Early Access! Chapter 4: Vanquishing the Vandals
Added 2015-07-10 11:07:01 +0000 UTCHis rule restored, his city rebuilt... yet Justinian cannot rest. How can he call himself a Roman emperor when he doesn't control Rome?
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Good work not portraying the Vandals as the roman propaganda showed them, brutal barbarians and conquerors. As newer archeological finds showed, when the Vandals arrived in North Africa, they integrated into the populace very quickly, rather enjoying the roman culture than destroying it.
Hessi
2015-07-17 03:29:20 +0000 UTCThat'd be a really interesting conversation. I know there's evidence that he was already planning to rebuild the Hagia Sophia (you don't just start a project like that in 39 days - it'd take longer than that just to get the architectural plan, much elss the resources) so he certainly had lofty ambitions throughout his reign.
Extra History
2015-07-13 20:54:46 +0000 UTCWe've done a few here and there, but I think David had a couple of great game-related ideas to tie in this episodes and they worked really well, so we ran with it! Every so often, I suppose we ought to remind folks that we also talk about games. ;)
Extra History
2015-07-13 20:52:47 +0000 UTCDo you mean Belasarius marching with that British guy from last EH ... season? :D
Martin Ockovsky
2015-07-11 14:08:49 +0000 UTCIt seems like this episode includes more gaming metaphors than previous ones, especially toward the middle (starting with the Konami code, continuing with the achievement, the conquering progress bar). Am I just not remembering this sort of imagery in other videos, or is this intentional? If so, keep it up! The metaphors work well in communicating with your target audience and, at least in my case, make me feel awesome because I get the references.
Luna
2015-07-11 13:38:03 +0000 UTC::whistles innocently::
Extra History
2015-07-11 09:27:29 +0000 UTCI know, I'm so excited!
Colin
2015-07-11 03:59:47 +0000 UTCLast time I wondered what would happen if he was able to prevent the riots. Now I wonder if the riots were prevented, would it have pushed him to retake the West? Was there something about seeing his city nearly get destroyed that drove him in later conquests?
Jason Youngberg
2015-07-11 03:15:00 +0000 UTCDamnit, EC crew! Quit building me up just to make me sad for the hero's defeat! ...Unless you're gonna kick Blunt some more, then totally do it :P
The Cayute
2015-07-11 02:31:39 +0000 UTCThanks for the kind words! Did you catch the little easter egg David slipped in near the end?
Extra History
2015-07-11 01:40:40 +0000 UTCWell, he sort of does but... it doesn't last long. :\
Extra History
2015-07-11 01:39:40 +0000 UTCIt was great to see Belisarius get another chance to shine!
Extra History
2015-07-11 01:39:11 +0000 UTCWe've got two more (animated) episodes left for you!
Extra History
2015-07-11 01:38:42 +0000 UTCMakes you wonder how different Western civilization would be if Justinian had succeeded in his campaign to unite the former empire.
Michael Jebbett
2015-07-10 21:53:34 +0000 UTC<3 Not just the way you tell the story, but also the drawings :D I laughed a lot:D Great work, thank you very muchest! <3
Martin Ockovsky
2015-07-10 19:59:48 +0000 UTCNice episode dude! Looking forward to the next one.
Nicholas Russell
2015-07-10 14:02:19 +0000 UTCWonderful! I've been looking forward to this all week!
Colin
2015-07-10 12:02:40 +0000 UTCWe'll be fixing the thumbnail's backwards letters before it goes live, don't worry. ;)
Extra History
2015-07-10 11:15:33 +0000 UTC
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