TCT X: Myst 20th Anniversary Special
Stream: The Cavern Today • Posted by Maurus
To Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Myst, The Cavern Today is proud to present this special podcast, featuring:
- Cavern News with Dalken Starbyne
- D’Lanor – “Stream of Unconsciousness”
- Special Retrospective TCT Talk
- Jeff Wise – “Gardens of Bandam”
- Return of the TCT Mad Lib
This will be TCT’s final podcast for the time being – We will continue maintaining the website and its archives, but the production team will be taking an indefinite hiatus to focus on other projects. Thank you for your support over the years, and shorah!
Background music featured in this podcast by Jack Wall, LiquorCooChee, and Robyn Miller.
Note: Due to a site issue, we are disabling further comments on this post.
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The Cavern Today 9: Open Source
Stream: The Cavern Today • Posted by jnathus
Our first podcast in over a year features:
- Skit
- TCT Talk:
- URU is Open Source
- CyanWorlds.com Engine
- Fan Run MO:ULa based server list
- “State of the URU” – our thoughts on Uru and the impact it’s had on us and on our greater gaming experiences / lives.
- Myst and Riven on iPad
- Playing Uru on your tablet via Splashtop2
- The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s The Art of Video Games added Myst last year
- Musical Piece: Jeff Wise, “The Way Things Are”
- Mowog Thought
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The Cavern Today 8: Rewarding the Player
Stream: The Cavern Today • Posted by TCT Admin

- TCT Talk:
- MOULagain- one year later.
- The hacker hoods and the related story
- iRiven was recently released for iPhone.
- Myst in the Smithsonian Institution’s American Art Museum’s “The Art of Video Games” exhibit.
- All about Revelation: What worked, what didn’t . . .
- “Kuusisto” – Musical piece by Maurus
- Mowog Thought
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Tags: "Mowog", iriven, moul, myst, revelation, riven, uru
The Cavern Today: Episode 7
Stream: The Cavern Today • Posted by TCT Admin
Our Podcast for the December 2010 holiday season features a TCT Talk, discussing:
- F.E.A.R. 3 and Call of Duty Black Ops are being shepherded by other developers NOT those who created the franchises. We’ve had Myst III and IV… Is the original developer necessary to carry the torch of a franchise?
- The future of PC gaming according to Ken Levine
- Valve / Steam killing the PC gaming market
- iRiven submitted to Apple
- Open Source Kinect drivers released
- Spike Video Game Awards (VGAs), what games are you stoked about?
…and, a musical piece by Jeff Wise.
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Tags: "Jeff Wise", blackops, cod, fear, iriven, kinect, myst, open source, riven, spike, steam, valve
The Cavern Today: Episode 6
Stream: The Cavern Today • Posted by TCT Admin
- GoG went down, but it’s BACK
- 3DS Launch date confirmed, features downloadable Game Boy games.
- World of Warcraft – Patch 4.0.1 – Pre-Cataclysm
- Wing!?!?! Stop hacking!
- MineCraft
- Black Mesa… Why hasn’t Valve snatched up this company and made this project official?
- Beyond Good & Evil HD Re-release
- Myst Movie finds a Partner (For real this time.)
- Microsoft wants to challenge Steam Link
Also featuring: The Mowog Thought and a musical piece by Maurus, entitled ‘Ver Calidus’.
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Tags: "Mowog", 3DS, beyond good & evil, black mesa, Game Boy, gog, microsoft, minecraft, myst, myst movie, steam, valve, warcraft, wing, world of warcraft, wow
The Cavern Today: Episode 5
Stream: The Cavern Today • Posted by TCT Admin
Our TCT Talk-centric fifth podcast discusses the following topics:
- “Bought The Cyan Complete Pack on Steam” Bevin.
- Sholek’s Temple Link
- Starry Expanse Project http://www.starryexpanse.com/
- Cyan’s Stoneship announced Link
- iRiven site launched Link
- iMyst and iRiven on Android? Cyan says maybe Link
- The Manhole for iOS
- Medal of Honor Link
- Duke Nukem Forever actually being prepared to be released? Link
- Video Games Live CD / DVD / Blu-ray October 19th Link
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Tags: android, cyan, Duke Nukem Forever, imyst, iOS, iriven, myst, Sholek's Temple, steam, Stoneship, The Manhole, uru, VGL, Video Games Live
The Cavern Today: Episode 4
Stream: The Cavern Today • Posted by TCT Admin
Our podcast for August 2010 features:
- TCT Talk Over the Fence:
- 3D in TVs and Games
- E3 Post Impressions
- iPhone 4 & iOS 4 Release Impressions
- Blizzard’s “Real ID”
- Starcraft II
- Musical Piece: Tansunn – “Thanks for Dinner”
- Quick Mowog Thought on Steam & Conclusion
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The Cavern Today: Episode 3
Stream: The Cavern Today • Posted by TCT Admin

- New forum – www.thecaverntoday.org/forum
- What is OHBot, and what is he / it doing?
- SimiOTF – Cyan Phishing Scam
- Over the Fence – Magiquest Online is now open
- Over the Fence – J’nathus is playing Splinter Cell Conviction
- Over the Fence – Orange Box becoming popular again due to successful Steam Sale?
- Over the Fence – E3 anticipations
- Over the Fence – What are YOU playing?
- Over the Fence – iPhone4 / iOS4
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Tags: cyan, e3, iphone, magiquest, mqo, myst, orange box, splinter cell, steam, uru
The Cavern Today: Episode 2
Stream: The Cavern Today • Posted by TCT Admin
Episode 2 of The Cavern Today, featuring:
- CAVCON
- SHOUTcast
- Musical piece from Jeff Wise: “Welcome Home”
- Griefing in URU?
- Artemesia (Dr. Celia Pearce)
– Book: ‘Communities of Play: Emergent Cultures in Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds’
– There.com closing
– How you feel about Uru Live coming back again
– Differences between Uru and There.com - Portal 2
- Mowog Thought
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Tags: "Jeff Wise", "Mowog", artemesia, cavcon, portal, shoutcast, there.com
The Cavern Today: Episode 1
Stream: The Cavern Today • Posted by TCT Admin
In this relaunch of The Cavern Today podcast network, we bring you Episode 1: “Something old, Something New.”
Featuring:
- TCT Talk returns
- Lullaby of the Seven Winds – Jeff Wise
- That’s Just Me Of Course
- Mowog Thought
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