LINCOLN, NE — As he neared middle age, a local man found himself still waiting for the puzzle-solving skills he developed playing the 1990s computer game Myst to become useful in other areas of his life.
Kevin Sharp was unsure exactly when he would encounter a situation in life in which he would need to utilize the specific set of skills and experience he had gained from playing Myst, but he knew it was bound to happen at some point.
"It's going to come in handy eventually," Sharp said. "One day, someone's going to need my help figuring out which exact combination of levers to pull and buttons to push to open a steam vent on the opposite side of an island, and when that day comes, I'll be ready."
While it had been decades since Sharp's Myst-playing days, during which time he had earned a college degree, gotten married, fathered several children, and built a respectable career as a regional production manager for a corrugated cardboard company, he had somehow not yet been required to use his vast knowledge of puzzle-solving elsewhere in life.
"There's no way it won't be helpful someday," Sharp assured himself. "I'm pretty sure mentioning it on my resume is what landed me my job anyway, so I'm sure my bosses will figure out a way to put my Myst experience to use."
At publishing time, Sharp also mentioned being confident his retained knowledge of all the moves for Sub-Zero and Scorpion for Mortal Kombat on Sega Genesis would be beneficial at some point.
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