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Sunday August 24, 2008
11:21
Digg: iPhone to get the classic adventure game Myst
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Myst, one of the greatest adventure games ever made, is coming to the iPhone. Let's hope we don't get trapped in a bad port for all eternity.
Friday August 22, 2008
23:00
Joystiq: Myst + iPhone = iMyst, cue iGag over iNaming iScheme
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Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, PC, Portable, Sony PSP, Adventure, Puzzle, Casual

Oh Myst, whatever happened to you? We loved you when you were original, and we loved you even more when Riven came out. Then we were rudely slapped in the face when the game left Cyan and Ubisoft released Myst III: Exile and later Myst IV: Ages of Revelation. We tried to be chipper when you went back to Cyan and Myst V: End of Ages came out, but honestly too much water had passed under the bridge. Maybe because of the Uru: Ages Beyond Myst / Myst Online: Uru Live debacle.

But... what's this? You're coming to the iPhone? And you're being developed by Cyan? Well, glory be. However, you promised as a PSP version, and we're still waiting on that. It came out in Europe in 2006, so what gives? We know your DS version came out recently, but it is not being universally loved.

We know you might be too busy and Hollywood now, with your movie deal and iPhone announcement. But, we're still smarting from our past experiences. We'll give you another chance, but you'll need to hurry along while we're still smitten with the iPhone. And please, don't call it iMyst. Myst will do just fine. You wouldn't want us to get Pyst all over again.

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15:53
Digg: Myst Returns on the iPhone
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Does the world really need another port of Myst? Maybe not, but get ready to play it on the iPhone sometime soon. Cyan, the developer behind the puzzle-based series, has covertly announced on its forums that a small 3 person team is working on bringing the game over to the touch-friendly device.
Sunday July 20, 2008
07:43
Joystiq: Best Buy ad rerates DS games as mature
» ‎ Myst

Filed under: Business

Today's Best Buy flyer has overridden the ESRB and given Final Fantasy IV, Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 and MYST all "Mature" ratings. We have no idea how this happened, as the box images from the publishers should have the proper ratings. It's not like Best Buy's flyer design team adds the ratings to each box (and if they do, we feel bad for them). In the online version of the ad, hovering over the games with the pointer does display the proper ratings.

We're amused, but just to be clear, Trauma Center is rated T for Teen, while Myst and FF IV are rated E for everyone.

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Tuesday June 17, 2008
15:00
Halo: Joystiq: Meet the Team: Kevin Kelly
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Filed under: Meta (about Joystiq)

In the world of professional game blogging, the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important groups: the bloggers who investigate the stories and readers who make silly comments. These are the first group's stories.
- Name: Kevin Kelly
- Job Position: Contributing Editor, Los Angeles Area Monkey For Hire
- Past Experience/Education: I studied radio, television and film production and writing at The University of Texas in Austin, and although I never planned on moving to Los Angeles, I've now been here for umpteen years. To think, it all started with one simple internship.
- Life Outside of the 'Stiq: There's life outside the 'Stiq? What the?! In the spare time I'm able to muster up, I also write about movies, television, and other pop culture things for various sites around the web. I also hike a lot in the Los Angeles area, hit the beach (literally, with my fists) and try to be a well rounded dude. And no, I haven't tried surfing out here yet.
- Why I'm Blogging: I still don't know the answer to this, because it happened by accident. I worked in the movie industry for ten years, and a good deal of those were at The Jim Henson Company. When Disney bought the Muppets, I went into limbo. Somehow I emerged into the realm of blogging, as if from a wormhole.
- First game experience: Pong. The original version, so very long ago. I still remember bouncing between friend's houses because one had a ColecoVision, an Odyssey, an IntelliVision, and we had the Atari 2600. Ah, the heady days of practically no-bit gaming. A few years later, and I had a subscription to Coin-Op Monthly. It was a good day when you'd come home from school and that was in the mail.
- Favorite games: Literally anything from Infocom (interactive fiction, ftw!), Full Throttle, King's Quest, The Last Express, Myst, Alternate Reality, The Bard's Tale, Ultima III, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, The Dig, Day of the Tentacle, Elevator Action, Cliffhanger, Dragon's Lair, Halo (1, 2, and 3), Catan, Um Jammer Lammy, LocoRoco, Super Mario Galaxy, and tons and tons of board games. I have a closet full of 'em, almost like that scene in The Royal Tenenbaums.
- What the hell kind of clown are you?!: The crying on the inside kind, I guess.
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Monday June 16, 2008
09:21
Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Architect’s Actualised Adventure Game
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This bizarre story shows you what happens when architects attack: they try to create Myst-style adventure games in the real world. Thanks to the deep pockets of the owners of a 5th Avenue apartment in Manhattan, a chap named Eric Clough was able devise an apartment-wide puzzle, complete with original ciphers, a clue book, and various obscure puzzle mechanisms. (SOUND FAMILIAR?)

