Comments on: Ada Lovelace Day http://blog.natbudin.com/2009/03/24/ada-lovelace-day/ Nat Budin writes down his innermost thoughts on the Internet Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:31:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Chad http://blog.natbudin.com/2009/03/24/ada-lovelace-day/#comment-703 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:08:01 +0000 http://blog.natbudin.com/?p=446#comment-703 OH yes, Sierra was my absolute favorite game company for many years. They really understood how character and plot could drive a game, without robbing it of player control and direction. Conquest, QfG, King’s Quest, these were all some of my favorite, if not my favorite series of games (Gotta shout out for Monkey Island too, and of course, individual games are a much more diverse ladder). These games also had the advantage of rewarding smart, encouraging curiosity, and forgiving mistakes. I can’t think of any other game company that has or had as prominent a stable of female developers, and few companies at all that have had the level of success Sierra had. I hope that now that the Sierra generation is starting to make gamers out of their own children that a resurgence of games in this style can happen.

Excellent choice of technology heroines, and one I may have to co-opt.

(And big thanks for the links to Christy Marx’s website)

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