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Myst Creator Closes Doors

Posted by Zonk on from the later-folks dept.

ComputerSherpa writes "Cyan Worlds closed its doors today. Cyan was the creator of Myst, the game that was partially responsible for popularizing the CD-ROM format. Until it was recently overtaken by The Sims, the Myst series was the most popular computer game series of all time. The last game in the Myst series, End of Ages, is scheduled to be released September 20th by UbiSoft."

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  1. Re:I remember that game! by Seumas · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Aw, man. I was being sarcastic, but then everyone took me so seriously and had such interesting things to say that I almost feel guilty for having not been serious in the first place.

    My point really was that there's all this clammoring about how there are no female-friendly games, but then the two most popular games in history both happen to be extremely female-accessible and friendly and are made up of a huge population of female players.

    I have always felt that a game should be created for playability and enjoyment. Political correctness be damned. I don't really care if the male has unrealistic quantities of muscles and the female is barbie-like in fantasy-level proportions. What, like I want to escape my life as a fat lazy tech dork by playing a fat lazy character? Hell no.

    Good games will be good games. Period. There are some games more geared toward women, just like "The Princess Diaries" is a movie girls will flock to. And there are some games geared toward men - just like Tears of the Sun or something are geared to.

    Then there are great games that, like movies, everyone will flock to.

    Maybe what would help is if women would EXPLAIN what kind of games they think should be made for them? I have heard countless complaints about how games are so male oriented (possibly because there are so many MALES in gaming? Nobody claims that Magick: The Gathering is too male oriented). But I never hear a single one lay out what is so unique and different about the gameplay they want.

    So girls, what is this amazing female-friendly game that will revolutionize the world that every female is just dying to get her hands on, if only someone would make it? Or - has it already been made and everyone is complaining about nothing? (A Tale in the Desert, Myst, The Sims, Nintendogs, etc).