“furniture and some of those walls conceal secrets — messages, games and treasures — that make up a Rube Goldberg maze of systems and contraptions conceived by a young architectural designer named Eric Clough, whose ideas about space and domestic living derive more from Buckminster Fuller than Peter Marino.”

Or perhaps they derive from John Walker’s nightmares about the return of Cryo.

(Photo: Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times. Fair use! Probably.) … [visit site to read more]
Thursday June 05, 2008
14:34
Boing Boing: Mutant French Mickey Mouse
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Dinosaurs and Robots guest blogger Robyn Miller (who created the Myst series of computer games with his brother, Rand), discovered this 1930s ad for Mickey Mouse tucked into a book in Paris.

This French Mickey seems to be flaunting the extra digit lacking in his US relative. Link
Monday June 02, 2008
23:05
Boing Boing: Doug Engelbart's "mother of all demos" video from 1968
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Myst co-creator Robyn Miller writes about computer pioneer Doug Engelbart's "mother of all demos" from 1968.
What I didn't know until recently, is that a stunted version of hypertext had been demonstrated as early as 1968. This was no run-of-the-mill boring-vision-of-the-future demo. This was, simply put, "The Mother of All Demos". Steven Levy first gave it that name and it seems to have stuck: The Mother of All Demos (and oh I really love that name). Douglas Engelbart's whirling vision of the future; it was the first public use of a mouse, as well as examples of cutting, copying, pasting, teleconferencing, video conferencing, email, and... hypertext. It's just too damn much for 1968! From Steven Levy in his book, Insanely Great, The Life and Times of the Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything:
"... a calming voice from Mission Control as the truly final frontier whizzed before their eyes. It was the mother of all demos. Engelbart's support staff was as elaborate as one would find at a modern Grateful Dead concert. ..."

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Tuesday May 20, 2008
04:30
Joystiq: FFXII composer bringing his music to non-Japanese games
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Filed under: Culture, Business
For those of you who who can't seem to get Final Fantasy XII's battle music out of your head, there may soon be something else to hum along to as FFXII composer Hitoshi Sakimoto is looking to bring his musical style to a wider audience, including games produced outside of Japan.

Helping him in this will be Four Bars Intertainment, which also represents other game composers such as Jason Hayes (World of Warcraft), Inon Zur (Fallout 3, Crysis), and Jack Wall (Myst series). No games have been announced yet, though we doubt Sakimoto will lack for projects to fill his free time. Over the past two decades the workaholic composer has added more than 150 projects to his credit, including such titles as Vanillaware's GrimGrimoire and Odin Sphere, shooters Gradius V and Radiant Silvergun, plus a handful of anime releases as well -- many of which we've given our own spin while humming along to in the shower.Permalink | Email this | Comments
Wednesday April 09, 2008
23:00
Joystiq: GameTap Thursday: Sam & Max meet the dark prince
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Filed under: Mac, PC, Adventure, Online

