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Contents 1 Photo 2 Return to industry 3 Softporn 4 Cleanup

[edit] Photo

Thanks to whoever put that new photo of her up! Much better than having just that Softporn cover there. :) Technitai 08:58, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. :-) It has since been deleted though. Tiba5000 16:58, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Return to industry

In recent interviews Ken Williams has said that Roberta is happy being retired and has no plans to return to making games. Although Ken Williams still manages a Sierra fan site as a hobby (using forum software he wrote), Roberta has declined interview requests for many years now, and has only rarely commented publicly, through her husband. I deleted the line mentioning her potential return. Feel free to put it back if you find newer information.Technitai 13:21, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Softporn

I removed the following addition by an anon user:

William's also posed naked for the cover of Softporn, an early On-line Systems adventure game by Chuck Benton.

Though I am familiar with Softporn (or was, 20 years ago), I doubt Williams posed for the cover of this game. If someone can verify this, go ahead and add it back in. I think it was just someone's idea of a joke. — Frecklefoot | Talk 19:26, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)

This information is true, since I read it from Al Lowe's book (a valid source) which delved a bit in Sierra's history. 62.74.9.133 21:50, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Cool. Just a note, when you post comments on the talk page, please sign them. You can do this with either 3 or 4 tildes (~~~ or ~~~~). The latter is usually preferred, since it also adds a timestamp. :-) — Frecklefoot | Talk 16:07, May 18, 2005 (UTC)

It is easily verifiable that Robert Williams was one of the three women on the cover of Softporn Adventure. Yamaguchi先生 05:02, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

I think this article contains some flowery language such as "legendary storytelling and creative prowess" that could be removed. I'm not knowledgable enough on the topic myself to do such an edit, however.Technitai 16:18, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

I gave it a shot. Nach0king 17:14, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

"Roberta posed nude (appearing from shoulders and above) for the cover of the game Softporn Adventure by Chuck Benton, published by On-line Systems." I take issue with this line because saying "nude" just seems really irrelevant and inaccurate since she wasn't visibly naked. There's so much more to say about Roberta, like the stories behind her own discovery of the text-game "Adventure" and the birth of the animated adventure game genre. I think the aforementioned is true, but it sticks out sorely in the couple paragraphs listed there; she was a pioneering woman and it's fairly degrading and undeserved. Does anyone agree? 68.174.66.219 04:38, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

• I agree. Just add them :) As for the 'nude' phrase, it was I who wrote it, however I took it from the Larry Book by Al Lowe. Pictureuploader 09:08, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

I don't think it's degrading at all, if she did it, she did it, it was her own choice and she didn't have to do it if she didn't want to. If you own a company, you can still have fun. [3|16|06]

No it's not degrading, but that doesn't make it relevant. She modelled for some box art... big deal. It's not like posing for publicity material was a huge part of her career, so let's leave it out. People keep talking about this only for the trivia value and being able to say "whoa Roberta Williams appeared NUDE on a game box!!! (except not really)". So, basically: not at all relevant for an encyclopedia.Technitai 11:07, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

We don't have to highlight it, but I don't think including the image scan of the cover of the game is in anyway degrading. It's completely G-rated stuff and adds interest. We don't even have to talk about it in the article, just the caption of the cover will suffice. Anyway, I added the cover back in (lower in the article). If anyone has issue with it, well, you know what to do. :-) — Frecklefoot | Talk 20:31, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

I added the Mixed Up Mother Goose cover as well, I figured might as well since it's mentioned in the article. Chipmunk01 23:43, 24 May 2006 (UTC)