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Mysterium calls the Myst Online faithful
Shorah, Myst faithful! It's time once again to make your plans to attend this year's Mysterium, the gathering for devoted D'ni scholars and fans of Cyan Worlds' Myst -- including, of course, Myst Online: URU Live. This year's event will be held August 5th through the 8th in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with tickets currently going for the low price of $20. As with previous years, the team behind Mysterium are soliciting designs for a convention logo as well as submissions of stories and other original works based on the worlds of Myst for inclusion in the convention book. (Mind you, all submissions must fit Cyan Worlds' guidelines for fan-created content.) The events are still in the early stages of planning, but they currently show live quests, puzzle challenges, and we'd bet there will be some bevin meetups for Myst Online: URU Live cavern-dwellers in the mix. Considering CAVCON (or "cavern condition" for those unfamiliar) is currently standing at 4 (read: good) in regards to the current funding for Myst Online: URU Live, perhaps we'll see some official representatives from Cyan sign up to host a panel or two this year as well. Either way, it should be fun for all the D'ni devotees!
Myst Online goes fully open-source
As many know, Myst Online: URU Live has had an incredibly rocky road throughout its history. First sunsetted by Ubisoft, then by GameTap, URU's fans agreed to trying MORE (Myst Online Restoration Experiment) after Cyan Worlds got their IP back. Most recently in October, Cyan posted word that due to financial difficulties, URU and the entire MORE project would be placed on indefinite hold. Since then, nothing - until now. In a startling move, Cyan Worlds has decided to release all of URU Live's assets to the public as open source. This includes the client and server architecture. Amazingly, they aren't simply releasing it into the wild and leaving it alone; Cyan has decided to hold one Myst Online server shard open for players to have a centralized world, despite the fact that others can now freely put up their own Myst Online servers. It's a bold and daring move to open source a project of this scale. We applaud Cyan Worlds' dedication to their fans and love of their game to take a brave step like this, and wish all the URU users the best as they develop their worlds as they see fit. It's going to be really interesting to see how this develops.
Laughable Rumor: Nintendo to rename console again?
It looks like all of you who hate the name Wii are getting your wish. Nintendo's latest console rename has been confirmed by none other than Reggie himself. That's right folks, the Nintendo Wii will now be called the Nintendo Super Hyper Entertainment System Omega G-Force Spectra Unlimited Turbo, or NSHESOGSUT for short. With the NSHESOGSUT name, Nintendo is hoping to show the gamer that their newest console means business not only from an innovation standpoint, but from a "blow you away with an ultra eXtreme name that makes Mountain Dew look like prune juice" perspective also. While your dad is busy getting to know his brain's age, your new NSHESOGSUT will be laying some fresh grinds and busting big air while riding the back of a shark, which is in turn riding the back of a grizzly bear. The NSHESOGSUT means business and backs down from no challenge. Why, in Nintendo's first commercial, leaked to The Fanboy mere moments ago, we see the console take on an alligator, wielding a knife, in one fatal roundhouse kick that sends both reptile, and sharp stabbing object, crashing to the ground with lethal force. Now that's tough![Via Evil Avatar]
