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Jack Slate and Shadow: The background
Ah, a man and his best friend. Nope, not cold beer, but a dog. And a dog that is almost the absolute crime-fighting embodiment of its hard-edged owner at that. But both Slate (man) and Shadow (dog) had to face considerable adversity before fate brought them together. Slate endured war as a Marine before joining up with the Grant City Police Department, while Shadow was trained to combat drug trafficking until being forced into illegal dog fighting by a no-good police captain. Long story short: Shadow runs away. Holes up with a load of junkies. Slate busts said junkies and finds Shadow. They go on a crime fighting spree. Form bond. Slate drafts Shadow to GCPD's K-9 division and the two of them get down to the business of cleaning up the criminal faeces soiling Grant City's streets like a six-legged poop scoop.
And the star of the show is?
Lupine-a-like Shadow may be able to press buttons, sniff out bombs and disarm criminals, but owing to a distinct lack of fingers he can't double-fist guns, fire grenade launchers or punch men hard in the head and then shoot them point blank in the face when they're on the deck. Slate can, of course, and he can also do it all while floating gracefully through the air in glorious bullet time slo-mo. This definitely makes no-nonsense copper Slate the master of this outfit. Of course, Shadow does have the advantage of being able to casually tongue his own doggy balls whenever he fancies, although we can't recall this enviable canine trait being featured in the game.
