The Cavern Today

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July 30, 2025TCT 51: Infinity in a Bottle
Just in time for Mysterium 2025, we bring you our Summer 2025 edition, featuring:
Cavern News with Dalken Starbyne
TCT Talk with Esto, Maurus and Sh’aeri, with our thoughts on Myst 2020’s Rime update and more
Music Piece: “Ascending the Void” by Sasha Strange
Special report on the 2025 R.A.D. Contest
TCT Talk addendum
Background music featured in this episode courtesy LCC and Tim Larkin.
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1h 34min
December 23, 2024TCT 50: You are You (ft. Semjay)
For our Holiday 2024 edition, we’re pleased to bring you a milestone – our fiftieth regular episode of The Cavern Today! Join us as we close out 2024 with:
Cavern News with Dalken Starbyne
Skit
A Year-In-Review TCT Talk with Alhon, Dalken, Esto, Maurus and Sh’aeri
Music Piece: “Explorers’ Emporium Suite” produced by Semjay
Interview with community Agebuilder Semjay
Chapter IV of “Deep Dive with Esto Centura,” concluding the Preafter era
Sh’aeri’s “That’s Just Me of Course”
Background music featured in this episode courtesy LCC, Arclife, Robyn Miller, Jack Wall and Tim Larkin. “Explorers’ Emporium Suite” produced using loops from Producer Planet.
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1h 48min
November 01, 2024TCT 49: Return to Riven
“Endings and beginnings are within the Fissure…” Cyan’s Riven remake finally released earlier this year – and there’s a lot to discuss! So, for our Autumn 2024 edition, we’re bringing you our longest episode to date, featuring:
Cavern News with Dalken Starbyne
TCT Talk with Ankhangel, Esto and Maurus: Riven 2024 non-spoiler discussion, Mysterium 2024, and the future of the D’niverse
Music Piece: “Abandoned Homestead” by Maurus
Chapter III of our D’ni history series “Deep Dive with Esto Centura”
TCT Talk Continued: Riven 2024 SPOILER discussion
Background music courtesy LCC and Robyn Miller.
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2h 15min
March 31, 2024TCT 48: In Review
Happy Easter! For our Spring 2024 edition, we bring you:
TCT Talk with Ankhangel, Dalken Starbyne, Esto Centura, Maurus, and Sh’aeri, covering Riven news & hype as well as a TCT year-in-review
Chapter II of Deep Dive with Esto Centura, exploring the Preafter era
Sh’aeri’s That’s Just Me Of Course, reflecting on 20 years in D’ni
Musical Piece: “Rowena Forest” by Sasha Strange
A Riven Sound Effect Mystery?
Additional show notes:
Note that our TCT Talk was recorded prior to the subtitle “New Discoveries of the Lost D’ni Empire” being removed from the promotional material for the Riven remake – this appears to no longer be part of the title.
Our deepest apologies to the Video Game History Foundation for butchering the name of your organization multiple times – You guys are doing very important work helping to preserve art in a medium that often makes preservation very difficult!
Background music featured in this episode courtesy LCC, Robyn Miller & Tim Larkin.
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1h 32min
November 11, 2023TCT 47: Myst 30th Anniversary Special (ft. Rand & Robyn Miller)
30 years of Myst – and 20 years of Uru! The Cavern Today is proud to present a very special celebratory episode for our Autumn 2023 edition, featuring:
Cavern News with Alhon
Ankhangel Op-Ed
Skit
TCT Talk with Alhon, Ankhangel, Dalken, Esto, Maurus & Sh’aeri, featuring our interview with very special guests Rand & Robyn Miller
Musical Piece: “Sara’Aou (Shores Of Naybree)” by Maurus
The premiere of Deep Dive with Esto Centura
Mysterium Retrospective with Dalken Starbyne
TCT Mad Lib
Background music featured in this episode courtesy LCC, Tim Larkin, Robyn Miller and Jack Wall.
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1h 43min
July 02, 2023 TCT 46.5: Cyan Visit 2023
After visiting Cyan HQ as part of Mysterium 2023, we decided to record an impromptu addendum to Podcast 46, giving our immediate reactions to our experiences there. We set out intending to record about 10 minutes of audio we could append to the end of Podcast 46… and then went on recording for almost an hour. So instead, we are releasing this audio as a bonus episode. We hope you enjoy our impromptu deep dive into our visit to Cyan HQ!
