Why Roberta Williams came out of retirement | Ken & Roberta Williams interview pt. 1 

Awww, I just want to hug Roberta and tell her that her legacy is secure. No one's going to forget her contributions to gaming.

No matter what happens with this game, it's good to have Roberta and Ken back. Great interview.

It's great to hear Roberta talk about the impacts of the fall-out of KQ8. Really sad :(

God bless you, Roberta! To me, you and Ken are the spirit of Sierra! You gave it life, and the company couldn’t live on without you! You will always be the magic that made Sierra what it was to so many of us! Thank you! 💛

Stone cold legends. As a young man, I chased the dream of a job in the game industry, but it slowly became apparent that the game industry I fell in love with no longer existed. Because it died with Sierra.

what a great interview, ken & roberta aged well

This is awesome… my first computer was an IBM compatible with an intel 8088 cpu and CGA graphics card…kings quest and black cauldron were my first games. Ken and roberta started PC gaming for me. No one outside of their company could make adventure games as good as king’s quest, space quest, police quest, leisure suit larry, etc.

Great interview! I felt so bad for Roberta when she discussed her departure from Sierra. Growing up in the 80s and 90s, I was a big fan of Ken and Roberta. I adore the King's Quest series and even with all it's faults, I enjoyed KQ VIII. Glad they are coming back.

I don't know if they realize it but these guys are the embodiment of the "American Dream". I am so stoked to see them back at the reigns of a new project. My 17 year-old inner self is squealing with delight!

Probably the best Roberta&Ken post-CC3D announcement interview I've heard yet. I would be lying if I said I didn't get a wee bit emotional hearing how Roberta was hurt after the new management took over and pushed the ORIGINAL FOUNDERS out of their own company. In a smaller way I had a similar experience at my (former) job where I was pushed out by new management after 16 years of blood/sweat/tears. Feels so good to see Roberta and Ken back even if it is for one last hurrah (but hopefully we will get more games!). Looking forward to the next part!

Roberta's voice is so comforting

Ken and Roberta, we love you guys. I have passed down my love of your games to my own kids. I intend to do so with my grandkids someday as well. You guys made greatness that is loved by millions. I just want you to know that.

Hey, Ryan here, I just wanted to say that Ken and Roberta have been a massive presence in my life since I was a child. I learned to read, and write with the help of the King’s Quest series. Roberta’s absence from the gaming industry has been truly felt. It’s so sad to hear how hurt she was by the fall out of KQ8 - I actually really like that one - but it’s also wonderful that she’s back in the gaming world now. I wish Ken and Roberta a second round of success and I can’t wait to play Colossal Cave! I hope it’s the first of many new Roberta adventures!

Ken and Roberta look like a million bucks!

Nobody can take anything away from Ken and Roberta. They filled my childhood with joy and wonder. Thank you both for everything you have given us.

Holy shit, Ken & Roberta have been married for MORE THAN 50 YEARS!?! 😲 Whoa...

Thank you Troels for doing this. It's wonderful to see the creators of some of my favorite childhood games talk about what they love to do.

This is a great interview. I'll say, working with all these folks on CC3DA so far has been really amazing. There's a lot of love and reverence for the original game, and everyone working on it is just having a good time and passionate about it.

Thanks for bringing this interview! It was sad hearing how the fallout of KQ8 affected Roberta; I really loved that game.

I would love to see the old-style text format like open door done via voice in vr someday.

Roberta is such a legend as one of the pioneers of game design. Ken Williams is a legend in the games industry.

Lots of love for Roberta, queen of gaming

This interview is criminally underwatched. Will try to promote it! That being said. What an amazing opportunity and insight into the minds of these wonderful people. Roberta is hands down my greatest inspiration when it comes to video game design. The fact she out of the blue decided. I'm making a video game. And not only succeeded, but managed to change the face of adventure gaming as a whole. Talk about an achivement! It really does break my heart to hear the pain she went through in the end of Sierra. I want to reach out through the screen and give her a big hug. For whatever failure that amounted to, all they accomplished prior to that completely eclipses it in my personal opinion. But at the same time it's makes her even more wholesome that it affected her so much. There's no ego there. A truly beautiful person. I'm really glad you got the chance to meet and talk to them. I don't think I could have kept my composure and would have rambled like a star struck kid :P

Awesome Interview!

Ken and Roberta Williams, without a shadow of a doubt you two changed my life, I love you like family

So amazing!! You are incredibly lucky to interview them!! I’m so glad you get to spread the word on this project!! You’re fantastic, and I’m thankful to have you as a friend! Hope you have been doing well!!

Ken still has that mustache after 40 years

It's sad to hear how two industry legends were treated and pushed out. So glad to see a comeback.

Ken and Roberta, the real rock stars of gaming!! You Changed my life! Rock on!!

This is completely delightful. Thanks for putting this together!

I really loved Ken's book. It listened to it while playing Roberta's games.

I loved the original Sierra games. Still do! I got the the Sierra Newsletter and devoured every issue when it came in. Police Quest was the first adventure game I ever played. Such great memories. Thank you!

Roberta had nothing to worry about. To me, these people were the real rock stars growing up. They were the ones I tried to emulate and wanted to be like. I actually went to college to go work for them, but sadly Sierra folded right before I got my degree.

11:09 Hah! 🤣🤣🤣

Aw this is sad! I loved King's Quest 8!

Roberta Williams is one of my biggest hero’s in life. The beginning of videogame development was soooo male dominated, and it’s so cool that she pioneered adventure game design, and made her husband do the dirty work for it lol.

Very interesting. Thanks!

These games were awesome and a big part of a lot of people's lives. I watch speed runs of these games and a periodic question that seems to come up, is what Roberta would think of people beating these games in such dizzying speeds. Does she ever answer that in an interview, I would love to hear her thoughts on it.

So it was SI AGi SGI? I always wished SGI had become like unity today, such a beautiful language that could do so much, I love how it still lives on with many people making new games in agi.

Why would SQH do this interview? There is no why!!

I'd love to hear what K&R thought about all the SQ fan games...

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I'm very glad all this is being done. I hope they have an Easter egg with the Sierra dome rock logo spinning in 3D somewhere. Also, I realize Ken is an old salty sea captain now, but please keep the language clean in these videos - Ken rubbed elbows with Jeff Bezos and was inches away from being the one that built online retail. CUC ruined that opportunity (and it is completely appropriate what the modern urban dictionary meaning of that name has become!). Also remember Roberta is an author. Looking forward to what adventure they're cooking up - I'm not a huge fan of VR, but I'm glad history will be able to say that Sierra was part of the early days of VR (not the very beginning, but you know what I mean - it's not like Virtuix is a household item yet). A collaboration with Sid Meier's would be cool too (aside from SimCity, etc, Sid also made CPU Bach -- let him do some audio tracks for the game ;) ).

“Sierra” died when the soul left!

It is funny it never even occurred to me to blame Roberta for KQ8, more that it was the result of trend chasing which is a source of mediocrity in the AAA gaming space to this day. KQ8 was just so out of step with the previous games I figured it wasn't how she wanted to design it.