Discover Age of Nations Episode 112: "Difficult Choices"

[DanQ]

Furthering the (re-)discovery of the machinima and live-action blended series Age of Nations (AoN), this week's focus is on Episode 112: "Difficult Choices". 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' twelfth episode:

Facing a full invasion, civil and military leaders in Greece are fracturing further. A sense of regionalism is now spreading amongst the populace.

Two familiar faces make their return in the process: one set to help unite the country from the outside, and the other sure to divide it further from within.

Afterwards, you can also stream the commentary on the episode or download directly if you prefer; recorded and produced more than five years ago, this is the first time it has been made publicly available. 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.