God of War: Ghost of Sparta is a third-person action-adventure video
game for the PlayStation Portable, first released on November 2, 2010.
Loosely based on Greek mythology, it is the sixth installment in the God
of War series and the fourth chronologically. The player controls
Kratos, a Spartan warrior who became the God of War. Haunted by visions
of his mortal past, he journeys to the Domain of Death to rescue his
brother Deimos, then teams up with him to battle the God of Death,
Thanatos. The gameplay focuses on combo-based combat and includes quick
time events that require the player to complete game controller actions
in a timed sequence to defeat stronger enemies. The game also features
magical attacks, puzzles, and platforming elements. Critics praised its
story, gameplay, and graphics, and the game won awards at the 2010
Electronic Entertainment Expo and the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards. By
June 2012, it had sold nearly 1.2 million copies worldwide. A remastered
version was released for the PlayStation 3, included in the 2011 and
2012 God of War video game collections.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_War:_Ghost_of_Sparta>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1917:
British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour issued a declaration
proclaiming British support for the establishment of a Jewish homeland
in Palestine.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration>
1943:
World War II: A U.S. Navy task force was able to turn away an
Imperial Japanese Navy fleet in the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, thus
protecting the landings at Cape Torokina.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Empress_Augusta_Bay>
1990:
Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting merged to
form BSkyB, currently the largest pay-TV broadcaster in Europe.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_plc>
2000:
Aboard Expedition 1, American astronaut William Shepherd and
Russian cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko (all pictured)
became the first resident crew to arrive at the International Space
Station.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_1>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
homily:
1. A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter.
2. A moralizing lecture.
3. A platitude.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/homily>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I was suddenly arrested by what seemed to be an awful voice
proclaiming the words, "Eternity! Eternity! Eternity!" It reached my
very soul — my whole man shook — it brought me like Saul to the
ground. The great depravity and sinfulness of my heart were set before
me, and the gulf of everlasting destruction to which I was verging. I
was made to bitterly cry out, "If there is no God — doubtless there is
a hell." I found myself in the midst of it.
--Stephen Grellet
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephen_Grellet>