Wipeout 2048 is a racing video game in which players pilot anti-gravity
ships around futuristic race tracks. It was developed by SCE Studio
Liverpool and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. A launch title
for the PlayStation Vita hand-held console, the game was released on
19 January 2012 in Japan and on 22 February in Europe. It is the ninth
instalment of the series Wipeout and the last game to be developed by
Studio Liverpool. Wipeout 2048 is a prequel to the first game in the
series. It was designed as a test-bed for the Vita. Studio Liverpool's
suggestions of a touchscreen device and two separate analogue sticks
were eventually incorporated into the console. Wipeout 2048 includes
downloadable content and an online multiplayer mode, and allows cross-
platform play with PlayStation 3 owners of Wipeout HD. Reviewers
agreed that the game's graphics and visuals showcased the power of the
Vita, but criticised its long loading times and other technical issues.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wipeout_2048>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1883:
The last known quagga (example pictured), a subspecies of the
plains zebra, died at Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagga>
1945:
An official administrative history of the Manhattan Project,
written by American physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth, was released to the
public days after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smyth_Report>
2000:
Kursk, an Oscar-class submarine of the Russian Navy, suffered
an on-board explosion and sank in the Barents Sea during a military
exercise with 118 lives lost.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_submarine_disaster>
2016:
The state-owned Taedonggang Brewing Company inaugurated the
first beer festival in North Korea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_in_North_Korea>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
training wheel:
1. (military, historical) A wheel forming part of the machinery of a
cannon or a similar firearm which is turned to train or aim the weapon
at a target.
2. (rail transport, archaic) Synonym of trailing wheel (“on a steam
locomotive, an unpowered wheel or axle located behind the driving
wheels”)
3. (chiefly Canada, US and in the plural, cycling) One of a pair of
small wheels, each attached to one side of a bicycle's rear wheel to
provide support for new riders.
4. (figuratively) Anything designed to make something easier for a
novice. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/training_wheel>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Faithful adherence to the rule of law is the bedrock principle of
the Justice Department and of our democracy. Upholding the rule of law
means applying the law evenly, without fear or favor. Under my watch,
that is precisely what the Justice Department is doing. All Americans
are entitled to the even handed application of the law, to due process
of the law, and to the presumption of innocence. Much of our work is by
necessity conducted out of the public eye. We do that to protect the
constitutional rights of all Americans and to protect the integrity of
our investigations.… Let me address recent unfounded attacks on the
professionalism of the FBI and Justice Department agents and
prosecutors. I will not stand by silently when their integrity is
unfairly attacked. The men and women of the FBI and the Justice
Department are dedicated, patriotic public servants. Every day, they
protect the American people from violent crime, terrorism and other
threats to their safety, while safeguarding our civil rights. They do so
at great personal sacrifice and risk to themselves. I am honored to work
alongside them. This is all I can say right now. More information will
be made available in the appropriate way and at the appropriate time.
--Merrick Garland
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Merrick_Garland>