It is from one of those. And, given that it's VGA, that must mean it's from the remake of SQ1.

No guesses. I suppose I'll give another hint. I can't easily give expand that image, but I can give another section of the same screen:

Looks like some kind of wooden support beam to me.

I can understand why those games have copy protection. However, I'm just completely opposed to any copy protection or DRM scheme that hurts legitimate owners. I don't know of any even vaguely recent game with a manual-based copy protection. I think that died out around the time of CD-ROMs. Many Sier...

As a player, I want every aspect of the game to enhance its experience. That is, the art, sound, music, text, mechanics, etc. should all be chosen because they'll make the game better. The developer/publisher might have other priorities (i.e. trying to get money), but that doesn't mean that I have t...

Both are inexcusable. Pirates can remove the copy protection check or distribute the answers alongside the game, while legitimate owners are permanently inconvenienced. At least with games like SQ4 or KQ6, the check only happened once per the playthrough (and then not at the very start). With LB1 (a...

That's certainly annoying. If you're trying to get the max score by yourself, you'd never succeed. And if you're using a walkthrough or point list, getting a "perfect" score isn't as satisfying if it's not actually 100%.

A low score does tell you missed a lot of optional point-giving actions, but it doesn't give any idea of what kind. It could be because you missed a significant chunk of content, like what happens if you dress up to enter the castle in KQ6. It could be because you consistently used a "bad" solution ...

I don't consider the points system of other Sierra games to provide meaningful replay value, either, as I've explained in an earlier post. I think it's a bit weird to have a such a system in an adventure game, to be honest. As for the fingerprints, I think you're supposed to look them up in the manu...

I'll wait to see if others want to guess at the current image first.

Okay:

It's true that, in the past, various bigotries were more mainstream than they are now. But that's a quantitative, not qualitative change. Racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and various other bigotries are still mainstream now. Everything is a product of its time, so if that means not being abl...

I was focusing on Celie, but yes, Fifi bothers me as well. It does make it harder to read, and its only effect is to keep reminding the player "don't forget, she's French so she has difficulty with the 'th' phoneme that's not present in her language". The game could have done without that. And yes, ...

I'm not saying it's a portrayal of racism but that it's a racist portrayal. Almost her entire characterization can summed up as " the Mammy ". Just consider the way the accent is spelled out. English isn't a phonetic language, so no matter what accent someone is speaking, it'll sound different than ...

Regarding her motive, there's also the issue of Lillian's behavior being due her being "crazy". That sort of treatment of mental illness is really stigmatizing and ableist. Ditto for the idea that, because Henri can stand and walk for a while, he must be faking his disability. And then, of course, t...