I don't actually miss the 1980s or even the 1990s. Sure the computers were better back then, but its kind of hard to look back and be overly fond of the 1980s. There were high spots to be sure, but mostly because this is a gaming blog, I tend to fixate on the games.

I did other things during these times, granted. I read a lot, even watched a bit of television, mostly in the 1990s when Babylon 5 was on. And the early 1990s introduced me to a lot of films I ignored during the 70s and 80s. And culturally, I remain a bit of a work in progress. 

Myst has turned 30. I've written about MYST before, so I don't have much to say here, except that I still love this game.

Man, has it been 30 years already? I guess it has.

It's perhaps about time I talked about this book, written by Ian Livingstone with illustrations by Russ Nicholson, which was published originally in 1982, but didn't cross my path until '86 or '87. It also might have been redundant, given that I was already familiar with role-playing games, but this was bought during a period of my life when information was a lot harder to find than it is now, and I was really intrigued by the fact that here was an entire book on the topic.