Populous: The Beginning is a strategy and god game. It is the third
title in the Populous video game series, developed by Bullfrog
Productions. The PC version of the game was released November 30, 1998;
a PlayStation version was developed and released on April 2, 1999, and
later emulated on the PlayStation Network. Unlike earlier games in the
series, which cast the player in the role of a god influencing loyal
followers, The Beginning took a radical departure from the earlier
games and placed the player in the role of a shaman, who directly leads
her tribe against opponents. Throughout the twenty-five missions of the
campaign, the player directs their tribe across a solar system,
dominating enemies and tapping new sources of magic, with the ultimate
goal of the shaman attaining godhood herself. Populous: The Beginning
was the first entry in the series to use true 3D graphics; Bullfrog
waited four years to develop the sequel to Populous II so that the
graphics technology could catch up to their vision for a new and
different game in the series. Populous: The Beginning plays very
different from earlier titles, and was welcomed to mixed reviews.
Reviewers positively noted the excellent graphics; complaints were
directed at the artificial intelligence and the inability of the game
to decide between being a real time strategy title or god game.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1710:
The Statute of Anne, the first fully-fledged law regulating copyright,
entered into force in Great Britain.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Anne>
1815:
Mount Tambora in Indonesia began one of the most violent volcanic
eruptions in recorded history, killing at least 71,000 people, and
affecting worldwide temperatures for the next two years.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tambora>
1868:
A British military expedition to Abyssinia culminated in a rout of
Ethiopians and the later suicide of Emperor Tewodros II.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1868_Expedition_to_Abyssinia>
1941:
World War II: The Independent State of Croatia was established, with
Ustaše leader Ante Pavelić as head of the puppet government of the
Axis powers.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ante_Paveli%C4%87>
2010:
A Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft carrying President of Poland Lech Kaczyński
and other Polish officials crashed while attempting to land in heavy
fog at Smolensk-North air base near Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 on
board.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Polish_Air_Force_Tu-154_crash>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
turtle (v):
1. To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down.
2. To turn and swim upside down.
3. To hunt in the water
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/turtle>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It was the wise all-seeing soul
Who counselled neither war nor peace:
"Only be thou thyself that
goal
In which the wars of time shall cease."
--George William Russell
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