{"id":72721,"date":"2024-03-14T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/14\/assassins-creed-and-vanderpump-rules-are-bizarrely-connected\/"},"modified":"2024-03-14T13:22:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T13:22:33","slug":"assassins-creed-and-vanderpump-rules-are-bizarrely-connected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/14\/assassins-creed-and-vanderpump-rules-are-bizarrely-connected\/","title":{"rendered":"Murderer\u2019s Creed And Vanderpump Guidelines Are Bizarrely Related"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Murderer\u2019s Creed<\/em><\/span>, Ubisoft\u2019s long-running open-world RPG collection, and Vanderpump Guidelines<\/em><\/span>, Bravo\u2019s long-running actuality TV collection, are related\u2014sort of. It\u2019s uncommon that two of my largest, most disparate pursuits collide so spectacularly as this, however right here we’re, and it\u2019s all due to a person named Jax Taylor.<\/p>\n

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Taylor, one of many former stars of VPR <\/em>(he left\/was fired after season eight, relying upon who you ask) has been claiming for almost 15 years that the face on the Murderer\u2019s Creed I<\/em> field artwork <\/em>(or II<\/em>, relying upon who and if you ask) is predicated on his visage. Taylor, who was beforehand a mannequin, even lists it as one in every of his (unverified) credit on his outdated Mannequin Mayhem web page<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Earlier than we go any additional, it\u2019s vital to notice that Taylor has, traditionally, been thought-about to be, properly, um, a liar. As any VPR<\/em> fan is aware of, and as a 2019 Vulture<\/em><\/span> article identified, Taylor was accused of infidelity in back-to-back seasons and \u201ceach instances [he] satisfied each the present\u2019s behind-the-camera workers and his pals that he was wrongfully accused; each instances, he was caught red-handed because the season ended.\u201d Taylor was additionally tied up in a lie in season six, after he was caught dishonest on his future spouse (then-girlfriend) with one other co-star.<\/span> There are different lies you\u2019ll discover deep within the Bravo subreddits: that he was roommates with Channing Tatum, that he virtually bought a job working for the NHL, that he beloved the tea set Lisa Vanderpump gave him as a marriage present.<\/p>\n

However the actuality TV star doggedly insists that he’s, certainly, the face on the duvet artwork of an Murderer\u2019s Creed<\/em> recreation. He just lately doubled down on this declare at Lexington Comedian Con, which happened within the Kentucky metropolis over the March 7-10 weekend. Taylor and several other of his former and present castmates (he\u2019s starring in a brand new Vanderpump Guidelines<\/em> spinoff referred to as The Valley<\/em> alongside his maybe-future-ex-wife, Brittany Cartwright) had their very own tables on the conference, which have been adorned with photographs of their skilled appearances. On Taylor\u2019s desk: An image of the Murderer\u2019s Creed I <\/em>cowl artwork<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Is Jax Taylor the face of the Murderer\u2019s Creed<\/em> field cowl artwork?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Screenshot: Jax Taylor on X \/ Ubisoft<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Now, right here\u2019s the place issues get complicated. Taylor first claimed this online game connection again in 2012, when he posted \u201cMe on the duvet of assassins [sic] creed II\u201d on X (previously Twitter)<\/span>. The image accompanying the textual content actually appears like cowl artwork for an Xbox 360 recreation, however there are some notable discrepancies. First, the picture depicts Murderer\u2019s Creed I<\/em>, not II<\/em>, and second, that image doesn\u2019t seem to have ever been used for a bodily launch of the Ubisoft recreation. An intrepid reporter asked about this alleged cover art<\/a><\/span> again in 2022, and the replies solely unearthed extra questions: It seems that the picture Taylor posted is from a web site referred to as Customaniacs<\/span>, which, again within the Xbox 360 period, would share hi-res, downloadable, customized<\/em> items of field cowl artwork for folks to print out and slip into the plastic shells.<\/p>\n

On March 12, I reached out to Taylor\u2019s PR by way of e-mail, who initially confirmed that Taylor was \u201con the primary season\u201d of Murderer\u2019s Creed. <\/em>When pressed for clarification, the consultant confirmed that he was the mannequin for \u201cthe very first recreation\u201d and \u201csimply the field artwork.\u201d I thanked them for the clarification.<\/p>\n

An hour later, unprompted, Taylor\u2019s consultant emailed me a picture that solely made issues extra baffling: an image of the duvet of PlayStation: The Official Journal<\/em>\u2019s Vacation 2009 situation, which featured the publication\u2019s evaluate of Murderer\u2019s Creed II<\/em>. Sure, a evaluate of the sequel, not<\/em> the primary recreation like his consultant initially confirmed. So as to add extra layers to this confusion cake, the PlayStation <\/em>magazine cowl doesn’t depict the field artwork for any Murderer\u2019s Creed <\/em>recreation, however bespoke artwork. (Unrelated, however hilarious: the picture is clearly simply<\/em> the duvet torn off the journal, the remainder of which Taylor ostensibly threw out.)<\/p>\n

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Not lengthy after my dialog together with his PR particular person, Taylor posted an image of the PlayStation: The Official Journal <\/em>cowl that had been emailed to me to his Instagram story, with the caption \u201cFlashback to after I did the duvet artwork\/field artwork for #assassinscreed 2009.\u201d He tagged the Instagram accounts for Lexington Comedian Con and PlayStation.<\/p>\n

The factor is, a French-Canadian mannequin named Francisco Randez<\/span> has been broadly credited because the face of collection protagonists Desmond, Altair, and Ezio. Randez has finished interviews<\/span> about his position within the collection and has an IMDb credit score<\/span> for it. In a 2011 interview<\/span>, Murderer\u2019s Creed<\/em> devs focus on creating the digital likenesses of the character, referring to the \u201cgood-looking mannequin\u201d as a \u201cneighbor\u201d of the sport\u2019s producer in Montr\u00e9al\u2026although they’ve bother remembering his title and name him \u201cRafael.\u201d (It\u2019s across the 8:50 mark.) Is there multiple \u201cMurderer\u2019s Creed<\/em> man\u201d? Is Jax Taylor one in every of them? Is he none of them?<\/p>\n

I reached out to each Ubisoft and Francisco Randez. Ubisoft declined to remark, and Randez has but to reply.<\/p>\n

So, it\u2019s nonetheless unclear if Jax Taylor is, certainly, the face on the duvet for both Murderer\u2019s Creed I<\/em> or Murderer\u2019s Creed II<\/em>. As a VPR<\/em> fan, I\u2019m inclined to consider he\u2019s not, however what do you suppose?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n