System Shock 2 is a first-person action role-playing survival horror video game for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux, first released on August 11, 1999. It was designed by Ken Levine and co-developed by Irrational Games and Looking Glass Studios. Originally written as a standalone title, it became a sequel to the 1994 PC game System Shock after Electronic Arts signed on as the publisher. In a cyberpunk depiction of 2114, the player assumes the role of a soldier trying to stem the outbreak of a genetic infection that has devastated a starship. As in System Shock, gameplay consists of combat and exploration aided by acquired special abilities such as hacking and psionics. System Shock 2 received positive reviews, but failed to meet commercial sales expectations. Critics later determined that the game was highly influential in subsequent game design, particularly on first-person shooters, and considered it far ahead of its time. It has been included in several lists of all-time best video games. OtherSide Entertainment has been licensed the rights to produce a sequel, System Shock 3.

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1492:

The first papal conclave held in the Sistine Chapel elected Roderic Borja as Pope Alexander VI to succeed Pope Innocent VIII. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_conclave,_1492

1828:

William Corder was hanged at Bury St Edmunds, England, for the murder of Maria Marten at the Red Barn. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Barn_Murder

1942:

Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil received a patent for their "Secret Communications System", an early technique of frequency-hopping spread spectrum that later became the basis for many forms of today's wireless communication systems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Antheil

1965:

Violent race riots began in Watts, Los Angeles, California, lasting for six days and leaving 34 people dead and 1,032 others injured. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_riots

2012:

At least 306 people were killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_East_Azerbaijan_earthquakes

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kayfabe: (professional wrestling) The portrayal of events within the industry as real; the portrayal of professional wrestling and the accompanying storylines as not staged or worked. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kayfabe

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