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7 years ago @ John W. Allie - Airbor... - Myst in Retrospect: Th... · 0 replies · +1 points

Yes.

9 years ago @ John W. Allie - Airbor... - Myst in Retrospect: Ur... · 0 replies · +2 points

The logic of the Star Fissure depositing straight onto the Cleft is certainly debatable, but it's worth noting that there actually is a reason you can't walk up the Great Shaft at the end of Myst. The room in K'veer is at this point sealed quite solidly, and isn't reopened until major effort is expended in the Book of D'ni, which takes place after the events of Riven.

As for the Mother of All Daggers, it in fact lands near the Cleft as well. You can see it atop the volcano in Myst V, although the top is not accessible in Uru.

All that being said, you're right in thinking that there ought to be a whole lot more Riven refuse lying around the Cleft than there is. In my opinion, the Fissure shouldn't have been in Uru at all... it overcomplicated something that worked fine the way it was.

9 years ago @ John W. Allie - Airbor... - Myst in Retrospect: Ur... · 0 replies · +1 points

That is fantastic.

10 years ago @ John W. Allie - Airbor... - Myst in Retrospect: Myst · 1 reply · +1 points

Sorry for the delay in posting this comment! I don't check the queue very often so sometimes things get slowed down. Your comparison to the older Cyan games is very useful; it's a comparison which I hadn't thought of as I've never played them myself. Thanks for this; it'll probably be worked into the second draft when it finally comes.

10 years ago @ John W. Allie - Airbor... - Myst in Retrospect: Th... · 0 replies · +3 points

Right. The only difference is that what Sirrus and Achenar do out of malice, Atrus does out of recklessness. Unintentional, yes, but still punishable as a crime in many circumstances and jurisdictions!

10 years ago @ John W. Allie - Airbor... - Myst in Retrospect: Myst · 0 replies · +2 points

Both Mechanical and Stoneship are supposed to have been sinking into the water at the time of Atrus's initial explorations, which I think is meant to explain the apparent lack of livable space. I would agree that Channelwood is the most believable, although Stoneship is my own personal favorite, though I couldn't tell you any concrete reasons why.

11 years ago @ John W. Allie - Airbor... - Myst in Retrospect: Re... · 0 replies · +2 points

That's an interesting tidbit, although I don't see how the circumstances of Achenar's sacrifice fit the definition of "revelation." I suppose under certain circumstances his redemption could qualify, but since we already know he's redeemed himself, that doesn't really fit either. My guess in all this is that they didn't really think it through and just thought Revelation would be a cool name.

As for villains becoming heroes, I think you could argue that Saavedro is something more like an antihero than a villain, although maybe you weren't referring to him.

11 years ago @ John W. Allie - Airbor... - Myst in Retrospect: Th... · 0 replies · +1 points

You make a good point. This is a book with an agenda (an agenda which is likewise mirrored in much of the Uru arc) and despite its failings, its message will still manage to resonate with many people. Still, a moral shouldn't be an excuse for bad storytelling. Look at works like Brave New World and Animal Farm... political, but still highly readable.

11 years ago @ John W. Allie - Airbor... - Myst in Retrospect: En... · 1 reply · +1 points

My plan is for a PDF and print-on-demand release... although depending on how polished I can get it I may try looking into "real" publishers. I'm sure someone would want to publish a series of essays about a nearly-ten-years-gone video game series, right?

11 years ago @ John W. Allie - Airbor... - Myst in Retrospect: En... · 3 replies · +2 points

Thanks for your kind words! A collective volume will be forthcoming eventually.

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