Ōkami is an action-adventure video game developed by Clover Studio and distributed by Capcom. It was released for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console in 2006 in Japan and North America, and 2007 in Europe and Australia. Despite the closure of Clover Studio a few months after the game's initial release in 2006, a version for Nintendo's Wii console was developed and produced by Ready at Dawn and Capcom, which was released in North America on April 15, 2008, and was released in Europe in June 2008. Set in an unspecified period of classical Japanese history, Ōkami combines several Japanese myths, legends and folklore to tell the story of how the land was saved from darkness by the Shinto sun goddess, named Amaterasu, who has taken the form of a white wolf. It features a distinct sumi-e-inspired cel-shaded visual style and the Celestial Brush, a gesture-system to perform miracles. Ōkami was one of the last few PlayStation 2 games selected for release prior to the release of the PlayStation 3. Although it suffered from poor sales, Ōkami earned high acclaim from reviewers and earned, among other awards, the title of IGN's 2006 Game of the Year. The Wii version has earned similar praise though the motion control scheme has received mixed reviews from both critics and gamers.

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1190:

The Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowned in the Saleph River in Anatolia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_I%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor

1719:

Jacobite risings: British forces defeated an alliance of Jacobites and Spaniards at the Battle of Glen Shiel in the Scottish Highlands. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Glen_Shiel

1829:

In rowing, Oxford defeated Cambridge in the first Boat Race held on the Thames in London. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boat_Race

1838:

More than twenty-five Australian Aborigines were massacred near Inverell, New South Wales. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myall_Creek_massacre

1964:

The Battle of Dong Xoai, one of the largest battles in the Vietnam War to date, began, with the Viet Cong eventually defeating the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dong_Xoai

2008:

War in Afghanistan: An airstrike by the United States resulted in the deaths of 11 paramilitary troops of the Pakistan Army Frontier Corps and 8 Taliban fighters in Pakistan's tribal areas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gora_Prai_airstrike

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horseshoe (n): 1. The U-shaped metallic shoe of a horse.

2. A U-shaped piece of metal used to play the game horseshoes. 3. The U shape of a horseshoe.

4. (bodybuilding, slang) A well-developed set of triceps brachii muscles http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/horseshoe

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