Despite breaking my own heart in doing this, for the greater good AusGamers decided we'd cut up our Washington's Diary collector's item from the Assassin's Creed III Freedom Edition.

After reading concerns and queries across a number of forums and outlets in Internet land, we took it upon ourselves to not only capture video of the cutting of these special, secret pages in the book (which confused many who thought it was a manufacturing error), but to also scan the pages in question so you can see what you're going to get out it.

To get a better look, you're going to have to take the plunge yourself, but in all honesty, having looked at it and done the cutting ourselves, we think it's worth it if you want not only the most out of your special edition, but also the most out of the Assassin's Creed lore.

Watch the video embedded below, and check out all the pages further down.