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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_%28video_game%29>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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