What’s that? Today’s Riven: the Sequel to Myst‘s 25th Anniversary? And because the whole game is based around the number 25, that makes it an extra special anniversary?? Time for me to release something extra special then! Time for me to release a fully restored version of Riven Elementary. Download Riven Elementary Restored What’s... Read More »
On the 7th of November 2020, Cyan Worlds announced the first annual Myst Island Cake Baking Contest, under the #MystIslandCake hashtag. I couldn’t resist having a go… Around 60 hours of work between us later, here’s the end result! We started with planing the design – specifically, how could we make a unique approach to... Read More »
My wall clock in my house recently died, and with there being a running joke that I’m a time traveller thanks to my DeLorean, I thought I might as well build a replacement clock myself so it could be extra unique. Here’s what I came up with: a self-setting, self-correcting, self-adjusting wall clock/chronometer that tells... Read More »
The Myst 25th Anniversary Kickstarter rewards are finally getting sent out! Since I got lucky & somehow managed to be one of the first in the world to gain access to one, I thought I’d post some photos & a bit of a review of them. Particularly since I’m the guy who made the real... Read More »
If you haven’t already heard, Cyan are running a Kickstarter campaign for Myst’s 25th anniversary! For $99USD you can get a copy of all the games (including the elusive 3 & 4), updated for modern Windows & Mac computers, plus it comes in a box that looks like a Myst linking book. Or for $169USD... Read More »
That’s right, the Riven Journals are once again online! You can read about them below or you can just start straight away. Play the Riven Journals Restored Wait, the Riven what-what? Once upon a time, back in the early days of the web in 1996-1997, there was a website featuring a series of puzzles called... Read More »
It’s been so long since I updated this thing, I decided to just start from scratch with a whole new website. Something that’s not, well, entirely coded by hand in Notepad so maybe I’ll be more likely to update it. I’ll re-add more old content whenever I get around to it. This website isn’t the... Read More »
This is a project I’ve been working on for six years – a replica linking book from the video game Myst… Aka, a real Myst book. (click to embiggen) This is a “working” replica of a Myst linking book. It’s made out of a copy of the same book Cyan originally scanned as a... Read More »