This week GameTap takes Sam & Max to meet the man downstairs in the season two finale. Will the dog detective and his rabbity-thing companion survive to make a third season? We hope so.
- Ice Land 2 (Windows) - Mortimer the penguin must collect floating fish while not falling in the water because apparently penguins -- or, at least this one -- can't swim.
- Uru: Ages Beyond Myst (Windows) - Bend and twist the mind in this return to Myst.
- Tank Battalion (Arcade) - And somewhere in this blogger's mind he recalls playing this game at a dingy bar in Dorchester, Mass. during the early '80s while his uncle played pool... darn flashbacks.
- Sam & Max Season Two Episode 5: What's New, Beelzebub? (Windows) - It's time to go to Hell LLC in the last episode of the season. (Psst, cheapskates, we're also giving away some copies of the whole season too)
After the break we've posted GameTap's list of free games, which adds Fastlane Pinball and King of Monsters 2 into the mix of 117 free titles.
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Sunday April 06, 2008
19:59
Joystiq: The Joystiq Weekend: April 5 - 6, 2008
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A Liquid Snake action figure is the perfect reminder that we haven't filled our quota this month of linking to Metal Gear Awesome (Image Credit). Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Japanese hardware sales, March 24 - March 30: The Omega Man Memorial edition
Joystiq hands-on: Baja (360/PS3)
Joystiq impressions: Lock's Quest (DS)
Joystiq hands-on: Deadly Creatures (Wii)
Joystiq impressions: Battle of the Bands (Wii)
Joystiq hands-on: Myst (DS)
Reminder: Win the Call of Duty 4 'Variety Map Pack'
PS Fanboy Week in Review: 3/31 - 4/6
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup has vivid dreams

News
The sun rises on a Dawn of War II trailer
Nyko ships PS3 Rock Band/GH III compatible guitar
Kid-focused Gran Turismo for Boys could become GT5 feature
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed gets multiplatform exclusives
GTA IV 'better than all the hype suggests' according to first person to complete the game
Rooster Teeth reveals new series: Reconstruction
Stephen King speaks out against violent video game bill
Flash game most likely to become internet meme phenomenon: YHTBTR
The Bourne Conspiracy 'Takedown Trailer' demonstrates groin punching engine

Rumors & Speculation
Pachter: EA could delay GTA IV's April 29 release

Culture & Community
Viva Piñata proposer tying the knot today with game-themed cake
Quake 3 Arena ported to iPhone/iPod Touch
One million signatures to end Uwe Boll's directing career Permalink | Email this | Comments
Saturday April 05, 2008
15:30
Joystiq: Joystiq hands-on: Myst (DS)
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Filed under: Nintendo DS, Adventure

Fifteen years after the original Myst released for home computers, it's hard to remember what an incredible phenomenon the game had been. The adventure genre had been reshaped by the innovative use of a first-person view, and many had rushed out to purchase cutting-edge "CD-ROM drives." With millions of copies sold, it still stands as the best selling PC adventure game of all time.

But what was behind the frenzy? Empire Interactive wants DS owners to find out later this month (PSP owners will have to wait a few more months for their port). The entire game is controlled through the touch screen, an obvious design decision considering the hardware's capabilities. Point and click now becomes point and touch -- however, expect to have a bit more difficulty with the handheld version. When using the mouse on the PC, players knew what they can click on by the shape of their cursor. There is no on-screen representation of your stylus, so players will have to simply use their intuition to click on the appropriate items.

There are a few new tools for players to use, however. There's a clever magnifying glass, which allows players to zoom in on objects in the game world. You can even take snapshots of your screen and save them, recalling them for use during a particularly tricky puzzle. There's a map as well, but it won't indicate where you are. Finally, you can save notes, typed via virtual keyboard (no handwriting recognition, sorry). These additional tools should make navigating the game's tricky puzzles a bit less daunting.
Gallery: Myst (DS)
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Friday March 14, 2008
19:59
Joystiq: Today in Joystiq: March 14, 2008
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Filed under: Nintendo Wii, Fighting
Over 20,000 Swarovski crystals were used to make the Wii case pictured above (picture of Bowser on the other side) given to the winner of the Smash Bros Brawl competition -- or you can presumably pay Crystal Icing the retail price of $4,000. (Via Engadget) Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Ask Joystiq: On bankruptcy, guitar compatibility and Euro-rock (band)
DS Fanboy Lite: Mar. 8 - Mar. 14
Joystiq Podcast 041 - Army of Three edition
This Week in Review: Wild, Blissful and Hands-on
Today's most oddly musical video: HarmoNESica

