Juneau's small - town feel,
almost endless activities, and entrepreneurial spirit can get you thinking, and many Juneau residents claim they came up for a summer
adventure and never left.
His big break, Maniac Mansion — which the Oregonnative wrote, designed and directed — was released in 1987 by Lucasfilm Games, and
almost single - handedly took the graphic
adventure genre from niche concern amongst an
endless sea of shooters and platformers to something close to a gaming phenomenon, one point and click at a time.