Oxenfree is a supernatural-mystery graphic adventure game. Developed and
published by Night School Studio, it was released for Windows, OS X,
Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Linux in 2016 and iOS, Android, and
Nintendo Switch in 2017. Players assume the role of teenager Alex on a
weekend trip to a local island. Alex and her friends must unravel the
island's secrets after supernatural events occur. The developers
designed Oxenfree as a story-driven game without cutscenes; players
choose dialogue via a "walk and talk" mechanic. Oxenfree's audiovisual
presentation marries dark, organic, and analog elements with bright,
geometric, and digital ones. The release was accompanied by development
documentaries, an alternate reality game, and a collector's edition.
Oxenfree received generally positive reviews; critics praised the
presentation and characters, although some reviewers were left wanting
more. The game was nominated for "Best Narrative" at The Game Awards
2016.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxenfree>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1980:
NBC aired the American football match between the New York Jets
and the Miami Dolphins without announcers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Announcerless_game>
1995:
Mandated by the Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian War,
the NATO-led Implementation Force (troops pictured) began peacekeeping
operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implementation_Force>
2007:
Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Suzanne Bloch was stolen from the
São Paulo Museum of Art, before being recovered about three weeks
later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Suzanne_Bloch>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bewilder:
(transitive) To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially
with many different choices.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bewilder>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
If I am right in saying that thought is the ultimate origin or
source, it follows that if we don't do anything about thought, we won't
get anywhere. We may momentarily relieve the population problem, the
ecological problem, and so on, but they will come back in another way.
--David Bohm
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Bohm>
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