News
Square Enix preps Valkyrie Profile for the DS
Play Warlords Online, the Puzzle Quest creators' MMO
Follow the progress of the Myst movie
BioWare: Mass Effect 2 likely a timed Xbox 360 exclusive, PC version confirmed
Renegade Kid's Project M revealed as DS action title 'Moon'
LotRO expansion takes players to Mines of Moria
Manhunt 2 UK ban officially lifted
New islands coming to Burnout Paradise as free DLC
Microtransactions coming soon to Nintendo Wii
GTA IV drives slo-mo, learns days of the week
MS touts digital distribution over 'historic' discs
FF7 Crisis Core receiving special edition in UK
Second Life CEO stepping down, remaining active in development
Rock Band Weekly: The Earache Thrash Pack
The Incredible Hulk captured in screenshots
Wii 'Twilight Princess' hack gets SD card support
Laugh at Agetec's new DS game, 'LOL'
Project Origin community website launched

Rumors & Speculation
Report: Mexican game industry worth $1B by 2010
Analyst: EA's lost its luster
Rumor: GTA IV multiplayer to boast 15 modes, 16 players

Culture & Community
Pontiac ad is glorious homage to Spy Hunter
Which Pokémon would you eat?
Metal Gear Solid "inspired" sneakers Permalink | Email this | Comments
04:50
Joystiq: Follow the progress of the Myst movie
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Filed under: Culture, PC, Adventure

If more game-to-film projects got their start like this, we might end up seeing a few of them. Two filmmakers and Myst nuts, Patrick A. McIntire and Adrian Vanderbosch, set out to make a film based on the game series. Without so much as the rights they began work, eventually winning the endorsement of Cyan Worlds, the company behind the Myst games.

Now, they're trying to get some interest for the project with their production blog and website, which you can poke through to find a few different details and hints about the kind of film they'd like to make. The whole shebang is in the early stages, but just looking at the site and the blog, we're encouraged. Even if it doesn't get off the ground, it seems their hearts are in the right place.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Wednesday March 12, 2008
23:00
Joystiq: GameTap Thursday: Sam & Max mush the Chariot of the Dogs
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Filed under: Mac, PC, Adventure, Online

GameTap brings an all new episode of Sam & Max this week to give gamers their adventure genre fix. In the latest episode, Chariot of the Dogs, the dog detective and his rabbity-thing compadre search for the missing Bosko. Don't know who Bosko is? Then you're obviously not playing these games! Shameful!
- Sam & Max Season 2: Episode 4 Chariot of the Dogs (Windows) - Help find Bosko!
- Iron Warriors (Windows) - A game where you play as a tank commander in the former Yugoslavia during the Bosnian-Serbian-Croation War. Seriously, that's what it's about.
After the break we've posted GameTap's list of free games. New additions this week are Fatal Fury and Vulgus. There's also very little time left to check out Myst Online: Uru Live before it disperses into the void of the intertubes.
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Thursday February 21, 2008
16:00
Joystiq: GameTap Thursday: The Blood Ties of Largo Winch's Ball 7
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Filed under: Mac, PC, Online

An evolution of Breakout and a game based on a Canadian vampire show join GameTap this week. With all the GDC coverage though, let's get this out of the way and get back to everything that's going on. Also, in case you missed it, check out the screenshots for Grimm, which starts on GameTap this summer.
- Ball 7 (Windows) - Bounce the ball, break the bricks. The evolution of a tried and true classic gaming formula.
- Blood Ties (Windows) - Join Vicki Nelson and her vampire partner in this game based on the Canadian television series.
- Largo Winch: Empire Under Threat (Windows) - An adventure game where you play as a billionaire 26-year-old. Not a celebutant simulator.
After the break you'll find GameTap's list of free games with new additions bolded for easy reference. Joining the ranks this week is Rogue Trooper, a good game ... especially for free. Don't forget, the death clock ticks on for Myst Online: Uru Live -- it will die in 43 days.
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12:00
Joystiq: GDC08: Surviving the war of words in 'The Future of Story' session
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Filed under: Culture, GDC
First off, kudos to the GDC organizers for putting such different-minded people together for "The Future of Story" panel, which ended up being an insightful and vitriolic debate. The panel, hosted by indie writer Deborah Todd, included Saber 3D's Matthew Karch and Michael Hall (Time Shift), Silicon Knights' Denis Dyack (Too Human), Eidos Montreal's Mary DeMarie (previously: Myst III, IV and Dungeon Siege), Matt Costello (7th Guest) and Director of id Software Tim Willits.

