I should have posted about this GamesTM article weeks ago when the issue went on sale, but I wanted to wait until I’d seen the magazine, and then GDC ate my brain (metaphorically), and then I figured that since the mag had been mailed in mid-February it *had* to show up this week… and it still hasn’t. Boo.
Hopefully it’s still on newsstands in the UK, for those who want to check it out. About a week ago Borders was still selling issue 105, but theoretically people in the US should be able to get issue 106 now or soon at stores that carry international magazines.
Like the Quest for Glory article I wrote last year, this was a fun opportunity to deconstruct one of my beloved Sierra series. I especially enjoy digging into Sierra’s long-running series because the games are so often a reflection of the era in which they were created. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is one of the last games to use the icon-driven point & click interface, for example. It also exhibited an evolution in voice acting: unlike some of the earlier “talkies” that were voiced by Sierra employees (no offense, guys!), Sins of the Fathers had a professional cast that included Tim Curry, Mark Hamill, and Michael Dorn.
Maybe she would, Gabe. Maybe she would.