I counted. The latest Assassin’s Creed III “Inside” special features seven billion different human beings. And also George Washington, who counts as one man, one myth, and one legend. It’s a fairly intimidating roster, to be sure, but the whole production is quite ably done. The topic at hand today is none other than exotically named half-Native-American main character Connor, and there’s actually some pretty good insight to be found here. Do games need development staffs large enough to eclipse the sun with a printout of their credits sequence? I’m not so sure. But I can certainly see some of the benefits.

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