A focus of the panel was the the dichotomy of story and gameplay, with both Dyack and Karch taking opposing viewponts and everyone else scattered somewhat in the middle. Early on, Karch asserted his view that some genres don't need to value story as much, citing Call of Duty 4 as a game where no one cared about the story. Later, he summed his viewpoint up best saying, "My whole argument is, it doesn't need to be a story written by Steinbeck, it needs to be someone who just keeps the game moving on."

Said Dyack, "In five to ten years, there will not be a shoter genre. It's gonna be more literative -- horror, science fiction, etc." When Karch asked if Bruckheimer would go away (referencing the "high-octane" film producer), Dyack retorted that "He's McDonald's, thats what he is. and people love McD's." The back and forth continued, culminating in the following exchange:

Dyack: "We should still aspire to this. you could have bubble gum like, Transformers [the film] for example, but in the end its what entertains."

Karch: "I'll take bubble gum."
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Tuesday February 12, 2008
07:25
Joystiq: GameTap Thursday: Sam & Max cause Tuesday edition
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Filed under: Mac, PC, Online

Sam and Max have altered the space-time continuum and moved the GameTap Thursday update ahead by a couple of days this week. The dog detective and his insanely platonic life partner start their latest adventure, Night of the Raving Dead, today on GameTap and tomorrow on Telltale Games' website.
- Sam & Max Season Two: Episode 3 Night of the Raving Dead (Windows) - If you have any moderate love for the adventure genre and still haven't played Sam & Max ... well, we're just going to hope you've been off the grid for a couple years.
- Gondomania (Arcade) - A top-down vertical shooter from the late '80s where the protagonist rides a hover-bike and destroys everything in his path. Good times.
After the break you'll find GameTap's list of free games for perusal. Aside from a few new additions this week (bolded), Myst Online: Uru Live still warrants a spin before it dies in 52 days.
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Thursday February 07, 2008
18:59
Halo: Joystiq: Today in Joystiq: February 7, 2008
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The above image was capture from the GameTap client hours ago, with the special note "Uru: Myst Online Live" and the subtitle "Experience never-ending online adventure." Joystiq readers, say hello to irony. (Thanks, Patrick) Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Metareview - Devil May Cry 4 (Xbox 360, PS3)
Today's nerdiest audio: Street Fighter songs
X3F Week in Review: February 1, 2008 - February 7, 2008

News
React Recharge Dock powers 4 Wiimotes for $50
Finally! Assassin's Creed DS gameplay
GameTap Thursday: Get down with your Bagh Chal self
Atlus signs 'family-friendly' Wii puzzler Octomania for North America
Nintendo says no to MMOs
Sega announces 'English of the Dead' for DS
DICE 08: Pirates director urges creativity in keynote
Legendary to open this summer for Xbox 360, PS3, PC
DICE 08: Quirky indie hit 'Juno' to birth a game
Max Payne filming to start next month
THQ announces Band Mashups, Wii exclusive rhythm game for April
Suda51 talks Xbox 360, American market
Steam hits 15 million users
Cell down to 45nm, PS3 production costs to slim too
ESRB: Number of M-rated games declined in 2007
Pirates vs. Ninja Dodgeball: robot contenders profiled
Twisted Metal PS3 revealed in hidden code
PopCap denies Peggle DS 'rumor'
Call of Duty 4 overtakes Halo 3 again, tops Xbox Live Activity
Burnout Paradise DLC explained
Circuit City to expand used game sales program
Namco Bandai blames Wii for arcade closures
PSN Thursday: Lost Planet demo, Go! Sports Skydiving

Rumors & Speculation
Rumor: Viacom bidding $1.5 billion to take over Take-Two
Rumor: BioWare not involved with Star Wars MMO

Culture & Community
Zero Punctuation hears the Call of Duty
Ziff Davis reorganizes, changes review scoring
Gerstmann talks firing on X-Play tonight
"Paper" Mario comes to life in art project Permalink | Email this | Comments
00:00
Joystiq: GameTap Thursday: Get down with your Bagh Chal self
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Filed under: Mac, PC, Online

