Legend Entertainment Company was an American developer and publisher of
computer games, best known for creating adventure titles throughout the
1990s. The company was founded by Bob Bates (pictured) and Mike Verdu.
Legend also negotiated licenses to popular book series and earned a
reputation for comedic adventures. Industry changes led to increased
competition by the mid-1990s and expenses for graphics rose without a
similar increase in sales. As a result Legend outsourced marketing and
distribution and focused on development. While the studio's adventure
titles suffered, working with game publishers allowed it to experiment
with more action-oriented titles. Legend fully pivoted to first-person
shooters thanks to a relationship with Unreal developer Tim Sweeney and
an acquisition by publisher GT Interactive. Sales continued to dwindle,
followed by the commercial failure of Unreal II: The Awakening in 2003.
The studio was shut down in January 2004, with staff moving to other
game companies.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_Entertainment>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1689:
The Convention Parliament met to decide the fate of the throne
after James II, the last Catholic monarch of England, fled to France
following the Glorious Revolution.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England>
1906:
SS Valencia was wrecked off the coast of Vancouver Island,
Canada, in a location so treacherous it was known as the Graveyard of
the Pacific.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Valencia>
1987:
After being convicted of receiving bribes, Pennsylvania state
treasurer R. Budd Dwyer shot and killed himself in front of television
cameras during a press conference.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Budd_Dwyer>
2012:
Croatia held a referendum on becoming a member of the European
Union.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Croatian_European_Union_membership_referendum>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
skimble-skamble:
Confused, chaotic, disorderly, senseless.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/skimble-skamble>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
You can decide what you want to eat for dinner, you can decide to
go away for the weekend, and you can decide what clothes you’re going
to wear in the morning, but when it comes to artistic things, there’s
never a rhyme or reason. It’s, like, they just happen. And they happen
when they happen.
--Meat Loaf
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf>