Until I played Assassin's Creed 2, I had only seen it in history books and official, true accounts. Now it's all over popular fiction. I don't want to say it's all due a video game, though. It may be due to zombie fiction pervading pop culture, which in turn is a play on our fears of climate change, biological warfare, resources running low and the sense that western civilization is on the verge of collapse.
Yeah, it's totally Assassin's Creed II's fault. I'm fine with it, though; as a medieval history buff and a bit of an idiot, I've always liked plague doctor costumes.
I'm a sucker for roguelikes.
It's cool that they are bringing one of the elements that made Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) so much fun, the idea of corruption. At least I think that's what they're doing.