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Re:Myst at 25: How it changed gaming, created addicts, and m... by drdeadringer on Monday September 24, 2018 @02:37PM (#18060148)
I remember seeing a TV special on how they came up with the sound effects. One of them was created by something along the lines of rotating a vibrating wrench just inside a toilet bowl... and all the sound effects was stuff like that.
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Re:Myst at 25: How it changed gaming, created addicts, and m... by geerlingguy on Monday September 24, 2018 @03:09PM (#18060470)
It was amazing learning all of that back when the game was new... and it's still a great lesson today: http://www.mystjourney.com/myst/studies/

The video has the bubbles-in-the-toilet-bowl explanation (see 7:30 onwards), along with a ton of other great nuggets.

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