Bit of news on the historic preservation front. Cyan has posted the "Making of Myst" video from 1993, remastered in high-resolution from the original video files. Credit to Ted Sase for a fantastic job. This 13-minute video was included on the ...| Zarf Updates
Our third film is from 1995, directed by Iain Softley. Hackers is about a group of teenage computer hackers, of the ethical / playful type who are driven by curiosity and cause no harm — well, not to anyone who doesn’t deserve it. One of these hackers breaks into the “Gibson” computer system of a … Continue reading →| Sci-fi interfaces
Mysterium was in Atlanta this year. I didn't attend but I followed (some of) the streams. You can catch up on their Twitch channel; videos will be moved to Youtube once they're edited. This was not, sadly, a news-heavy year. This is because ...| Zarf Updates
Layoffs at a game studio aren't news any more, but I guess I'm on this beat. If nothing else, this blog has a longer searchable history of Cyan history than Cyan does. Yesterday Cyan posted one of those all-too-familiar dark-mode press releases: ...| Zarf Updates
A few weeks ago, Guillaume Lethuillier posted "The Myst Graph: A New Perspective on Myst": Upon reflection, Myst has long been more analogous to a graph than a traditional linear game, owing to the relative freedom it affords players. This ...| Zarf Updates
This morning, Cyan updated Myst (the 2020 release) to include the Age of Rime. This is a free update on Steam (Mac/Win) and Quest; the Xbox update is in progress. Do I need to say more than that? Sure, why not. Context is life. Rime originally ...| Zarf Updates
Here’s a short news update from my part of the world: «As a selected photographer you are hereby invited to participate to showcase your portfolio at Henie Onstad Art Center 11-12. May and at…| Cardinal Guzman
