Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings: The rise and fall of Sierra On-Line

Sierra On-Line was one of the very first computer game companies and at one time dominated the industry. The author, Ken Williams, founded Sierra On-Line Sierra with his wife Roberta who went on to cr…

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