Myst V: End of Ages is a 2005 adventure video game, developed by Cyan

Worlds, published by Ubisoft, and released for Macintosh and Windows PC

platforms. Directed by Rand Miller (pictured) it is the fifth

installment in the Myst series. Like in past entries, gameplay consists

of navigating worlds known as "Ages" via the use of special books and

items which act as portals. End of Ages replaces pre-rendered

environments used in past games with worlds rendered in real-time 3D

graphics, allowing easy navigation. It also includes an in-game camera.

Additionally, the faces of actors were digitally mapped onto three-

dimensional character models. End of Ages was positively received,

despite complaints such as lessened interactivity compared to previous

games and poorer graphics. After the game's release Cyan announced the

end of software development and the layoff of most of its staff, but was

able to rehire much of the development team a few weeks later.

(This article is part of a featured topic: Myst series.).

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Today's selected anniversaries:

1697:

The first of a series of treaties comprising the Peace of

Ryswick was signed between France and the Grand Alliance, ending the

Nine Years' War.

1870:

The Bersaglieri entered Rome through the Porta Pia, ending the

temporal power of the Pope and completing the unification of Italy.

1920:

Irish War of Independence: British auxiliary police officers

known as Black and Tans went on a rampage in Balbriggan, burning more

than fifty homes and businesses and killing two people.

1988:

British prime minister Margaret Thatcher gave a landmark speech

at the Belfry of Bruges, Belgium, against federalism in the European

Economic Community.

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Wiktionary's word of the day:

halfpenny:

1. (numismatics, historical, also attributive)

2. Senses chiefly with the plural form halfpennies.

3. (UK) A discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one

penny (old or new).

4. (by extension, Ireland, Scotland) A similar coin formerly used in

Ireland and Scotland.

5. Senses chiefly with the plural form halfpence.

6. (UK) An amount of money that the English (later British) coin was

worth.

7. (by extension, Ireland, Scotland) An amount of money that the Irish

or Scottish coin was worth.

8. (by extension)

9. (philately, historical) A postage stamp worth half of one penny.

10. (chiefly Australia, US, agriculture, archaic) A usually semicircular

earmark made in the ear of a livestock animal.

11. (obsolete, figurative) A small piece; a fragment.

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Wikiquote quote of the day:

  Anger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the

cruelest words.  

--Joyce Brothers

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