Tag: SIERRA

Built around the tenets of storytelling and puzzle-solving, the adventure-game genre has evolved quite a bit over time. Beginning with its origins in text-based, graphic-less interactive fiction, adventure games soon became a dominant force in PC gaming during the '80s and '90s. At the time, the games had the unique ability to convey stories in more detailed and expressive ways than other ...

Behold, worshipers at the altar of the keyboard! Since we've all lent our whole-hearted support to one particular operating system or gadget at some point, and since we're committed to promoting peace and understanding between rival tech factions, we pass on to you a canon of tech cults -- complete with a list of their practitioners' strange habits. The list, courtesy of the scribes of ...

For years now, Electronic Arts has been the global powerhouse in the video game industry thanks to multi-million dollar franchises like 'Madden' and 'The Sims.' Now, though, it's about to be relegated to second place thanks to a new, multi-billion dollar deal that would merge two powerhouse game publishers: Activision and Vivendi Games, creating the largest publisher of video games in the ...