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Cube Escape

Cube Escape and Rusty Lake are a series of surrealistic escape room or point and click puzzle video games developed by Dutch indie game developers Rusty Lake. Cube Escape games largely focus on the life and death of Laura Vanderboom, who serves as the protagonist for the first two entries, Seasons and The Lake. Other games in the series feature different protagonists, such as Vincent Van Gogh, a parrot named Harvey, and a detective, Dale Vandermeer, who is investigating Laura's death. Rusty Lake series, set in the same universe as Cube Escape, tells about the earlier events, such as the story of Eilander and Vanderboom families. Both series share similar setting and atmosphere, and are heavily inspired by Twin Peaks. As of June 2021, there have been ten mainline games released in the series, the tenth being complemented by a limited edition of the Cube Escape: Paradox comic book, illustrated by Lau Kwong Shing. In addition, Cube Escape Collection, a collection of the first nine Cube Escape games, was released on Steam in October 2020 in advance of the deprecation of Adobe Flash. Rusty Lake series that tells about Laura Vanderboom's ancestry includes four paid games: Rusty Lake Hotel, Roots, Paradise and Servant of the Lake.…

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Cube Escape and Rusty Lake are a series of surrealistic escape room or point and click puzzle video games developed by Dutch indie game developers Rusty Lake. Cube Escape games largely focus on the life and death of Laura Vanderboom, who serves as the protagonist for the first two entries, Seasons and The Lake. Other games in the series feature different protagonists, such as Vincent Van Gogh, a parrot named Harvey, and a detective, Dale Vandermeer, who is investigating Laura's death. Rusty Lake series, set in the same universe as Cube Escape, tells about the earlier events, such as the story of Eilander and Vanderboom families. Both series share similar setting and atmosphere, and are heavily inspired by Twin Peaks. As of June 2021, there have been ten mainline games released in the series, the tenth being complemented by a limited edition of the Cube Escape: Paradox comic book, illustrated by Lau Kwong Shing. In addition, Cube Escape Collection, a collection of the first nine Cube Escape games, was released on Steam in October 2020 in advance of the deprecation of Adobe Flash. Rusty Lake series that tells about Laura Vanderboom's ancestry includes four paid games: Rusty Lake Hotel, Roots, Paradise and Servant of the Lake.…

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  1. release date: 2020 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. release date: 2016 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "2020". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the release date is "2016". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372797311

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