Resident Evil 5 is a third-person shooter video game developed and published by Capcom, and produced by Jun Takeuchi (pictured). It was released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles on March 5, 2009. The plot involves an investigation of a terrorist threat by counter- terrorist agents Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar in Kijuju, a fictional region of Africa. It is the seventh major installment in the Resident Evil series, and the first designed for two-player cooperative gameplay. Critics described the game as closer to the action genre than the survival horror of other games in the series. Resident Evil 5 had a mostly positive reception, although it was criticized for problems with its controls. The game was re-released for Nvidia Shield, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2016. As of September 2018, it had sold over 7.4 million units, making it Capcom's second best-selling game and the best-selling game of the Resident Evil franchise.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1770:
The Boston Massacre (engraving shown): British soldiers fired into a crowd in Boston, Massachusetts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Massacre
1811:
Peninsular War: In the Battle of Barrosa, an Anglo-Spanish- Portuguese force trying to lift the Siege of Cádiz defeated a French attack but could not break the siege itself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Barrosa
1966:
BOAC Flight 911 disintegrated and crashed near Mount Fuji shortly after departure from Tokyo International Airport, killing all 113 passengers and 11 crew members on board. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOAC_Flight_911
1975:
Computer hackers in Silicon Valley held the first meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club, whose members would go on to have great influence on the development of the personal computer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrew_Computer_Club
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
dekulakize: (transitive, historical) Usually with reference to the Soviet Union and communist Eastern Europe: to dispossess (a kulak, that is, a prosperous peasant) of his or her property and/or rights. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dekulakize
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My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them. --Penn Jillette https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Penn_Jillette
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