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wasn't this the company that famously started life by offering summer adventure game camps, but actually the helpless nerds were not allowed to leave and encour

wasn't this the company that famously started life by offering summer adventure game camps, but actually the helpless nerds were not allowed to leave and encouraged/seduced/coerced to write code 24x7 ? iir several participants years later had some trauma resurface about all that.. despite all that 'productivity'

solardev 2y ago
It's about Sierra Entertainment (later Sierra On-Line), publisher of games like Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Police Quest, and the original Half-Life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Entertainment?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Entertainment?wprov=sfl... Not sure about any summer camp stuff. Was that a lesser known part of their business? Or a different company?
- paulryanrogers 2y ago
  I heard about the 'camp' on a YT documentary, though it came across as positive in that telling. Now I'm curious to hear more from first sources!
  - owlninja 2y ago
    Care to share the doc? I've never heard this before.
- Natsu 2y ago
  They also published some weird old games like Thexder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0N9bSR-zJs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0N9bSR-zJs
  - swozey 2y ago
    They also have one of the first MMORPGs that hardly anyone knows about, and it's still around. The Realm (https://www.realmserver.com/ https://www.realmserver.com/) I know this came after Meridian 59 and Everquest but I think it was before Ultima Online. Spent my elementary days playing it. I bet a lot of the players have passed on by now. I was (rule-breakingly) about 30+ years younger than everyone. edit: Oh, 1996. I guess it was right when UOs alpha/beta came out. Wild. That definitely ate its lunch. IIRC The Realm was a one time purchase whereas I needed my dads cc for UO... so that was limiting.
  - 4RealFreedom 2y ago
    Thexder was great!
- mlyle 2y ago
  > It's about Sierra Entertainment (later Sierra On-Line) Other way around: On-Line Systems -> Sierra Online -> Sierra Entertainment.
- Gormo 2y ago
  > It's about Sierra Entertainment (later Sierra On-Line) It was originally founded as On-Line Systems, then Sierra On-Line in its heyday, then Sierra Entertainment after the dust settled. I was a huge Sierra fan back in the day, and subscribed to their monthly magazine and constantly received promotional material from them. I never heard of any summer camp.

solardev 2y ago

It's about Sierra Entertainment (later Sierra On-Line), publisher of games like Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Police Quest, and the original Half-Life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Entertainment?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Entertainment?wprov=sfl... Not sure about any summer camp stuff. Was that a lesser known part of their business? Or a different company?

paulryanrogers 2y ago
I heard about the 'camp' on a YT documentary, though it came across as positive in that telling. Now I'm curious to hear more from first sources!
- owlninja 2y ago
  Care to share the doc? I've never heard this before.
Natsu 2y ago
They also published some weird old games like Thexder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0N9bSR-zJs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0N9bSR-zJs
- swozey 2y ago
  They also have one of the first MMORPGs that hardly anyone knows about, and it's still around. The Realm (https://www.realmserver.com/ https://www.realmserver.com/) I know this came after Meridian 59 and Everquest but I think it was before Ultima Online. Spent my elementary days playing it. I bet a lot of the players have passed on by now. I was (rule-breakingly) about 30+ years younger than everyone. edit: Oh, 1996. I guess it was right when UOs alpha/beta came out. Wild. That definitely ate its lunch. IIRC The Realm was a one time purchase whereas I needed my dads cc for UO... so that was limiting.
- 4RealFreedom 2y ago
  Thexder was great!
mlyle 2y ago
> It's about Sierra Entertainment (later Sierra On-Line) Other way around: On-Line Systems -> Sierra Online -> Sierra Entertainment.
Gormo 2y ago
> It's about Sierra Entertainment (later Sierra On-Line) It was originally founded as On-Line Systems, then Sierra On-Line in its heyday, then Sierra Entertainment after the dust settled. I was a huge Sierra fan back in the day, and subscribed to their monthly magazine and constantly received promotional material from them. I never heard of any summer camp.