@“treefroggy”#p34682 ooh I’ll check out this video. I studied a bit about Buddhism a couple years ago and I definitely see the themes in the souls games. Obviously I didn’t engage with that at all, although it would be really interesting.
@“CidNight”#p34685 if you learn to stop feeling pain when you loose 100k souls, you’ve mastered zen buddhism
@“treefroggy”#p34706 I’m there! One time I lost 1.2 million souls. It was on NG++ on a platinum run of dark souls 3 while I was trying to do PVP to collect some item or other that I needed. Proof of a concord kept? Probably. And I died twice in a row in summons and forgot to go to my bloodstain in between. Oh well.
Only update for today is I started a twitter for the channel, which can be found here:
https://twitter.com/ArchaeologyGame
@“CidNight”#p34539 I just finally got myself organised enough to sit down and watch this latest episode, nice work again.
@“rejj”#p34808 Thank you!
I shared an advanced copy of this last night elsewhere on the forums, but this is now public on my youtube channel. This is not a typical episode, instead it's the first half of an essay I wrote for Insert Credit months ago. It's about relationships, loss, and memory and it is crushingly sad, so ummm - warning! It's also about video games too. The second half should be up later this week.
New episode is live!
This episode took around 5 times longer to produce than any of my previous videos (despite being slightly shorter). I think it's quite a bit more professional as a result. Please share with anyone you think would be interested!
https://youtu.be/M5GX1h_NxPg
@“fridgeboy”#p38022 Excellent, as always.
The partner of a close friend of mine works as an archeologist specialising in indigenous sites here in Australia. While they are not interested in video games in any way, I‘ll still pass this on as I’m keen to hear their thoughts in general.
Also, I notice you had those talks with your department and/or wider institution -- and got the all clear. Nice!
@“rejj”#p38027 Excellent! yes please do share it. I‘m going to start spreading this around the academic community best I can pretty soon, so it’s not like this needs to be exclusive to just video game nerds like us.
And yep! Got the okay from the university to present who I am. Hopefully that doesn't get weird.
Anywho if you haven’t yet, watch the new video!
@“fridgeboy”#446 topical, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-24/mungo-man-burials-lake-mungo-divides-aboriginal-community/100320344
@“rejj”#p38483 ohhh I use Mungo Man as a case study in class (as well as Kennewick Man) - always great to have updates to share with these decades long debates
Hey everyone, there is a new episode up today! This took me a long time to make so I apologize for the delay. I use the uncharted series to talk about some basic archaeological method. A great intro to the science if you don’t know much about archaeology!
https://youtu.be/9cxp3CZWkUI
enjoyed the episode quite a bit. A little bummed to learn that the archeological method by its nature destroys a substantial part of the site. Does that fact inform decisions about whether to excavate at all? For instance if a location seems unlikely to yield really novel information, do archeologists take a pass on that one?
@“yeso”#p41270 this is a great question. It does inform decision making in a couple ways. First, the ethical standards tends towards not excavating unless it will lead to substantial new knowledge, and/or the site will be imminently destroyed. Most archaeology in the US is done because of this second factor. Basically private archaeology firms exist to do analysis in areas before they are disturbed for the building of infrastructure. When it comes to academic archaeology the ethics actually get trickier. Generally speaking, unless you’re on totally private property, we need to get permits to do excavations - and theoretically the permitting authorities (usually a state’s SHPO (state historic preservation office(r) or the THPO or Tribal…) control to make sure archaeology is done when appropriate and with rigorous standardized method. It doesn’t always go this way, but there is an expectation of ethical practice within the science. This is, frankly, the most important distinction between archaeologist and “treasure hunters”
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@“fridgeboy”#p41279 treasure hunters
are these real??
@“fridgeboy”#p41503 I haven‘t mentioned it yet, but I’ve been really enjoying your videos, and this one was interesting among your other ones as well! I think let's plays can be a great vehicle for more detailed, yet approachable discussion about things that a structured video essay may not deem imoprtant enough to include. An example that comes to mind is this playthrough of Deae Tonosama Appare Ichiban, where the leisurely pace allows the commentator to discuss the cultural references thoroughly and casually, without any pressure to have much of a “point” about anything. Great idea for a companion piece to your more “serious” stuff!