Please note this was hastily recorded in a hotel room after our Cyan visit, so the audio quality of this bonus episode is not to our usual standard. That being said, we hope you will bear with us, and enjoy our take on our visit to Cyan!
Note: This episode contains minor spoilers for Riven – if you have not played the original game, listen at your own risk!
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56min
July 01, 2023TCT 46: Live from Mysterium
“Around the world and across the Ages…” The Cavern Today podcast has been bringing listeners news & views from the Myst fan community since 2005 – and now, for the first time, we’ve recorded a live, in-person podcast from Mysterium 2023 in Spokane! For this, our Summer 2023 edition, join Sh’aeri, Esto, Dalken and Maurus as we discuss:
Our trials and tribulations getting to Mysterium
The last time TCT members were at a Spokane Mysterium
What we’ve loved about Mysterium so far
Excitement for tomorrow’s trip to Cyan HQ
Audience Q&A
For the first time ever, you can also WATCH this episode, filmed live at the convention, at this link, courtesy of Mysterium!
We want to give a HUGE shout-out to all the Mysterium staff for their help making this happen, and for their awesome job putting together the biggest Mysterium to date. You guys rock! We also want to extend a thank you to Justthinktink, who was a huge help to us, and made us awesome TCT-themed gear for the occasion. Thank you so much for your support – we love you!
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49min
May 06, 2023TCT 45: Live from the Cavern
For our Spring 2023 edition, we’re excited to bring you something a little different this time: our first LIVE episode, recorded live in The Cavern Today’s Hood in D’ni on May 5, 2023. Due to the “live” nature of this recording, the format for this episode will be a little different; a bit more like the streamlined talk-only format of Over the Fence.
Join Maurus, Esto, Dalken, Bert and Sh’aeri, as we discuss:
Cyan’s new Firmament Trailer
Thoughts on the MOULa Q1 Update
State of the Cavern
TCT is coming to Mysterium 2023!
Background music featured in this episode courtesy LCC.
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46min
December 23, 2022TCT 44: Make a Home (ft. Tweek)
‘Tis the season to be jolly! For our Holiday 2022 edition, we’re closing out the year with:
Cavern News with Dalken Starbyne
Skit
TCT Talk with Bert, Esto, J’nathus, Maurus, Narym & Sh’aeri:
Riven remake announcement
Myst merch we’d love to see
Highgarden release
The Cavern during the holiday season
How has Myst & Uru influenced the way you play other games?
What other worlds have you been exploring, and what is your GOTY?
Cavern PSAs with Mowog
Interview with Keith “Tweek” Lord
Musical Piece: “Ages of Tweek Suite” by Sasha Strange
Background music featured in this episode courtesy LCC, Arclife, Robyn Miller, and Barentity.
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1h 48min
July 23, 2022TCT 43: Restoration (ft. Doobes)
The Cavern Today is back with its first podcast in nearly a decade! For our Summer 2022 edition, we are pleased to bring you:
Cavern News with Alhon and Narym
Skit
TCT Talk with Bert, Dalken, J’nathus and Maurus:
Our interview with Doobes
What has surprised us the most about the state of Uru in 2022?
Myst VR
Speculation about the future of Myst and Uru
Mowog’s Thought for the Pod
A tribute to Jeff Wise, and a reprise of his musical piece “Kerath’s Arch”
Sh’aeri’s “That’s Just Me of Course”
This podcast is dedicated to TCT staffer Jeff Wise and Frank “Stungthumbz” Whiting, who both passed away in 2020 – though you have linked to the perfect age, you’ll always be in our hearts.
Starting with this episode, we have adjusted episode numbering to more accurately reflect the number of prior episodes of The Cavern Today. As this is the 43rd mainline release of “The Cavern Today,” this is now considered episode 43.
Background music featured in this podcast by LCC and Tim Larkin.
Additional Links:
Guild of Messengers Event Calendar
Ages of Doobes
Guild of Writers
H’uru/OpenUru Github (to report bugs and file requests)
Korman tutorials
OpenUru (Foundry and link to discord)
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1h 49min

FAQs about The Cavern Today:

How many episodes does The Cavern Today have?

The podcast currently has 66 episodes available.