1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comBen "Yahtzee" Croshaw Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/yahtzeecroshaw/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="pDFne2lnIn"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/the-worst-part-of-each-kings-quest-game/">The Worst Part of Each <i>King’s Quest</i> Game</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/the-worst-part-of-each-kings-quest-game/embed/#?secret=pDFne2lnIn" width="600" height="338" title="“The Worst Part of Each <i>King’s Quest</i> Game” — The Escapist" data-secret="pDFne2lnIn" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> So, King’s Quest, then. Even back when I was an adventure game fan and took them wherever I could get them, I thought King’s Quest was by far the least interesting of the ‘classics’. I suspect it’s only a classic by virtue of being one of the first graphic adventures, they’re not well-written or designed and they’re so fucking twee you can feel your earwax turning to caramel as it dribbles from your ears. But they were still adventure games, and there was a shortage of those in the late 90’s, so I played them all. Let’s take a moment […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/958/958430.jpg