Thief II: The Metal Age is a 2000 stealth game developed by Looking Glass Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. Like its predecessor Thief: The Dark Project, the game follows Garrett, a master thief who works in and around a steampunk metropolis called the City. The player assumes the role of Garrett as he unravels a conspiracy related to a new religious sect. In response to feedback from players of the original Thief, the developers placed a heavy focus on urban stealth in the sequel, and they minimized the use of monsters and maze-like levels. Looking Glass neared bankruptcy as the game was created, and the company was kept running by advances from Eidos. Thief II received positive reviews from critics and its initial sales were stronger than those of its predecessor, but the game's royalties were processed slowly, which compounded Looking Glass's financial troubles. As a result, the company closed in May 2000, with plans for Thief III canceled. The third game in the series, entitled Thief: Deadly Shadows, was developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos in 2004. Thief 2X: Shadows of the Metal Age, an expansion mod for Thief II, was released in 2005. (Full article...)
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The Half Dome is a granite dome in California's Yosemite National Park, whose summit at elevation 8,844 ft (2,696 m) is more than 4,700 ft (1,400 m) above the floor of Yosemite Valley. Known to the local Native Americans as "Tis-sa-ack", the dome was first summitted by George G. Anderson in October 1875. It is now widely ascended, with more than 50,000 people a year climbing the class 3 "Cable Route".
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