Perfectly said. She remarked that statement in her open letter to ol' Sierra of yore, The Last Dinosaur on the Block, albeit with the different words, and - while I'm, as you said, amazed by her almost loneliness in her brave attempt - I must notice that is not so common, for a game designer, to be first and foremost a writer and a storyteller. Unfortunately, many designers are nothing but mere technician without any real gripping vision about a story should and could be told, or about the powerful, meaningful theme an interactive movie/story can successfully convey.
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Top Ten Adventures: Gabriel Knight Series, King's Quest VI, Conquests of the Longbow, Quest for Glory II, Police Quest III, Gold Rush!, Leisure Suit Larry III, Under a Killing Moon, Conquests of Camelot, Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist.
Now Playing: Neverwinter Nights, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
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