Castle Magus

Huh. Got an email about that just a bit ago. A teaser thing for The Silver Lining ("Coming in 2017!") apparently. So, finally, after fivesix years, they're going to release the final episode of that, eh? I'd given up on ever playing it, given that I don't play episodic games until all episodes are released, and I'm not sure what took so long, but... meh, maybe I'll actually, finally get to play it after all, one of these days. How about that. *shrug*

(EDIT) I dunno, maybe I'll have something more positive to say about it, if and when it ever does get completely released and I finally do play it. It's just that I have other, terrible things on my mind at the moment to be overly hyped about this. (/EDIT)

Honestly, I knew nothing of this until recently, when I happened to check my old 1up.com account (which was still sending stuff to my old, defunct email from years ago and, thus, I was not seeing it). I had gotten some emails from a few of the members there concerning "saving King's Quest IX".

The gist is that, since 2002 or so, a bunch of fans had begun work on making a King's Quest IX. They knew going in that Sierra/Vivendi could shut them down at any time, and now, appparently just as they were about to finally release the game, Sierra/Vivendi sent them a cease and desist, effectively killing the project.

Now, then. My curiosity piqued, despite the game having been killed, I looked up the site for the actual game. All I can say is... what a crying shame. Judging from the sample screenshots, music, and sound clips, this game would have been incredibly sweet. It's sad, though not at all unexpected, that Sierra/Vivendi would kill it though.

Here's the link for the first site, linked in those emails: http://www.savekqix.org/

The emails were basically saying things along the lines of emailing Sierra/Vivendi asking them to reconsider their decisions regarding the game and such. While I'm highly doubtful that any good will come of it, I clicked the link for their pre-made email and fired one off anyway.