ArmChairArcade interview with Josh Mandel from Sierra's old time

ArmChairArcade has an interview of Josh Mandel who worked on various old Sierra stuff and talks about the switch to point and click in adventure games.

"In this first segment of my interview with Sierra designer Josh Mandel, we chat about how Josh got his start, remaking King's Quest, Zeliard, Leisure Suit Larry, Laffer Utilities, and much more. We also talk about the difference between creating puzzles for parsers vs. point-and-clicks. Josh thinks the latter was a dumbing down with grave consequences for the genre."

Josh Mandel

Commodore 65 for $20k and couning (and $140 for shipping)

eBay crazyness at its best, 

Working Commodore 65 Computer Extremely Rare Prototype

Up for sale is the ultra rare Commodore 65 computer system.  It is a cross between a Commodore 64 and an Amiga.  Can also be started into Commodore 64 mode. This is system was only released to an extremely small group of the public when Commodore Business Machines went bankrupt and their assets were liquidated back in 1994.  No one knows for sure how few of these exist, I have seen claims between 25 and 200.  But those numbers most likely include many non-working and/or partial systems.  Now you can own this piece of computer history.  You will get the computer, a power supply, 9 pin digital cable to connect to a 1084S-D2 (color), a custom commodore to s-video cable (black & white only), and a 3.5" floppy with a demo on it.  For additional shipping and handling I can also include the 1084S-D2 monitor if you would like, just ask at the end of the auction.  Ships within 2 business days of auction end.  Will provide tracking information on shipment.  Payment due at end of auction.  Serious bidders only

Commodore C65

Commodore C65 inside motherboard

Commodore C65 connection ports

Commodore C65running screens