeping in our office and putting in 20-hour days. So as I looked out and saw Freddy boxes being assembled with this mixture of relief (it's done!), dread (what DIDN'T we find that breaks the game, that players will find INSTANTLY?), pride (my first real game!) and all sorts of things, with this overlay of too-tired-to-think-straight...it was just a very hypnotic and overwhelming moment for me.

Second favorite? When I pulled up in a rented car to interview there, and Ken came out and introduced himself!

--Josh

Second favorite? When I pulled up in a rented car to interview there, and Ken came out and introduced himself!

--Josh

So basically this scene?

Second favorite? When I pulled up in a rented car to interview there, and Ken came out and introduced himself!

--Josh

So basically this scene?

Eerily similar, yes!! 

Second favorite? When I pulled up in a rented car to interview there, and Ken came out and introduced himself!

--Josh

So basically this scene?

That scene was one of the coolest funniest endings in all the video games I ever played Lol. Space Quest 2 and 3 are on my top adventure List

That scene was one of the coolest funniest endings in all the video games I ever played Lol. Space Quest 2 and 3 are on my top adventure List

I loved it when Sierra designers would break the fourth wall...in this scene, and at the end of LSL3, when Larry gets to walk by the Whale's tongue set from KQ4, and the driving set from PQ.