Commentary | Kimberly Hassel, Akil Fletcher, and John G. Russell, Stranger Than Fiction?: Yasuke and the Assassin’s Creed: Shadows Controversy — Critical Asian Studies

Introduction “Nothing is true; everything is permitted.” — Assassin’s maxim, Assassin’s Creed On May 15th, 2024, video game publisher Ubisoft released the trailer for the anticipated next installment of the Assassin’s Creed (henceforth AC ) franchise on YouTube. The latest installment,

Commentary | Kimberly Hassel, Akil Fletcher, and John G. Russell, Stranger Than Fiction?: Yasuke and the Assassin’s Creed: Shadows Controversy Introduction “Nothing is true; everything is permitted.” — Assassin’s maxim, Assassin’s Creed On May 15th, 2024, video game publisher Ubisoft released the trailer for the anticipated next installment of the Assassin’s Creed (henceforth AC ) franchise on YouTube. The latest installment, titled Assassin’s Creed: Shadows (henceforth AC:S ), takes place in 16th-century Japan. The trailer for the game revealed two playable protagonists: Naoe, a female assass

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