GameTap's additions this week take us from the depths of the Atlantic to the mountains of Nepal, but before we get to those games let's visit the local dive bar. This week's new game worth checking out is Fastlane Pinball, if only for the sake of comparison to all the other competent pinball games we've seen over the last few years.
- 1914 Shells of Fury (Windows) - Sink those pesky battleships in this WWI German U-boat simulator. Better yet, rent Das Boot (yes, yes, well aware it's a different war).
- Bagh Chal (Windows) - A board game from Nepal whose title roughly translates to "Moving Tigers." Certainly worth learning if you ever accidentally end up in Nepal and are forced into a life or death game of Bagh Chal. Hey, it could happen.
- Fastlane Pinball (Windows) - Um, it's pinball and it's good. That is all.
After the break is GameTap's list of free games, which adds eight new games this week including Robotron 2084. Also, be sure to check out Myst Online: Uru Live for free before it dies in 57 days.
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Tuesday February 05, 2008
09:32
Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Myst Offline II: The Offlinening
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There’s a document on my desktop that is entitled “Myst Online Adventures” and it contains a few lines about my first few steps in the famously underwhelming MMO. I was going to go back and do a bit of investigative playtesting for RPS japes, but sadly that document’s completion would be useless for anything other than historical record: Myst Online will close in 59 days time. Sniff.

This forum post has the details.

Many of you have made good friends while playing Myst Online, so here is the bittersweet part. Although Myst Online: Uru Live will be completely shut down in the near future, the game servers will remain live for the next 60 days. During that time, both newcomers and existing players can continue to experience the amazing world of Myst Online, explore the game’s many Ages, and interact with other players in the game and on the MystOnline.com website and forums. After 60 days, the title will be removed from the GameTap service, though MystOnline.com will remain live and active for fans to continue to share their passion for this important game franchise.
02:30
Joystiq: Massively Week in Review: January 28 - Feb 4, 2008
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Filed under: PC, MMO

Looks like a fairly standard news-week for us at Massively. We had a bit of rumor, some good (and bad) news, and covered a few events. We also threw our two cents in on pretty well everything -- but that's the fun part of the job! If you missed out on anything good, click on through for the top news and views from Massively. News
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Monday February 04, 2008
18:59
Joystiq: Today in Joystiq: February 4, 2008
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We find the Team Fortress 2 Pyro papercraft hilariously ironic, given how flammable we suspect him to be. (Disclaimer: Joystiq advises against the use of flames. There is no respawn in real life.) Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery

News
King of Kong underdog to cameo in upcoming film
New games this week: Devil May Cry 4 edition
Gears of War 2 graces GamePro cover
American McGee announces next 'twisted tale' project after Grimm
Operation Wolf, Columns III land on Virtual Console
Xbox 360 'arcade model' hits Japan March 6
Just blow: Smash Bros Brawl disc problems blamed on dust
Halo 3 DLC for spring swaps 'Purple' for 'Moonlight'
Rock Band Weekly: B-52's, Faith No More and KISS
PS3 budget lineup heading to Japan, 'likely' Europe
This Wednesday: Poker Smash batters XBLA, Crystal Quest gets polished
New Buzz! games coming in March
NBA Ballers: Chosen One gets Chuck D, Just Blaze
Sony cuts PSP dev tools cost in half
The Green Mile actor Barry Pepper to voice Prototype lead
PSP's Daxter sells 2 million copies in 2 years
THQ gets new CFO (also: acronym two-for-one sale ongoing)
SingStar '90s makes us feel old
No More Heroes first planned for 360, says Suda51
Folding@home for PS3 goes platinum
THQ gets new CFO (also: acronym two-for-one sale ongoing)
New Call of Duty 4 maps 'on the way'
Criterion explains Burnout Paradise online hard drive requirement
GameTap turning off Myst Online in 60 days

Rumors & Speculation
Rumor: Resident Evil 4 to blame for no Capcom in Brawl
Will Portal change the game industry?
EA predicts PS3 will outsell Xbox 360 in 2008

Culture & Community
Devil May Cry, a retrospective and review
Ben Heckendorn's Xbox 360 Elite laptop
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13:25
Joystiq: GameTap turning off Myst Online in 60 days
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Filed under: Mac, PC, Online

A little over a year after being reborn on GameTap, Myst Online: Uru Live will be unplugged. GameTap's VP of Content and Creative Director Ricardo Sanchez writes on the GameTap forums that the decision was made for "business reasons" rather than any design or vision issues with developer Cyan Worlds. The game will remain live for another 60 days and then it's over, but MystOnline.com will stay active.

Sanchez went on to say that GameTap looked at a "wide variety of possibilities for maintain

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