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https://www.unicefusa.org/
https://www.projecthope.org/
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/turkey-earthquake-relief-fund/
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/turkey-syria-earthquake/
https://www.savethechildren.org/us/what-we-do/emergency-response/turkey-syria-earthquake
https://ihh.org.tr/en/gecmis-olsun-turkiye
https://www.kizilay.org.tr/Bagis/BagisYap/404/pazarcik-depremi-bagisi
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I just read the Wikipedia article on Myst and found out that they made it a whole series and also there's even VR Myst which honestly sounds dope because I know I'd just get stuck on one of the first puzzles like I did when I was 8 but wandering around the island aimlessly in VR actually sounds kinda nice (too bad I don't have VR). Also the sound designer for the game was named, no joke, Chris Brandkamp. His name's Bandcamp and he's a sound designer lmaooo (Bandcamp wouldn't even exist for another 15 years)
Also you can tell my taste in video games by the fact that I tried to make this list as random as possible but still ended up including two TBT games, but "XCOM: Enemy Unknown" felt like a really funny title to end the list on and "Jagged Alliance 2" fit the off-the-wall feel I was going for and is also obviously a sequel, but I love the idea that it's just called that like there's in game lore where there was previously a jagged alliance and somebody's like "Now we must once again form a jagged alliance - a Jagged Alliance 2"
There's also a really bad parody called Pyst that had John Goodman in it.
It's crazy how popular Myst was when it came out, feels like a niche game these days but it got a ton of sequels, at least a few of which were even good.
I think the idea of a beautiful, peaceful puzzle game with enchanting art was so new that people couldn't resist. it. Myst was truly beautiful, the story was intriguing, the puzzles were genuinely challenging in a mostly pre-internet time. There had been lots of puzzle games before but not really anything like Myst.
It's still a very difficult series. I don't think I could've finished Riven without help from a guide, but it's a fantastic game in terms of worldbuilding and tone.
Of course, it's a lot more playable now that you don't have to swap between five disks as well...