| RANKING EVERY ELEVATOR IN THE MYST SERIES
2024-07-02
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> Dustin Garner
Part of the joy of the collaborative Internet is that people can share their
passion. Today's example comes from this YouTuber who's made an hour long
video demonstrating and ranking the 35 elevators in the first five games in
the Myst series.
Starting with a discussion of what defines an elevator, the video goes on to
show off some of the worst of the lifts in the series of games (mostly those
that are uninspired, pointless, or which have confusing interfaces) before
moving on to the well-liked majority.
I only ever played the first two Myst games (and certainly haven't played the
first since, what, the mid-1990s?) and I don't think I finished either. But
that didn't stop me watching the entirety of this video and revelling in the
sheer level of dedication and focus it'll have taken on the part of the
creator. When I made my (mere 15-minute!) video describing my favourite video
game Easter Egg I spent tens of hours over the prior weeks researching the
quirk and its background, configuring a copy of the (elderly) game so that
it'd play and record in the way I wanted, and of course playing through the
game far enough to be able to fully demonstrate the Easter Egg. Dustin's
video, which doubtless involved replaying (possibly multiple times) five
different games released over a 12-year window is mindblowing by comparison.
I don't really care about the Myst series. I care even less about its
elevators. But I really enjoyed this video, if only for its creator's
enthusiasm.
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