#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 RESOURCES USED: https://www.allatwan.net/characters.html https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_9501_January_1995/page/n103/mode/2up https://gwern.net/doc/fiction/science-fiction/2015-mirante-thesubcreationtheoryofjrrtolkien.html https://archive.org/details/from-myst-to-riven-the-creations-inspirations-1997/page/n15/mode/2up https://www.academia.edu/675667/Navigating_Myst_y_Landscapes_Utopian_Discourses_and_Hybrid_Media https://grantland.com/features/looking-back-game-myst-20th-anniversary/ https://web.archive.org/web/19970713194008/http://www.newmedia.com/NewMedia/95/7/screens/11thHour.html https://www.denofgeek.com/games/myst-pc-history-documentary-rand-robyn-miller-philip-shane-interview/ https://www.macworld.com/article/177707/randmiller.html https://www.avclub.com/myst-creator-rand-miller-on-his-favorite-puzzle-that-ev-1798251819 https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/myst-fps-is-a-hilarious-dig-at-the-classic-adventure-game-and-its-free-on-itchio https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/an-overview-of-genre-history-by-the-art-of-point-and-click-adventure-games https://www.inverse.com/gaming/myst-cyan-worlds-oral-history https://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/269/ https://www.reddit.com/r/myst/comments/8v8fdc/a_rant_on_mysts_mazerunner_puzzle/ https://www.spokesman.com/galleries/2019/mar/29/after-25-years-of-gaming-history-cyan-worlds-turns/ - photo credits Don Marquis, Associated Press; Dan Pelle, The Spokesman-Review; Jeff T. Green, Ap; https://literatemachine.com/2020/11/20/doom-myst-and-the-war-for-the-soul-of-video-games/ https://glitterberri.com/the-spirit-of-sunsoft/ https://www.bing.com/search?pglt=41&q=myst+documentary+kickstarter&cvid=ee0fae03b8e14a3499015f77c82aaa84&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQABhAMgYIAhBFGDwyBggDEEUYPdIBCDMzNDRqMGoxqAIAsAIA&FORM=ANNTA1&PC=DCTS – Rock Paper Shotgun https://archive.org/details/1989-08-compute-magazine/page/n7/mode/2up?view=theater – Manhole award https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43642699-The-Adventure-Library/lists/ - for those who want to play games in the point and click adventure before and after Myst’s release https://medium.com/picking-up-the-pieces/two-histories-of-myst-8b37e1504f9e https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbEgS4qaKE @FieldOfViewGameDesign https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PqXdQ8izmQ @RECTHYDRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqNJCgnohWE @CROLUL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdIkz-xN9Wg @Wasabialt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyOTq1EpV5o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiiThEkTp2c @Localish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r9eQ2ZPFtU @ftloc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D30r0iRH73Q& @theadventuregamer9062 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQHD7TRAank @hirudov2d https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wyk1vZmuTQ&list=PLVDIEab0xV6XcruxzCkZkwnnb5Xp_Xk50&index=2 @Cyan-Official https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uASJUW5K7vc @MysteriumCon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5af74KuJZE @NeoGamer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cULHgP8tmo&list=PL-5k-ntphm-NsEQtLmORwpG78y4irOU4t&index=5 @gdconf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gydv9UNVtoE - @GamePlayShare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0AX0y3217k @lilbumblebear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKsxJVAed1A - @AppleAdventures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3etkSoHrR8 @GladeSwope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZZXJ3zCRDQ - @thriftweeds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7qBJak98cs @NintendoComplete https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH_6ER0-voQ&t=26907s @ErmacgerdLongplays https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXOU2t9Z4Bo https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xUnnc_E-L_I @CharlieCollison