I can’t explain why, maybe it’s my current lack of sleep, but I can’t imagine a life where someone has the time to dig so deep into something so recreational. I mean no spite and no insult! This is cool! Maybe I’m just jealous - I spent my day choring and looking after kids - and I will collapse in 2 hours when I’m done with my obligations.
If you find yourself with free time - use it! Create works like this article or like Riven itself. Life is SO short. Make something people want. Apparently I wanted to spend 10 minutes comparing renders from 30 years ago instead of picking up toys!
Seeing those game boxes on the store shelves, picking them up and looking at the artwork…
The Cyan intro is pure nostalgia:
"It’s like THX’s estranged brother"
I have the remastered version as my alarm sound:
an alarm on what? maybe the greatest gift an llm could give me is a youtube to iphone ringtone workflow
Just download the audio with yt-dlp and transfer it to your iPhone.
"In iOS 26, you can find and make custom ringtones easily from the Files app by long-pressing an audio file (under 30 seconds) and choosing "Use as Ringtone" from the Share menu, a big simplification from older methods needing GarageBand or a computer."