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Grace: “I feel like there’s something else out there, waiting for us. Do you think we’ll ever find it?”
Gabriel: “Never know, Gracie. One of these days we just might.”<\/p>\n

Two things. One: the Gabriel Knight behind-the-scenes article<\/a> I wrote for Games™ last year has just been posted on their website. This is a retrospective that delves into the development of the Gabriel Knight trilogy, developed at Sierra On-Line in the 1990s, that I wrote back when the thought of ever seeing a new Gabriel Knight game was nothing but a ridiculous pipe dream. Go read it.<\/a><\/p>\n

Two: After several years making casual games, Jane Jensen, creator of Gabriel Knight (and, more recently, Gray Matter<\/a>) has gone rogue, launching her own studio<\/a> with the plan to return to GK-style adventure games. She hopes to ramp up to making two or three new games a year<\/em>. I’m sorry, could somebody pinch me? What with Telltale’s Sam & Max revival, then Tales of Monkey Island, then Tim Schafer’s insanely successful Kickstarter campaign, I feel like LucasArts fans have had all the breaks. Well, not anymore. At 73% funding with 26 days to go, Jane’s well on her way to bringing us a brand new adventure game by this time next year… maybe two, if all goes well. You can learn all about it here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

A new Gabriel Knight game is still a pipe dream for now, but a somewhat less ridiculous one since I wrote that Games™ article a year ago. Activision, who owns the old Sierra properties, has already shown interest in reviving King’s Quest. And Jane’s confident that starting Pinkerton Road Studio is a step in the right direction for someday making a new Gabriel Knight. (And hey, if that’s what Jane Jensen thinks, who are you to argue? Go give her money<\/a> already!)<\/p>\n

Okay, I lied when I said “two things.” Here’s one more: the Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers theme song performed by a live orchestra. It’s surprisingly moving.<\/p>\n