Nick has lent me Myst III: Exile, and I have to admit that it’s been a fairly enjoy­able expe­ri­ence so far. The depth of the worlds reminds me of the Thief series of games, the way the details of each real­ity are cre­ated so beau­ti­fully with so much emo­tion. It’s quite absorb­ing, and even though I lack the patience to take my time in cer­tain games nowa­days (games such as GTA: Vice City and Soul Calibur 2 I just fin­ished as fast as pos­si­ble), I find that it’s easy to be patient for a game such as this. The goals are unclear and the story unfolds through explo­ration, all allow­ing for a very deep gam­ing expe­ri­ence if one has and takes the time. The graph­ics are a bit dated, and the cam­era can be dizzy­ing, but the sound is excel­lent and plays an impor­tant part in pro­gress­ing through the game. Finally solv­ing a puz­zle is the most sat­is­fy­ing part, pos­si­bly more sat­is­fy­ing than any other puz­zle game I’ve played.