Planescape: Torment is a computer role-playing game (RPG) developed for
Windows by Black Isle Studios (lead designer Chris Avellone pictured)
and released on December 12, 1999 by Interplay Entertainment. It takes
place in Planescape, a Dungeons & Dragons fantasy campaign setting. The
game is primarily story-driven; combat is given less prominence than in
most contemporary RPGs. The protagonist is an immortal who has lost his
name, lived many lives, and forgotten them. The game focuses on his
journey to reclaim his memories of these previous lives. The game was
not a significant commercial success but received widespread critical
praise for its immersive dialog, the dark Planescape setting, and the
protagonist's unique persona, which shirked many characteristics of
traditional RPGs. It was considered by many video game journalists to
be the best RPG of 1999, and as a cult classic continues to receive
attention long after its release.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1897:
Belo Horizonte, the first planned city of Brazil, was inaugurated as
Cidade de Minas.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belo_Horizonte>
1901:
Guglielmo Marconi received the first trans-Atlantic radio signal, from
Poldhu Wireless Station in Cornwall, England to Signal Hill in St.
John's, Newfoundland.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi>
1915:
President Yuan Shikai of the Republic of China reinstated the monarchy
and declared himself Emperor.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_Shikai>
1941:
At a meeting with the highest ranking officials of the Nazi party in
the Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler declared the imminent destruction
of the Jewish race.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reich_Chancellery_meeting_of_12_December_1941>
1964:
Jomo Kenyatta became the first President of the Republic of Kenya.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jomo_Kenyatta>
2000:
The U.S. Supreme Court delivered its controversial 5–4 decision in Bush
v. Gore, ordering the election recount of the ballots cast in Florida
for the 2000 presidential election to stop, which effectively ended the
election in favor of George W. Bush .
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_v._Gore>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
ideogram (n):
A symbol which represents the idea of something without indicating the
sequence of sounds used to pronounce it
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ideogram>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Klaatu barada nikto!
--w:Patricia Neal
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