Prisoners of Gravity

Computer Games (4x23)

Air date: Mar 25, 1993

Rick discusses computer games with science fiction writer Douglas Adams, whose book, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, has been adapted into a computer game; author Frederik Pohl discusses the interactive computer version of his science fiction novel, Gateway; and comic book artist Dave Gibbons talks about Beneath A Steel Sky, the interactive computer game he's working on. Also beaming aboard Reality 1 are creators from the computer gaming companies Psygnosis (Jerry Wolosenko, president) and Sierra On-Line (Roberta Williams, creator of the game "King's Quest", Andy Hoyos, art designer, and Mark Siebert, music designer).