Assassin’s Creed

The All Too Prescient Assassin in ‘Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate’

The All Too Prescient Assassin in ‘Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate’

The world has reached a point where clichéd cartoon depictions of authoritarianism as seen in Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate become pointed political commentary.

‘Assassin’s Creed – Syndicate’: Power Abhors a Vacuum

‘Assassin’s Creed – Syndicate’: Power Abhors a Vacuum

Assassin's Creed: Syndicate's politics are painted with broad strokes, but in these times of absurd politics, those broad strokes become pointed commentary.

Emerging from My Hiatus from Big Budget Games

Hold Down B to Run: On the Importance of Velocity to Video Games

The Best Detective Is an Assassin

‘Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate’ Is a Great Tour Guide

‘Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate’ Is a Great Tour Guide

Often enough in the Assassin's Creed series, it has been hard to appreciate its historical authenticity, since the gameplay is always pushing you away from the mundane up onto the rooftops.
‘Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate’ Finds a New, Still Elegant Way to Move

‘Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate’ Finds a New, Still Elegant Way to Move

The grappling hook introduces a new kind of artful movement to Assassin's Creed.

‘Assassin’s Creed’: The Comic Book

Ubisoft Understands the Art of the Climb

Ubisoft Understands the Art of the Climb

Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed and Grow Home epitomize the art of the climb.
“Footsteps in Movies” and Other Strange Notions about the Authenticity of Media

“Footsteps in Movies” and Other Strange Notions about the Authenticity of Media

Footsteps in movies never sound real. They shouldn't. after all, they're footsteps in movies.
Look at You, You Big Silly, Says ‘Assassin’s Creed 3’

Look at You, You Big Silly, Says ‘Assassin’s Creed 3’

Assassin's Creed 3 is an enormous, beautifully rendered sandbox game designed to kick sand in your face.
The Assassins’ Aristocracy

The Assassins’ Aristocracy

Assassin's Creed: Unity highlights the difficulty of influencing social change from the shadows.