Aquaria is a sidescrolling action-adventure game designed by Alec
Holowka and Derek Yu, who published it independently in 2007. The game
features the voice of Jenna Sharpe as Naija, an aquatic humanoid woman,
as she explores the underwater world of Aquaria. The gameplay focuses on
swimming, combat, and special songs that can move items, affect plants
and animals, and change Naija's physical appearance. After more than two
years of development, the game was first released in late 2007 for
Windows, followed by ports for Macintosh, Linux, iPad and Android users.
In 2009, an Aquaria soundtrack album was released. Reviews of the game
were generally positive. Critics praised the visuals, music and
atmosphere. The controls and gameplay were also lauded, while negative
critiques centered on the map system and limited variety of objectives.
The game won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the Independent Games
Festival (pictured) in March 2007.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaria_%28video_game%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1869:
American outlaw Jesse James committed his first confirmed bank
robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_James>
1942:
Second World War: A small unit of Royal Marines launched
Operation Frankton, in which they damaged six ships in the port of
Bordeaux in German-occupied France.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Frankton>
1975:
The Indonesian military invaded East Timor under the pretext of
anti-colonialism, beginning a 25-year occupation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_occupation_of_East_Timor>
2015:
The JAXA space probe Akatsuki (artist's concept shown) entered
into orbit around Venus to study the planet's atmosphere, five years
after its first attempt failed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akatsuki_%28spacecraft%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Lessepsian:
1. (obsolete, rare) Pertaining to the French diplomat Ferdinand de
Lesseps, who designed the Suez Canal.
2. (marine biology) Of or relating to organisms that migrate from the
Red Sea to the eastern Mediterranean Sea by means of the Suez Canal.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lessepsian>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I am persuaded to believe that God had left nations to the
liberty of setting up such governments as best pleased themselves, and
that magistrates were set up for the good of nations, not nations for
the honor and glory of magistrates.
--Algernon Sydney
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Algernon_Sydney>