<s>
Lighthouse	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Being	I-Application
is	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
played	O
very	O
similarly	O
to	O
the	O
popular	O
video	O
game	O
Myst	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
Player	O
's	O
diary	O
,	O
he	O
or	O
she	O
(	O
the	O
character	O
's	O
gender	O
is	O
never	O
explicitly	O
defined	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
struggling	O
writer	O
who	O
has	O
just	O
moved	O
in	O
,	O
and	O
recently	O
met	O
their	O
eccentric	O
next	O
door	O
neighbor	O
,	O
Dr.	O
Jeremiah	O
Krick	O
,	O
and	O
his	O
daughter	O
Amanda	O
,	O
who	O
live	O
in	O
a	O
nearby	O
lighthouse	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Glancing	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
window	O
,	O
the	O
Player	O
sees	O
the	O
lighthouse	B-Application
struck	O
by	O
lightning	O
and	O
then	O
begin	O
to	O
glow	O
strangely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
conceived	O
expressly	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
Myst	B-Application
clone	O
"	O
;	O
lead	O
designer	O
Jon	O
Bock	O
later	O
recalled	O
that	O
'	O
Ken	O
Williams	O
called	O
me	O
into	O
his	O
office	O
one	O
day	O
,	O
pulled	O
out	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
Myst	B-Application
and	O
said	O
;	O
"	O
Can	O
you	O
do	O
this	O
?	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Bock	O
acknowledged	O
the	O
similarity	O
to	O
Myst	B-Application
in	O
promotional	O
interviews	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
remarked	O
that	O
it	O
has	O
some	O
key	O
differences	O
,	O
in	O
particular	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
working	O
to	O
create	O
more	O
character	O
interaction	O
and	O
a	O
stronger	O
focus	O
on	O
story	O
than	O
Myst	B-Application
had	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lighthouse	B-Application
received	O
mediocre	O
reviews	O
,	O
averaging	O
a	O
71.29	O
%	O
on	O
GameRankings	O
based	O
on	O
7	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
review	O
in	O
Next	O
Generation	O
,	O
a	O
magazine	O
with	O
a	O
very	O
vocal	O
stance	O
against	O
Myst	B-Application
and	O
its	O
imitators	O
,	O
commented	O
,	O
"	O
Granted	O
,	O
just	O
like	O
most	O
games	O
of	O
this	O
type	O
,	O
the	O
graphics	O
are	O
beautiful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
as	O
much	O
as	O
it	O
hurts	O
to	O
admit	O
it	O
,	O
the	O
story	O
is	O
rather	O
intriguing	O
,	O
involving	O
alternate	O
dimensions	O
,	O
weird	O
creatures	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
machines	O
that	O
would	O
make	O
Leonardo	B-Application
da	I-Application
Vinci	I-Application
proud	O
.	O
</s>
