A new Adrenaline Vault Editorial written by Jane Jensen is titled A Love Letter, To: Sierra, From: The last dinosaur on the block. The article, by this designer on Gabriel Knight 3, attempts to answer "the question of the moment" on the heels of the recent cuts and reorganization at Sierra: Are adventure games dead? Here's a bit:

Does that mean there’s no room for good, in-depth story-telling in this business? No. Though I do think the gaming industry faces a serious, serious challenge: to reach out to the kinds of players who would prefer exploration and story over twitch and violence. Let’s face it -- we (and now I presume to speak for adventure devotees everywhere) are not going to get some joystick jockey’s heart and soul. Let him go. Send him positive thoughts. But our very own audience does exist.