Game Art: Mike Ando's "Myst" (2012)

Avid gamer/reader/artist Mike Ando worked on this project, a physical-digital replica of a linking book that exists only in thg Myst game series, for more than six years. The outcome is very, very meta. His website chronicles his amazing achievement. As he explains:

"This is a “working” replica of a Myst linking book. It's made out of a copy of the same book Cyan originally scanned as a texture reference. Inside the book is a full desktop computer, completely self-contained without any external wires or hardware. In the above photo, the embedded screen isn't just showing a still photo or a video: it's running a full copy of realMyst PC edition. Onboard is a copy of all the Myst games. It's fast enough it plays all of them smoothly (even End of Ages at ~30fps). You play the games by touching the touch-screen." (Mike Ando)

: Mike Ando

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