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Pistol Shrimp Games
Pistol Shrimp Games is a Video game developer, video game studio created by Fred Ford (programmer), Fred Ford, Ken Ford (programmer), Ken Ford, Paul Reiche III, Paul Reiche and Dan Gerstein after leaving Toys for Bob in 2021. The company was started on April 5, 2022. History In 2017, Fred Ford, Paul Reiche, Ken Ford and Dan Gerstein decided to start developing ''Ghosts of the Precursors'', the sequel to ''The Ur-Quan Masters''. Due to disagreements between the trademark owner of ''Star Control'' and the ownership of the intellectual property within the games previously sold under the trademark, game development was halted. When a settlement was reached, development continued in the fall of 2020. The main goal of the company was the creation of ''Free Stars: Children of Infinity'', the sequel to the original ''Star Control'' game series. The development started in 2021, with the non-official creation of the company. They could not use the name ''Star Control'' for a sequel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpheidae
Alpheidae (also known as the snapping shrimp, pistol shrimp or alpheid shrimp) is a family (biology), family within the shrimp infraorder Caridea characterized by having asymmetrical claws, the larger of which is typically capable of producing a loud snapping sound. The family is diverse and worldwide in distribution, consisting of about 1,119 species within 38 or more genera. The two most prominent genera are ''Alpheus'' and ''Synalpheus'', with species numbering well over 330 and 160, respectively. Most snapping shrimp dig burrows and are common inhabitants of coral reefs, submerged seagrass flats, and oyster reefs. While most genera and species are found in tropical and temperate coastal and marine waters, ''Betaeus'' inhabits cold seas and ''Potamalpheops'' has a cosmopolitan distribution including being found in freshwater caves in Mexico. When in colonies, the snapping shrimp can interfere with sonar and Underwater acoustic communication, underwater communication. The shri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
