Count me excited about a good pirate video game with Captain Edward Kenway at the helm.

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Hampshire notched up a competitive total thanks mainly to an unbeaten ton by Derek Kenway.

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Its authors, Hannah Aldridge, Peter Kenway and Tom MacInnes, used the latest official government data, including unemployment, education and health statistic.

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Kenway's the captain of a pirate vessel known as "The Jackdaw, " which promises a new twist in the AC series: open-world naval combat.

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Kenway scored an unbeaten 120, including 13 fours and a six, and was ably supported by Dimitri Mascarenhas, who hit a quickfire 50 not out.

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Smith added 28 runs before becoming a rare Grant Flower victim and Marillier despatched Nick Pothas for 16 before late fireworks by Kenway and Mascarenhas.

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Kenway and Will Kendall added 71 for the second wicket but then Ray Price and Sean Ervine took a wicket apiece in quick succession to leave Hampshire on 86-3.

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Because the main character, Connor Kenway, is of mixed heritage (half American Indian, half British), he also looked into the Native American culture from that time to help develop the character.

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AC4 also borrows from recent Ubisoft highlight Far Cry 3, with Kenway battling sharks below water while diving for booty (a takeoff on the hunting found in that game, as well as in the last AC entry).

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Peter Kenway, co-author of the report, said that the tax credits system was tackling the symptoms, not the root cause, of the issue that many people were not getting enough income despite doing many hours of work each week.

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