huge props to the writers on Breath of the Wild for taking the incomprehensibly dense lore of the Zelda series and actually using it to assemble a Hyrule that both makes sense and is Extremely Cool to learn about.
2021-11-19 16:06:00 +0000 UTC View Post
A new series! Kind of? in the same vein as the colosseum video and the neoclassical architecture video, I have finally found an appropriate title for "BLUE TALKS ABOUT OLD BUILDING STUFF"
And so, for your enjoyment: Antique Antics!
I hope you like it! :)
This video is a special wedding-related video, with a topic as ch...
2021-11-05 15:06:00 +0000 UTC View Post
A classic we've somehow avoided… touching on until now!
2021-10-22 15:01:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Indigenous People's Day! This video comes slightly belated from the holiday on monday, but with a friday upload schedule what can ya do?
I hope you enjoy this video :)
-Blue
2021-10-15 15:05:00 +0000 UTC View Post
how many times can Red air her grievances over the questionable writing decisions of the MCU? at least once more, as always
2021-10-08 15:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This topic was requested by patron Salvatore Corasaniti! Thank you :)
-B
Any folktale that begins with "so here's the formulas for relativistic time dilation" is probably not going to be a good time for any of the characters involved
2021-09-24 15:01:07 +0000 UTC View PostLEAF TIME. SPOOKINESS ON THE HORIZON. IT'S FAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!
Another new month means it's time for another update on what's happening over here at OSP.
As we mentioned in the last seasonal update, summer was a bit of a slow season for us. We kept up with the Friday video-uploads ...
2021-09-21 17:16:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi gang, sorry for the lack of a monday preview post, this video took a little longer to finalize than I anticipated, and the monday morning post totally slipped my mind in the process.
In any case, here's a look into one of my favorite figures from medieval history, Maimonides!
-B
2021-09-17 15:06:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I had a lot of notes left over from the Britain video, so... tadahhhhh
-B
2021-09-03 15:06:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The official founding myth (according to Athens)!
2021-08-27 15:01:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh boy! A very chill and uncontroversial trope!
2021-08-13 15:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Netflix's Castlevania is absolutely fantastic, we've said that much before. But Dracula's character is a huge part of why. On this Detail Diatribe, we break down his best scene in the show.
This video was part of the One Villainous Scene collaboration! Check the playlist in the video description to see other videos by our fellow Y...
2021-08-04 16:06:00 +0000 UTC View Post
A Chinese myth celebrated during the Qixi festival!
2021-07-30 15:01:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I originally wanted this video to be on the shorter side, but when I realized I probably needed to conclude this narrative with a breakdown of Diocletian and why his reforms Actually Worked Kind Of, we found ourselves right back at the 10-12 minute runtime.
Such is life.
-B
2021-07-23 15:05:00 +0000 UTC View Post
If there's anything we ever get you to do, please read an Aristophanes play. Or for the best roman equivalent, just watch "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum".
-B
2021-07-09 15:05:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Aristophanes! The Ancient Athenian Comic playwright. It'll be a party.
I'm using an image of a performance one of his plays because otherwise this would be twice in a row that I'm showing the Athens map.
In the meantime, tag yourself — I'm Confused Ibis on the left.
-B
2021-07-05 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
That's a pretty strong contender for the first-place prize of Names To Run Away From Really Fast
2021-07-02 15:06:00 +0000 UTC View Post
You're not seeing double, I promise.
I heard your feedback on the pilot run of #City Minutes, and we're adjusting to something that I think (or at least hope) you'll really enjoy.
Instead of one city getting a minute in isolation, we're grouping them together to better look at networks of history and bring in perspectives from ...
2021-06-25 15:05:59 +0000 UTC View PostHey team,
It's (slightly past) the first day of summer, which means it's time for an update on what's new and upcoming for OSP. TL;DR: Not much is changing for the summer, because we're really trying to go easy on ourselves. More Detail Diatribes on the way, and more of the rebooted City Minutes.
This &nbs...
Hi all,
Today is the first day of summer, which normally means its time for a summer seasonal update to get you up to speed with what's new and next for OSP.
That will unfortunately have to wait until Friday. Not to get too far into it, but the past few weeks IRL have been extremely non-conducive to work, so it'll unfortunat...
2021-06-21 12:35:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to Skemono for requesting this one!
2021-06-18 15:01:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hope you're ready for forty minutes of context!
Sorry about the lack of B-roll, this was a claim nightmare and the video took like over an hour to re-export every time so this was the much less painless option. If you're curious about the scenes we describe - watch the show! It's good!
2021-06-11 15:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I got the idea for this literally 20 minutes ago, so I whipped these bad boys up. Just some classic "Blue History Icons" but done up as the LGBTA flags.
They look super rad, but I have no idea what to do with them. So until I think of something good, here seemed like the best place to put them for now.
So enjoy them, download them, p...
2021-06-10 02:09:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to dragons for requesting this one!
2021-06-04 15:06:00 +0000 UTC View Post
