Extra Credits

Geez, people only post Extra History episodes here instead of Extra Credits episodes xD

Wait, the guys of Extra History do things other than history? Like what, game talk? That would be crazy!

I guess it's because EH tells stories, which generate discussion better than game design.

Though I seem to recall I sought this thread out when I wanted to discuss the Simulation Sickness episode.

I've had Extra Play backlogged for weeks in my Feedly (I find using my RSS reader more convenient than Youtube subscriptions) and I finally finished catching up today. It feels so wrong for my Feedly to be completely empty.

Maybe I'll have to go back and watch the Bastion videos. I watched the first one and decided the game was too dull as a thing to watch devs talk over.

Extra History is continuing the history of Emperor Justinian. Except this is about the end of his glory days.

Well, that's an ominous cliffhanger.

And the new Extra History is up.

Holy crap, I can barely imagine just how scared the people must've been.

I thought that their description of cholera was one of the grimmest things they'd ever written...but then we get the Plague of Justinian. Just...damn.

Disease: the true villain of human history.

It's horror that defies adequate description.

And it is seldom accurately described... We gloss over Disease so much, more so even than famine.

The White Rider comes upon silent hooves.

The White Rider is Conquest. There's never really been a Pestilence, if I recall correctly.

Oh, I know, but I generally agree with the, "Steps too much on War's hooves," interpretation.

Besides, none but Death were ever explicitly named.

To be fair, the passage introducing the White Rider went something like this in translations:

"Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer."

Definitely more Conquest than Pestilence there. Besides, I always assumed that Conquest was more "Death for the purpose of victory" and War was more "Death for the sake of battle."

Why do you war, if not to claim some form of victory?

To kill people? For the thrill of battle, regardless if you win or lose?

I probably worded things badly in my previous post.

Anywho, the interpretation of the White Rider changed after the Black Plague, and I feel it's more appropriate.

I recall that the "Pestilence" interpretation came around the early 1900s or something (got to double-check that). Besides, since when does pestilence wear a crown? A conqueror is more fit for a crown and a bow.

A bonus episode of Extra History was released today. This episode talks about the Battle of Kursk.

edited 15th Feb '16 12:52:14 PM by dragonfire5000

And that, folks, is why on Hogans Heroes, transfer to the Eastern/Russian Front was a worse fate than a death sentence for the Nazi soldiers.

New Extra History.

The new Extra Credits episode will be talking about Suleiman of the Ottoman Empire.

That is an extremely poignant framing device.

I thought it was rather cliche.