Ken and Roberta Williams founded Sierra On-Line and helped define the adventure game genre with titles including King’s Quest. They discuss building Sierra, designing interactive stories, and the creative decisions that shaped early computer games. The conversation covers game development, entrepreneurship, storytelling, and the evolution of adventure games.

Ken Williams co-founded Sierra On-Line with Roberta Williams, creating some of the most influential computer games of the 1980s and 1990s. Roberta Williams designed many of Sierra’s best-known adventure games, including King’s Quest, helping establish narrative-driven gameplay as a major part of the medium. Together, they later returned to game development with projects including Colossal Cave.

In this episode:

• Founding Sierra On-Line
• Creating King’s Quest and e ...