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Two histories of Myst – Picking Up the Pieces – Medium

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The Myst 25th Anniversary Kickstarter raised $2.8 million from over 19,000 backers in May. Last month, the subsequent re-release of Myst…

Site iconMedium — Jul 11, 2018 at 2:03 PM

A retrospective on the discourse around Myst as a case study on the weird and inaccurate ways we discuss and recall gaming culture. For me, the main takeaway is that gaming has always had more subcultures than the social narrative has accounted for and when we refer to gaming as a monolith we distort reality by ignoring the experience and perspective of many, many people.

Tags: Shared Link, GAME: Myst, TOPIC: Inclusiveness, TOPIC: History

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