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  1. an extremely underrated 2 hour interview with robyn miller by [email protected] several years ago

    they provide a walking tour through several of cyan's early titles such as the Manhole, Cosmic Osmo and Spelunx. a live art director's commentary.

    what i love the most is how much robyn makes it clear how these games were never built for "gamers" as we understand them now. robyn played very few games, and wasn't familiar with genre expectations.

    he and rand just focused on making games that let the player explore a world at their own pace, and all else is secondary to exploration and discovery.

    youtube.com/watch?v=-kX5E7yOHJg

    #cyan #myst #retroGaming #win31 #macintosh

  2. an extremely underrated 2 hour interview with robyn miller by [email protected] several years ago

    they provide a walking tour through several of cyan's early titles such as the Manhole, Cosmic Osmo and Spelunx. a live art director's commentary.

    what i love the most is how much robyn makes it clear how these games were never built for "gamers" as we understand them now. robyn played very few games, and wasn't familiar with genre expectations.

    he and rand just focused on making games that let the player explore a world at their own pace, and all else is secondary to exploration and discovery.

    youtube.com/watch?v=-kX5E7yOHJg

    #cyan #myst #retroGaming #win31 #macintosh

  3. really happy to have discovered something hiding in plain sight for several years: robyn & rand miller's original Myst pitch document from 1991.

    it's a succinct work of art in itself. i'm surprised at how much of the world design was already on paper.

    as all of the copies found elsewhere online are heavily compressed webp/jpeg, i've uploaded the robyn's original PNGs to IA here:

    archive.org/details/myst_propo

    originally from robyn's site:

    robynmiller.net/video-games-fi

    #digiPres #softwarePreservation #archival #gamedev #myst #cyan

  4. really happy to have discovered something hiding in plain sight for several years: robyn & rand miller's original Myst pitch document from 1991.

    it's a succinct work of art in itself. i'm surprised at how much of the world design was already on paper.

    as all of the copies found elsewhere online are heavily compressed webp/jpeg, i've uploaded the robyn's original PNGs to IA here:

    archive.org/details/myst_propo

    originally from robyn's site:

    robynmiller.net/video-games-fi

    #digiPres #softwarePreservation #archival #gamedev #myst #cyan

  5. #Inkjet #cartridges suck and should be banned! Finally got some more paper for my #printer today but then the #cyan cartridge runs out of #ink, so I put in a new cartridge and guess what? The new one doesn’t work at all despite the printer saying the cartridge is full of ink. Like, I tried everything to fix it including reinserting the cartridge, doing the #nozzle check, cleaning the heads, performing a head realignment, restarting the printer, updating the #firmware, printing a cyan purge test page, none of that worked. The last two options I can think of are
    1. Try using an official #Epson cartridge, since we’ve been using aftermarket cartridges for a while since the official ones are way #overpriced, but the aftermarket ones have been working fine up until now and if it doesn’t work, then that’s money on an #expensive Epson cartridge wasted.
    Or
    2. Just get rid of this #capitalist cartridge printer and buy a #tank one, because I’m done with printer companies locking us into #proprietary cartridges. I wanna be able to use whatever ink we buy without having crappy #DRM. Plus this printer is now 10 years old anyways, it’s lasted surprisingly long and has outlasted very other printer we had, but this problem as well as the constant need to realign the heads to stop lines from going through the ink are signs it’s time to upgrade to a tank printer.

    I hope one day the governments of the world ban inkjet cartridges, because they are horrible for the #environment and are just here to keep prices up.

    Pics attached of the #nozzles in case anyone can see what’s gone wrong, but I highly doubt there is anything that can be seen.

  6. today's $4 thrifting pickup

    it's unusual to see gatefold small boxes like these. i've always wanted to play Myst: Uru!

    #myst #uru #cyan #retrogaming

  7. today's $4 thrifting pickup

    it's unusual to see gatefold small boxes like these. i've always wanted to play Myst: Uru!

    #myst #uru #cyan #retrogaming

  8. #KPopMonday #ThisOrThat

    Cyan has such a cool voice, and she did so well on House of Girls. And we know I love BE'O. He's so good at the cute collabs.

