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Jailbreak: Source

Jailbreak: Source is a multiplayer team-based first-person action video game, developed as a total conversion modification on the Valve's proprietary Source engine. The game was in beta development stages before it was abandoned, with its first public release on 14 February 2007. 0.2 followed a week later as a patch. The third major public version was released two months later on April 21, 2007. The next release was made available just over a year later, on May 3, 2008 with the latest version (0.6) being released on 15 January 2010. The gamemode of Jailbreak has been a long-standing staple of the modding community, appearing in many different game engines over the last ten years. Originating as a Quake II modification developed by Team Reaction, the game has seen success on the GoldSrc engine, and more recently the Unreal Tournament 2003 Engine. Jailbreak: Source was well received by mod industry critics, being praised for its originality, graphical quality, amusing executions and team based gameplay. Upon the release of Jailbreak: Source 0.4, the game acquired approximately two million player minutes per month on the Steam content delivery system. The mod is freely available to anyone who has purchased a Source-based game, such as Half-Life 2 or Portal. The current status of this mod is unknown, as the official website is no longer available.

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Jailbreak: Source is a multiplayer team-based first-person action video game, developed as a total conversion modification on the Valve's proprietary Source engine. The game was in beta development stages before it was abandoned, with its first public release on 14 February 2007. 0.2 followed a week later as a patch. The third major public version was released two months later on April 21, 2007. The next release was made available just over a year later, on May 3, 2008 with the latest version (0.6) being released on 15 January 2010. The gamemode of Jailbreak has been a long-standing staple of the modding community, appearing in many different game engines over the last ten years. Originating as a Quake II modification developed by Team Reaction, the game has seen success on the GoldSrc engine, and more recently the Unreal Tournament 2003 Engine. Jailbreak: Source was well received by mod industry critics, being praised for its originality, graphical quality, amusing executions and team based gameplay. Upon the release of Jailbreak: Source 0.4, the game acquired approximately two million player minutes per month on the Steam content delivery system. The mod is freely available to anyone who has purchased a Source-based game, such as Half-Life 2 or Portal. The current status of this mod is unknown, as the official website is no longer available.

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  1. release date: 2007-04-21 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. release date: 2010-01-15 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  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 "2007-04-21". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the release date is "2010-01-15". 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?

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