Worlds and published by Ubisoft. Released in November 2003, the title
is the fourth game in the Myst canon. Departing from previous games of
the franchise, Uru takes place in the modern era and allows players to
customize their onscreen avatars. Players use their avatars to explore
the abandoned city of an ancient race known as the D'ni, uncover story
clues and solve puzzles. Uru took five years and $12 million to
complete. It was initially conceived as a multiplayer game, but the
multiplayer component was delayed and eventually canceled, although an
online version (Myst Online: Uru Live) was available in 2007 and 2008.
Uru was not as well received as previous Myst titles. Critics admired
the visuals and new features of the game but criticized the lack of
multiplayer in the retail version and clunky controls. Uru sold poorly,
while the first three games had sold millions of copies each. The game
was a critical and commercial disappointment for Cyan, causing the
company financial troubles; nevertheless, it has attracted a cult
following.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uru:_Ages_Beyond_Myst>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1386:
Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur captured and sacked the Georgian
capital of Tbilisi, forcing King Bagrat V to convert to Islam.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timur%27s_invasions_of_Georgia>
1918:
Polish troops and civilians began a three-day pogrom against
Jews and Ukrainian Christians in Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lw%C3%B3w_pogrom_(1918)>
1962:
The Sino-Indian War ended after the Chinese People's Liberation
Army declared a unilateral ceasefire and withdrew to the prewar Line of
Actual Control, returning all the territory they had captured during the
conflict.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Indian_War>
1996:
A propane explosion at the Humberto Vidal shoe store in Río
Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, killed 33 people and wounded 69 others
when the building collapsed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberto_Vidal_explosion>
2006:
Lebanese politician Pierre Amine Gemayel (pictured), a vocal
critic of Syria's military presence in and political domination of
Lebanon, was assassinated in Jdeideh.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Amine_Gemayel>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
yana:
(Buddhism) Any of the three modes or methods of Buddhist spiritual
practice; Mahayana, Hinayana and Vajrayana.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yana>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Wherever we are, God's in that moment, God's speaking to us, and
if we've just got our ears open and our antennas up, there's no lack of
inspiration. He's not silent. We just have to be listening.
--Steven Curtis Chapman
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Steven_Curtis_Chapman>
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