Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings

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• thrower123 · May 16, 2021 · Recommends

  Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings by Ken Williams is another interesting one. It's more focused on the business side of the early game industry (especially the end of Sierra, and the author's side of the story relating to all the shenanigans…

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• mysterydip · Apr 1, 2023 · Recommends

  I'd add to this list "Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings", by Ken Williams https://kensbook.com/ detailing the rise and fall of Sierra, for those curious what happened. It's obviously biased from his perspective, but I found it very honest about mistakes, and…

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• ngneer · May 24, 2024 · Recommends

  Great article. Great nostalgia. I wonder, do you still enjoy playing the games, now that you have thoroughly reverse engineered them? Also, what other insights have you gleaned? Also, have you read Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings, by Ken Williams? https://kensbook.com/

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• auselen · Mar 23, 2022 · Recommends

  Ken’s book “Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings” was a nice read: https://kensbook.com/faq/

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• lianna-vba · Mar 23, 2022 · Mentions

  I have two computer game books on my to read list - Sid Meier's Memoir! and Ken Williams' Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings. In the 90s there was an accounting scandal that caused the downfall of Sierra, it's a pretty interesting read [0]. [0] https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3vem8/inside-story-sierra-o...

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