Sometimes, a single narrative comes to dominate how we remember a year. So it is with 1776. This, as every history lover knows, was the date that the American colonies declared their independence, beg

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Crytek’s hack ‘n’ slash was a dud on launch, but now?

The sudden burst of gunshots shattered the relative calm of Lisbon’s Praça do Comércio, a beautiful plaza facing the Portuguese city’s harbour. King Carlos I, slumped in his open carriage, barely had

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