The Longing is a 2020 point-and-click adventure game by independent game developer Studio Seufz. The player controls the Shade, a creature tasked with watching over a sleeping king in an underground kingdom for 400 days. Developer Anselm Pyta conceived of The Longing after hearing the Kyffhäuser legend while visiting the Barbarossa Cave (pictured). Pyta sought to explore emotional themes in a narrative-driven story, and used time as a game mechanism. As the primary developer for most of the game's six-year production, he had to rely upon intuition to design the pacing due to playtesting difficulties. The Longing was released for Windows, macOS, and Linux on March 5, 2020, and for the Nintendo Switch on April 14, 2021. It gained praise for its soundtrack, visuals, and experimental nature, but the slow-paced gameplay divided critics. Released during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was compared by many to life under quarantine, and won the "Best Debut" award at the 2020 Deutscher Computerspielpreis.
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1944:
The freighter SS Fort Stikine, carrying cotton bales, gold and ammunition, exploded in the harbour of Bombay, India, sinking surrounding ships and killing about 800 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944_Bombay_explosion
1970:
After an oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 exploded, causing the spacecraft to lose most of its oxygen and electrical power, astronaut Jack Swigert reported: "Houston, we've had a problem" (audio featured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston,_we_have_a_problem
1983:
Let's Dance, David Bowie's best-selling album, was released. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_Dance_%28David_Bowie_album%29
1994:
Iraqi no-fly zones conflict: In a friendly-fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort, two U.S. Air Force aircraft mistakenly shot down two U.S. Army helicopters over northern Iraq, killing 26. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Black_Hawk_shootdown_incident
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seventh art: (film) Chiefly preceded by the: the art of making motion pictures; filmmaking. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/seventh_art
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