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Time for me to fess up to one of the sneakiest pranks I've ever pulled off.

During Mysterium 2014 (a fan convention entirely about the Myst series of games), there was a table of "official" rare memorabilia on display. This letter magically appeared amongst the other items, claiming to be the meeting notes for MYST II: The Fifth Age (the working title for Riven: The Sequel to Myst back in 1994). It's hard to tell from the photo, but it's printed on an actual sheet of their original embossed parchment letterhead Cyan used to use back then, and the date in the top right was exactly 20 years prior to when it was unveiled.

Its contents is the real work of art - it's filled with references to actual things that didn't make the final cut (some of which aren't common knowledge), joking about things that happened many years later (or that have been forever stuck on the backburner), and a couple downright absurd suggestions just to see what I could get away with. Turns out, I could get away with all of it - more than one person thought the whole letter was legit! But I figured it's been long enough, I thought I should come clean with my sneaky shenanigans & share what I created.

Description
Time for me to fess up to one of the sneakiest pranks I've ever pulled off.

During Mysterium 2014 (a fan convention entirely about the Myst series of games), there was a table of "official" rare memorabilia on display. This letter magically appeared amongst the other items, claiming to be the meeting notes for MYST II: The Fifth Age (the working title for Riven: The Sequel to Myst back in 1994). It's hard to tell from the photo, but it's printed on an actual sheet of their original embossed parchment letterhead Cyan used to use back then, and the date in the top right was exactly 20 years prior to when it was unveiled.

Its contents is the real work of art - it's filled with references to actual things that didn't make the final cut (some of which aren't common knowledge), joking about things that happened many years later (or that have been forever stuck on the backburner), and a couple downright absurd suggestions just to see what I could get away with. Turns out, I could get away with all of it - more than one person thought the whole letter was legit! But I figured it's been long enough, I thought I should come clean with my sneaky shenanigans & share what I created.