The Bobby Blackwolf Show

374 - 03/03/13 Bobby Blackwolf Show - Interview with Ken Allen, Music Composer for Sierra games SQ4 and KQ5

Ken Allen was one of Sierra's many composers during the heyday of PC adventure games in the early 90's. His work includes Space Quest IV, King's Quest V, and Jones In The Fast Lane. (Which was awesome.) He's also been successfully funded via Kickstarter for his Under The Half Dome album, paying tribute to his previous work with all of today's modern technology. We caught up with him on the road (literally) to talk LIVE about his career then and his career now - from Space Quest to Vulcan Fury to Rift (believe it or not!) all the way to the currently in production SpaceVenture.

Then we take calls about game music, Civilization Revolution (it was on sale), and the indie documentary It's Dangerous To Go Alone, all about the fandom surrounding the 8-bit Legend of Zelda games.

I will be covering MomoCon in Atlanta this weekend, if you're there, say hi!

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ssj100matt
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3/6/2013 4:21 PM

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Good interview. I grew up on Sierra games as a kid.

I also didn't know that Ken worked on Castle of Dr. Brain, which was another Sierra game i would play a lot on my IBM i386 computer...
TigerClaw
TigerClaw
3/6/2013 4:49 PM

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I heard this show when it was Live, Great show and great interview. :)
Flaco_Jones
Flaco_Jones
3/7/2013 9:20 AM

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Another fantastic interview, great job.
I was just talking with a co-worker about the interview, since he is a big Sierra Online fan, when another co-worker overheard us and mentioned his wife used to work as a secretary for Sierra Online ages ago. She was actually cast as the voice of Mother Goose in the Mixed Up Mother Goose Deluxe game as well as a florist in a Police Quest game.
So yeah, your show has my workplace buzzing about Sierra games, Bobby, and maybe I got you a new listener as well. He's going to check out this episode at least.
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