This reminds me of that "Facade" demo from a few years ago ( http://www.interactivestory.net/ ). Slight extension of the standard keyboard-input adventure games. The limitations of user interactivity is something interesting to think about.

I entirely disagree with you there.
I never really liked Al Lowe's games, and Much preferred the work of the Coles, Williams, and Jensen. And most of the people I speak to about sierra games are usually on the same level as me ( Quest for Glory, or Kings Quest fans, Occasionally Gabriel Knight ).

I'm yet another whose gaming childhood was filled with sierra and lucasarts adventure games. And although yes, it will be sad to see Sierra go the way of the Dodo, in my opinion sierra hasn't really been itself for a while. A company appears to be defined by the content they produce. To me, "Sierra" meant Quest for Glory, Laura Bow, Gabriel Knight - Just in the same way that Lucasarts meant Monkey island and Grim Fandango. As soon as they started moving towards the Quest for Glory 5's and the Kings Quest 8's, I had a feeling that my favourite genre, and my beloved Sierra was on the way out. And although it's been around in one form or another for quite some time now - in my mind, "my" Sierra died a long time ago.

There have been glimmers of hope here and there ( Brutal Legend anyone ? ), however even those, I thought of as a separate company making a good choice.

It would be awesome if a company / designer managed to aquire the rights to some of the games ( Personally, I'd love another Laura Bow, Gabriel Knight and Quest for Glory - Just don't make them too rubbishy, please ).

I respect the efforts of those inside the company trying to show that the company still has a heart, but I believe a formal funeral is what the legendary company deserves.