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[Eel O'Brian]

direct download - http://media.libsyn.com/media/borecast/Borecast43.mp3

Borecast 43: We Are History

SEGMENT ONE: What if the Nazis had iPads?

Doug, Robert, and Kevin have a loose discussion about educational programming (with a particular focus on history), touching on school films, The History Channel, NPR, and our own favorite time periods. Also some (non-spoiler) discussion about the HBO series The Pacific.





(47:30) Doug reviews the iPad, as well as several iPad games/apps including Civ Revolution, Battle for Wesnoth, Galcon Fusion, and Geometry Wars HD, Knights of Phantom Castle, and Ghosts 'n' GOblins Gold Knights.

SEGMENT TWO: Games

(1:24:30) Beat Hazard

(1:28:40) Eschalon Book II

(1:40:45) Avernum 6

(1:51:30) Motorstorm: Arctic Edge

(1:54:45) Aliens vs. Predator

(1:59:00) Split Second Demo

Listener Comment (2:06:00) - The Madballs animated show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfu5qU13ylQ&feature=youtube_gdata

We'll talk to you again next week!

 

[Drinky Crow]

http://www.basiliskgames.com -- BUY ESCHALON BOOK 2

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Glorious day!

 

[Joseph Merrick]

eschalon book 2 :O~

 

[archnemesis]

Do I need to play Eschalon: Book I first or are they completely unrelated storywise?

 

[Joseph Merrick]

Do I need to play Eschalon: Book I first or are they completely unrelated storywise?

they are related, but you don't have to play 1

 

[BlueTsunami]

eschalon book 2 :O~

This x10000. As stated in the podcast it has such an Ultima feel to it. Can't wait to get it.

 

[Hitokage]

Once you get past the hell of names and dates that pre-collegiate schooling presents and into the why and how, history becomes infinitely more interesting. It's pretty much the largest and deepest novel ever conceived, and you happen to be at the end of it. There's always personal drama or class tension involved, and history classes just sterilize it.

I'm personally a total sucker for PBS documentaries and programming, even for completely random subjects. I once sat and watched an hour about the first transatlantic telegraph line. The problem is that I never bother to keep track of the schedule for my local PBS stations, so my discovery of these programs is whenever I get the whim to turn on the TV and find that something happens to be on.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Spartacus has hermaphrodites (episode 4)! Interest sustained for another five episodes. :O