RIP Corp

Capitalism Quest: The Sierra Online Story

Episode Summary

This episode of RIP Corp is about the gap between the nostalgic personal memory of Sierra On-Line and the labor and financial calculations that ultimately shaped the company’s rise and fall. What can the Sierra story tell us, if anything, about how the game industry works today?

Episode Notes

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RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Associate producer, Taylor Behnke. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Fact-checking from Matt Giles. Logo design by Beatriz Lozano and illustrations by Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.