A quiet night.  Getting back to real life.  Working on the site.  Browsing the forums.  Missing my kid.  Normal reconquers very quickly.

This past weekend was strange and taxing for the lot of us.  I spent about 2 straight days in the sun  ... [read more]

11:58 pm

Posted in communications, life · 12 Comments » ·  tags: 1up, carla, celebrity, chris, family, micam, myst

‘Cause it’s one of the largest challenges that we imagine we’ll have to face in the coming months, and a conversation broke out about it again tonight right after Adrian and I shared a quick smoke outside of our local Home Depot. Abou ... [read more]

10:30 pm

Posted in collaborators, life, planning, script · 54 Comments » ·  tags: a'gaeris, anna, cast, culver's, myst, ti'ana, veovis

We’re counting. We’re watching. We’re meditating on the state of things. As early as 2006, we were having big discussions with Rand and Tony on the state of the Myst Universe, and the health of the fan base. It is, sadly, anemic.  ... [read more]

10:29 pm

Posted in collaborators, communications, life, planning, website · 48 Comments » ·  tags: animatic, hollywood, movie, myst, myst online uru live, mystmovie.com, presentation, public relations, the plan

Let me be absolutely clear about something -

THIS IS NOT A VIDEO GAME MOVIE

“Myst” is far more than a simple video game. It has a rich and detailed lore from which we are drawing. Calling this project a video game movie is i ... [read more]

7:31 pm

Posted in Stuff, script · 33 Comments » ·  tags: lore, movie, myst, police quest 4, video games

We’re reviewing cuts, but I’m a thousand miles away. Someplace where the kitchen looks like a pumpkin and my mother’s more present than hers. In my head, Aimee Mann is playing non stop and regardless of the tumbleweed in the parking ... [read more]

12:50 am

Posted in communications, life, planning · No Comments » ·  tags: chris, editing, micam, mom, myst, presentation, texas

Everything is packed up and now in Adrian’s trunk. We left a few cables, my little crap monitor and a spattering of movie making paraphernalia laying on the floor, but the green screen is gone, the equipment is missing and the lights are no long ... [read more]

1:46 am

Posted in communications, life, planning · 1 Comment » ·  tags: dreams, girlfriend, greenscreen, mom, myst, myst miniseries, presentation, studio

It’s 4 am and I just burnt the first demonstrative DVD for the concept animatic trailer for Myst: The Book of Ti’ana. I’m freaking out. After months- no- years of dreaming about doing this, it’s finally done. Something tangib ... [read more]

4:27 am

Posted in collaborators, communications, planning, script · 119 Comments » ·  tags: aitrus, animatic, anna, atrus, concept, Cyan, dvd, myst, project passage, spec, storyboarding, the book of ti'ana, theatrical, trailer, veovis, video, videos

An interesting night full of stolen kisses, political intrigue and Ryan dry-heaving in Adrian’s bathroom. One of those nights not easily forgotten.

It’s been almost a year now since Adrian and I started taking the first steps toward ... [read more]

11:46 pm

Posted in collaborators, communications, script · 13 Comments » ·  tags: aitrus, animatic, anna, changes, d'ni, images, McInVanderism, myst, rakeri, Ryan, storyboarding, ti'ana, veovis, wingrovism

Tonight was an interesting night. It started out like usual, but ended up taking a turn that was pretty unexpected. It was a nice break from the last days of grinding through boards, which we expect will continue through the next few days after this. ... [read more]

11:40 pm

Posted in collaborators, planning · 5 Comments » ·  tags: animatic, chris, eneah, images, ivff, maf, micam, myst, pabst blue ribbon, Phil, rakeri, Ryan, sarah, storyboarding