Discover Age of Nations Episode 104: "A Day in the Country"

[DanQ]

Furthering the (re-)discovery of the machinima and live-action blended series Age of Nations (AoN), this week's focus is on Episode 104: "A Day in the Country". In addition to being able to download the episode in Windows Media (WMV) format from the course website, you can also stream it off of YouTube. Set in the Rise of Nations universe as the first Real-Time Strategy (RTS) machinima series and first for the game, AoN ran for one season of 14 episodes and ending with a featurette released in July 2007.

As described for the series' fourth episode:

A tragedy puts the Greek people on edge, leading to a sudden and surprising change in command.

A plan is then put into motion, but will this reaction spiral into an overreaction?

Afterwards, you can also stream the commentary on the episode or download directly if you prefer; first released in March 2006, it has been absent from public distribution for more than three years to today. From the now defunct game developer Big Huge Games co-founded by Civilization II and Alpha Centauri Lead Designer Brian Reynolds, RoN worked to incorporate Turn-Based Strategy (TBS) elements into an RTS environment.