Animus

We also get a much clearer picture of protagonist Desmond Miles - the modern-day barkeep who can recall the memories of his ancestors and the centuries-old war between ideological factions via a device known as the Animus.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Chad Sapieha 2011

Desmond is the descendant of Ezio and Altaïr, and the Templars access genetic memories stored in his DNA via a machine called the Animus.

Ars Technica Ars Staff 2011

When strapped into a magical chair known as The Animus, Desmond can replay the memories of his ancestors for wonderfully convoluted reasons.

Destructoid 2009

In the original game, the Templars hooked Desmond up to a futuristic gadget known as the Animus and forced him to relive the deeds of a Crusade-era ancestor via "genetic memories."

Stars and Stripes 2009

In the original game, the Templars hooked Desmond up to a futuristic gadget known as the Animus and forced him to relive the deeds of a Crusade-era ancestor via "genetic memories."

Stars and Stripes 2009

The idea in the Assassin's Creed series is that you are really a captive descendant of Altair in the present day, and you are reliving genetic memories in a machine called the Animus, but according to Assassin's Creed II you don't go back to Altair to relive any more memories after the events of the first game, so Bloodlines doesn't make sense.

Eurogamer 2009

The idea in the Assassin's Creed series is that you are really a captive descendant of Altair in the present day, and you are reliving genetic memories in a machine called the Animus, but according to Assassin's Creed II you don't go back to Altair to relive any more memories after the events of the first game, so Bloodlines doesn't make sense.

Eurogamer 2009

So I tell Mr. Norton; who is about to edit Carlyle's Letters to Emerson, and whom I should not like to see going to his work with such an 'Animus' toward his

Letters of Edward FitzGerald to Fanny Kemble (1871-1883) Edward FitzGerald 1846

The game centers on the use of a machine named the "Animus", which allows the viewing of the protagonist's genetic memories of his ancestors.

EndrTimes 2010

Hong, also an Emmy Award winning animation art director and the author of the children's book "Animus," lives and works in Los Angeles.

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