Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game is a 1997 role-playing video game developed and published by Interplay Productions. Set in a post- apocalyptic world in the mid–22nd century, it revolves around the player character seeking a replacement computer chip for their underground nuclear shelter's water supply system. The gameplay involves interacting with other survivors and engaging in turn-based combat. Fallout started development in 1994 as a game engine designed by Tim Cain (pictured). It was originally based on GURPS, a role-playing game system, though the character-customization scheme was changed after the GURPS license was terminated. Fallout drew artistic inspiration from Atomic Age media and is considered a spiritual successor to Wasteland (1988). The game was a critical and commercial success and spawned a successful series of sequels and spin-offs. It has since been credited for renewing consumer interest in computer role-playing games.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1831:

The Broughton Suspension Bridge near Manchester, England, collapsed reportedly because of mechanical resonance induced by troops marching in step across it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broughton_Suspension_Bridge

1993:

Bosnian War: NATO forces began Operation Deny Flight (aircraft pictured) to enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered by the United Nations Security Council. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Deny_Flight

2012:

The Guinea-Bissau military seized control in a coup amid a presidential election, later handing power to a transitional administration under Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Guinea-Bissau_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

2013:

Four Chadian soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing by jihadist rebels in Kidal, Mali. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2013_Kidal_attack

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

steely-eyed missile man: (US, astronautics, often humorous, slang) An astronaut or engineer who quickly comes up with a solution to a difficult problem while under extreme pressure. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/steely-eyed_missile_man

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

The Ultimate Truth is called God. This one can realize in the state of Nirvikalpa Samadhi. A circle can have only one centre but it can have numerous radii. The centre can be compared to God and the radii to religions. So, no one sect, no one religion or book can make an absolute claim of It.   --Swami Narayanananda https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Swami_Narayanananda