    시안 (Cyan) - Kiss Like This (ft BE'O)
    youtube.com/watch?v=wascK4enASI

    #Cyan #BEO #HouseOfGirls #KHipHop

  9. #KPopMonday #ThisOrThat

    Cyan has such a cool voice, and she did so well on House of Girls. And we know I love BE'O. He's so good at the cute collabs.

    시안 (Cyan) - Kiss Like This (ft BE'O)
    youtube.com/watch?v=wascK4enASI

    #Cyan #BEO #HouseOfGirls #KHipHop

  10. The Zeppelin kinda set the tone here on deck.
    #MusicOfMastodon
    #70sPop
    #Cyan

    I can tell my sister by the flowers in her eyes
    On the road to Shambala
    I can tell my brother by the flowers in his eyes
    On the road to Shambala

    m.youtube.com/watch?v=8vO99mmo

  11. The Zeppelin kinda set the tone here on deck.
    #MusicOfMastodon
    #70sPop
    #Cyan

    I can tell my sister by the flowers in her eyes
    On the road to Shambala
    I can tell my brother by the flowers in his eyes
    On the road to Shambala

    m.youtube.com/watch?v=8vO99mmo

  12. Amazing! The three Myst novels have been republished under one trilogy (with some lore adjustments).

    The Book of Atrus and the Book of Ti'ana, some of my favorite sci-fi novels.
    The first one especially, is one of those *rare* video game tie-in novels that stands on its own as a great novel, regardless of whether you've played or enjoyed Myst.

    cyan.com/the-myst-trilogy/

    Sadly, they are only available for Amazon Kindle and Apple Books for now, but I hope they can release them later to different stores (and perhaps even DRM-free).

    #Myst #Riven #Atrus #Ti'ana #D'ni #Cyan #AdventureGames

  13. 🎙️ One last visit to Myst Island, then we're off to Riven! Come join in on the brain twister action live: twitch.tv/twitchyeternalstorms

    #twitchyeternalstorms #myst #riven #cyan

  14. 🎙️ One last visit to Myst Island, then we're off to Riven! Come join in on the brain twister action live: twitch.tv/twitchyeternalstorms

    #twitchyeternalstorms #myst #riven #cyan

  15. The #Cyan #HumbleBundle is out today featuring the entire #Myst series and Myst remakes (including OG #Riven but not the new remake), #Obduction, #Firmament, and classic children's games for $20 minimum.

    humblebundle.com/games/enter-m

    I have most of these already but I think I will pick this one up as I don't have Firmament or Myst 2021 for PC, and it's cheaper than either of those individually at full retail!

    #Steam #GameDeals

  16. The #Cyan #HumbleBundle is out today featuring the entire #Myst series and Myst remakes (including OG #Riven but not the new remake), #Obduction, #Firmament, and classic children's games for $20 minimum.

    humblebundle.com/games/enter-m

    I have most of these already but I think I will pick this one up as I don't have Firmament or Myst 2021 for PC, and it's cheaper than either of those individually at full retail!

    #Steam #GameDeals

  17. Recently I played #Firmament by #Cyan software. It was an awesome puzzle experience. Now I'm experiencing #Myst and after that #Riven. A shame I didn't played the games when they originally came out ;-). #gaming #gamer

  18. Recently I played #Firmament by #Cyan software. It was an awesome puzzle experience. Now I'm experiencing #Myst and after that #Riven. A shame I didn't played the games when they originally came out ;-). #gaming #gamer

  19. Ready to meet the Keeper? We’ll be starting our play-through of Firmament (from Cyan, the makers of Myst) tomorrow at 5pm CEST (8am PDT):

    I hope you'll join us! twitch.tv/uliwitness

    #cyan #myst #firmament #twitch #stream #smallStreamer #games #adventureGames #puzzleGames

  20. Ready to meet the Keeper? We’ll be starting our play-through of Firmament (from Cyan, the makers of Myst) tomorrow at 5pm CEST (8am PDT):

    I hope you'll join us! twitch.tv/uliwitness

    #cyan #myst #firmament #twitch #stream #smallStreamer #games #adventureGames #puzzleGames