Assassin's Creed 3: Lectured

Hey y'all, sorry this is getting out of my head WAY in the late, but here it is...

Corey May & AC3

Corey May is the President and co-founder of the company Sekretagent Productions and the main writer of the very popular video game series Assassin's Creed.  Graduating from Harvard University in 1999, May and a friend founded this company immediately after graduating from University of Southern California's Peter Stark Producing Program in 2001.  May has participated as lead writer for the first three Assassin's Creed games and has helped to write the other games (e.g. Brotherhood and Revelations). He has also co-written two Prince of Persia games and several other works, and has been a Producer or Executive Producer on two films.  (assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Corey_May)

Earlier this April, the students of SMCM were privileged to hold an audience with May, via Skype, after a brief walkthrough of the game Assassin's Creed 3 by a faculty member.   The majority of the story (though I have not played the game) is centered around the main character, Connor, who is a Native American boy that joins the Assassins during the period of the American Revolution (http://assassinscreed.ubi.com).  In discussing the historical accuracy of the game and the subject matter, May came out on top.  He mentioned that in order to be as realistic as possible in writing the game, he completed a full year worth of research to ensure adequate accuracy and content.  One piece that stood out to me was the role of Benjamin Franklin in the plot.  May mentioned that because Franklin was away in Europe negotiating terms with the French, his role in the plot of the Revolution was distant and so he was not very involved with homefront activities presented in the game. the game, he stated, was made for a general audience, that "followed the 30-seconds rule of Google," which is essentially that if one can find the information within 30-seconds of using Google search, the people looking at that information become the receiving audience.  Also to gain a better understanding of the times, coordinators worked with Native American tribes to portray a realistic and accurate character and environment.  May continued that the purpose of the game was to excite the players about he narrative and not necessarily be a history lesson.  This concept is also exhibited by a, hopefully, unbiased view of the Revolution by all parties involved.

Overall, I felt that the script for this game, from what I have been shown is both quality work and, for the most part, historically accurate.  I have played the AC series up to this game, and all of the games have been fantastic!  I just need to get around to playing this one.  Aesthetically, these games have very high quality graphics.  They push some limits with realism in the abilities of the characters but I don't hold it against them.  I think this is a great series that has a lot of potential and that the screenplay is of the best quality.  I look forward to seeing the games written by May and his colleagues in the future, as I believe AC 4 is about to be released!!!!!!!!!