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Just finished Obduction, late to the party almost 10 years after release but it doesn't age. Brilliant game, a worthy successor to #Myst in every way.

I used hints two or three times and in all cases it turned out to be because of design flaws, not user error – but these were small flaws and easy for me to forgive.

one of the little skills i've begun to learn over the past few years is how to repair books. i don't mean the kind of heavyduty book restoration you see done by professionals. i mean fixing your beloved thrashed paperback that you just can't bear to toss out, because who even does that

today i wanted to (finally) read Myst: The Book of Atrus, and when i opened it up a hunk of chapters completely separated from the adjoining pages. this is probably why i got it for $2 at a thrift store years ago.

book restoration is an art, and i'm a programmer. so this is how i do it.

pic 1: the damaged section. you can see where a hunk of pages has separated from the neighbouring section. there are even little wisps of paper left.

pic 2: i glue down the little torn wisps of paper using my trusty swiss army knife of tools: a dental flosser. it has the most useful tip for almost any job. i'm using it as a poker and paintbrush today. i've put a tiny dab of PVA glue on the tip, and i've glued the tiny wisps of paper to the page

pic 3: i've applied a conservative amount of PVA glue to the broken section. it's going to bond against the spine, and when smushed, will also bond against the adjoining pages.

pic 4: resting the book on the spine for an hour or two to ensure a good bond, and let the glue dry a bit. that's the ph-neutral Polyvinyl Acetate (PVA) glue i use. it is the most useful glue in my house.

if this will be your first time fixing a page that has fallen out of a book, or fixing a spine like this one: a tiny amount of PVA goes a LONG way. it tends to get runny, so give the bottle a good shake before you start. it also dries a lot faster than the usual white schoolroom glue.

#mottai #diyrepair #books #bookstodon #myst #permaculture #solarpunk #repair

A shot of the inside of a book. The spine has separated from a chunk of 30 pages, leaving big gap between chapters. There are torn bits of paper where the spine separated.

The tip of a dental flosser applies some PVA glue to a torn piece of paper, gluing it back down to the rest of the page.

PVA glue has been applied to the back side of the pages, where they will be re-attached to the spine. Globs of PVA glue hang off of the edge of the paper hunk.

A hardcover copy of Myst: The Book of Atrus by Rand Miller, Robyn Miller, and David Wingrove. It is resting on its spine. A large bottle of PH Neutral Polyvinyl Acetate (PVA) glue sits beside it upright, holding the book upright.

Ciao Mondo.
Stamani, la nebbia...

#paesaggio #myst #nebbia #roma #alberi

Can the #BeckettEngine do first person point and click games ala #myst?

Eh, let's say it's feasible.

A dark hallway with neon lights along the wall goes around a corner into a larger room. A console panel along the top shows a command to enable hotspots. Indeed, two of them are shown.

@robotspacer Watching the stream that I missed.

Uru Live had voice chat with small radius, the neighborhood presentation room broadcast to all in that room. It only worked OK on Windows, the WINE wrapper for Mac/Linux could hear but you had to do some hackery to make it send. Big rooms were intolerable <squelch>yap yap <fade> repeat noise as you moved. Most people used text chat.

The NPC plots were once-only, but then fans would do walking tours repeating the info.
#myst #uru

myst zark
#kamloops #train #graffiti #art
#myst #zark

Train car with graffiti rolling through Kamloops BC Canada

Rich Douglas erinnert an den fantastischen #Myst - #Soundtrack: #adventure #retrogames :
http://www.popmonitor.de/rich-douglas-echoes-of-the-ages-a-tribute-to-myst/

@Melabee

Are used to love computers back in the 90s. Most of my friends and I were into some form of programming, be it #Basic or #Pascal.

Computers were fun in those days. I used to be a structural engineer and I would look forward to Monday mornings after a weekend of beavering away at some program that helped you to design retaining walls or something or other.

My friends would be truly amazed and bring out their amazing programs for the design of reinforced concrete beams etc. Little did we know that about 1000 other engineers and techno people all over the world had spent their weekends coming up with the same thing.!

Games were fun too: #SpaceInvaders, or my favourite was #Snipes, developed by some engineers at Cisco I think although I could be wrong. #DukeNukem , #Lemmings and Microsoft #FlightSimulator used to be fun too. But after that it all start to fall in a bit of a heap.

Oh, I didn’t mention #Myst. That was great too and sadly myst!

PS: Welcome to Mastodon!

"Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all."

(Stanley Horowitz)

#sunset #whenthesunrises #home #landlife #borken #farmville #muensterland #münsterland #silence #stillness #landleben #grace #nature #naturephotography #gemen #fog #sun #beauty #anewbornday #mist #myst #harmony #weloveborken #halloborken #earthescope #weloveborken

Early morning landscape featuring a serene pond reflecting the sky, flanked by a leafless tree and a fenced grassy field with mist hovering over the ground. A dirt path lines the foreground beside a hedge, and the sun, positioned near the center, casts a soft light through a hazy sky scattered with thin clouds.

Calm rural landscape featuring a reflective river in the foreground, surrounded by grassy banks under a misty sky. There's a field on the left, transitioning into a faintly obscured treeline in the background where fog thickens. The sky displays a mix of clouds and blue patches, with the sun's position creating a soft light that enhances the serenity of the scene.

A girl on Reddit asked how to set up this old thermostat. I think she never played Myst 😏 #myst #retrogaming

NEW! Loarre Castle, Huesca, Aragon, Spain. December 2025. Ref-12078
https://www.denisolivier.com/photography/loarre-castle-huesca-aragon-spain/en/12078
#architecture #ilfordhp5 #heiland #loarre #aragon #history #myst #clouds #fortification #hp5 #adoxxt3 #fortress #abbey #castle #fog

Aquest any és el 30è aniversari de la publicació a casa nostra de "Myst" per "Philips CD-i" 🕹🎮. #Myst #PhilipsCdI #PointAndClick #Puzle #Aventura #Videojocs #Gaming #VideoGames #RetroGaming #ClassicGaming #RetroGames #VideojocsAntics

sad that I was talking with a gamer today and got a blank look when I mentioned #Myst

Looks like #Control

#Fotovorschlag #Port #Night #Myst #Duisburg #Rhine #Industrial #Night #NRW #Germany

Walking the dog into Silent Hill

#mastodogs #silenthill #dogsofpixelfed #dog #hideokojima #fog #mist #myst #dew #casualphotography #pixelfed #snapshot #dogs #doggo #dogsofmastodon #winter #nature #park #hamburg

Aquest any fa 30 anys que ens arribava "Myst" per "Atari Jaguar CD" de #Atari 🕹🎮. #Myst #AtariJaguarCd #PointAndClick #Puzle #Aventura #Videojocs #Gaming #VideoGames #RetroGaming #ClassicGaming #RetroGames #VideojocsAntics

Note: DO NOT GIVE ME SPOILERS.

I read The Book of Atrus (dramatic audio reading on youtube!) and loved it!

Im listening to The Book of Ti'ana and I'm a quarter way through... I... Am not into it at all. Shame. drudging through for now, but the writing style of the first, with its audience serogacy, empathetic explanations of high risk scenarios and likeable characters with a common enemy, is a great formula for a story. The second book in the series lack this kind of structure and lacks identifiable tropes.

Usually the first 50 pages of Book is enough to lay enough foundation to understand rhythm, flow, characters, some backstory, and a general direction for the story to take. Instead, 25% in and the a second isolated story was started. I'm now wondering if this is a collection of tales 🤔

#myst #riven