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It’s one thing to turn a great founder of the United States into a maniacal super-villain, but quite another to have him pulling pistols and busting caps with the kind of aggressive swagger typically reserved for Tarantino characters. And yet, that’s the sight that greets you in the first of three episodes of Assassin’s Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington. While it’s a transformation that so very nearly crosses the line into the comical, Washington’s newfound dictatorship is an audacious and alluring concept.