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...High Sierra. With Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino...
Says Ken Williams, the president and founder of Sierra On-Line, Inc., where Larry was born: "If the game were a movie, it would be rated PG-13. It is less offensive than what you see on prime-time TV." There are, he remarks, just two breasts and no foul language in the entire five-game series...
...industry, and the idea of a toy with a sexual theme is inherently objectionable. People like Williams, on the other hand, claim that the games are really part of the entertainment industry -- and few would argue that movies and books cannot contain adult themes. But until retailers relax, Sierra On-Line is not rushing to market other sexually oriented games...
...rating computer games akin to the way movies are classified. But software publishers are noted for their independence, and they could not reach a consensus. The best they could do was to urge members to describe clearly on the package what appears on the disk. That is what Sierra On-Line has done with Leisure Suit Larry...
...million live in poverty in Latin America, there are no beggars on the streets of Havana. The infant mortality rate is 10.7 per 1,000 births, in contrast to 60 before the revolution. "We see socialism is difficult to achieve, but capitalism isn't the answer either," says Sierra Wald, 17. "Nobody wants % Fidel to step down. People worry about what might happen without him." Young Cubans increasingly see themselves as the last idealists in a world that cares only about money. "Our society may be inefficient, but it is humane and just," says Dennys Gonzalez. Says a 25-year...