Roberta Williams’ The Colonel’s Bequest was a different type of adventure game

However, my mom was another story. I remember her playing Dr. Mario a lot, and we played Donkey Kong Country together when I was young—standard millennial childhood family gaming stuff. But the games I most associate with her from my childhood are adventure games. She liked King’s Quest, of course—but I also remember her being particularly into the Hugo trilogy of games.

As I mentioned above, I struggled to get hooked on those. Fortunately, we were able to meet in the middle…