Myst was really the last game I played. As the article mentions, Doom was released at about the same time, and really became the blueprint for the future of gaming. My problem was I couldn’t play a FPS for more than 10 minutes or so before bad headaches kicked in.
Sometimes I wonder if Myst was like Angry Birds. A game that gamers hated because it didn’t conform to their expectations, but something that found mor purchase with people that didn’t game heavily.