#myst #pointandclickadventuregames #cyanworlds

Welcome to me revisiting one of the most important but untapped games of my youth: Myst by Cyan Worlds, spearheaded by Rand and Robyn Miller. This game was the highest selling PC game of the 90s and reinvented the point and click adventure genre. But has it Aged gracefully or is it a relic? And can I respect a game's greatness even if I often struggle to enjoy actually playing? The answers to these questions and more lie within...Myst!

0:00 Myst & Me
9:36 The Myth of Myst
20:07 Living Within Constraints
24:18 Music
25:05 Sound Effects
27:00 Voice Acting
27:53 Game Testing
29:49 A Story for the Ages
35:35 A Philosophy of Design
38:33 Puzzles As Friction
42:00 Myst Island Ship Puzzle
42:59 Channelwood Age Puzzle
45:35 Stoneship Age Puzzle
47:33 Gear Puzzle
48:20 Mechanical Age Context
49:52 Selenitic Age Puzzles
54:55 Meaning Amidst the Myst
57:07 The Burden of the Believer
1:00:13 To the End of the Ages

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RESOURCES USED:

https://www.allatwan.net/characters.html
https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_...
https://gwern.net/doc/fiction/science...
https://archive.org/details/frommyst...
https://www.academia.edu/675667/Navig...
https://grantland.com/features/lookin...
https://web.archive.org/web/199707131...
https://www.denofgeek.com/games/myst...
https://www.macworld.com/article/1777...
https://www.avclub.com/mystcreatorr...
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/myst...
https://adventuregamers.com/articles/...
https://www.inverse.com/gaming/mystc...
https://www.adventureclassicgaming.co...
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https://www.spokesman.com/galleries/2... photo credits Don Marquis, Associated Press; Dan Pelle, The SpokesmanReview; Jeff T. Green, Ap;
https://literatemachine.com/2020/11/2...
https://glitterberri.com/thespirito...
https://www.bing.com/search?pglt=41&q... – Rock Paper Shotgun
https://archive.org/details/198908c... – Manhole award
https://store.steampowered.com/curato... for those who want to play games in the point and click adventure before and after Myst’s release
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