![]() Tenchu 2 is a third-person, 3D action game set in the time of feudal Japan. Tenchu 2 by Activision is one of these games, but is it good? Leap 900 years forward in time and now we have video games named after these heroes/villains, and some darn good games at that. I mean…er…uh…what a terrible thing to have to do. Oh, to be an assassin in the 11th century. Assassins enjoyed an opulent life of many amenities, one of which included the use of hashish (from which their name is derived: hassasin – user of hashish. These assassins were promised paradise in exchange for dying in action. ![]() You know, kind of like the kid who takes his ball home when you don’t play the way he wants you to, except these kids will kill you and take the ball. ![]() In the 1000’s, an "assassin" was part of an elite cadre of Muslim fanatics that terrorized Christian Crusaders, Christian sympathizers, and any other group that they felt were a threat to the way of Allah and the Islam faith. Let me take you to class and school you on the history of this nefarious term. ![]() However the etymology of the word ‘assassin’ is shrouded in death and dope. Today’s youth, however, probably think of dark attired Japanese martial artists or modern day hitmen. Most people associate assassins with names like Martin Luther King, JFK, Julius Caesar and even Ronald Reagan (which reminds me, I obviously need a better sniper scope).
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