A couple of days
ago I ran into a Youtube channel called Lindybeige.
The
owner is a historical re-enactor, live role player, gamer etc. The
thing I find most fascinating about his channel is the experiments he
does with armor, weapons and amongst other things, torches.
As
it turns out, media such as TV, movies and games have lied to us for
years. Take torches as an example. A medieval torch was most likely
made from pitch. If you set fire to pitch the first thing you're
going to notice is the smoke, and there's going to be a lot of it.
Outside that's not much of a problem, but if you're inside, or even
worse, under ground, you're not going to have to worry about orcs,
smoke inhalation is going to get you first.
He
also demonstrates what drawing a sword sounds like (it's not a
metallic schiing sound), how wearing a full helmet affects your
vision and hearing and many other things.
So
if you, like me, find stuff like that interesting, go check it out.
The link is up above, and I'll ad a sample below.
I'm
a bit rushed today, so you'll have to settle for this. If you do go
to the channel, you'll be busy as well.
Until
next time, have an interesting week!
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