Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross are the hands that rock Thief: Deadly Shadows's cradle.

Thief: Deadly Shadows won our Fall 2015 Stealth Game poll, and we're glad it did. Not just because it gave us an excuse to talk about the Shalebridge Cradle for 30 minutes... but because it's a beloved series, and a kind of stealth game we haven't covered before. Garret's brand of first-person stealth led to games like Dishonored, which speaks to this series' credit... Even if Deadly Shadows overstays its welcome by about 5 hours.

LINKS OF NOTE:

• The Prophecy

• Styx: Master of Shadows

• So boring!

• Men Going Their Own Way

• Butcher Bay

• Mirror's Edge

• Breakdown

• That crime against human nature Gary was trying to remember

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