Link: Myst Online: Uru Live - Home.
So — after mentioning Uru in my post the other day — guess what I discovered? Yup, the game is still live! And, better: It’s free!
It’s definitely worth checking out, if you’re into that sort of oldskool puzzle/exploration game. With the exception of the character models, the graphics have held up very well considering the game’s (a-har) age. I had to run the patcher in XP compatibility mode, but otherwise had no problem running in native res on my 30″ — which is something even some recent games have trouble with — so colour me impressed.
I’m still nostalgically working my way through the original, “single player” Ages (memory don’t fail me now), but will hopefully get a more in-depth post up when I figure out what the hell I’m supposed to be doing. (Which, of course, is the main part of the fun in a Myst game.)