Nuclear Fruit: How the Cold War Shaped Video Games

[@andriypredmyrskyy7791]

damn, what a tagline. "Video games: an unintended harvest ; a nuclear fruit"

[@dinamosflams]

Probably the best conclusion I have ever seen

[@KingThrillgore]

I remained shocked Netflix hasn't just handed Ahoy a blank check to produce a series about anything.

[@ladyathenaofowls]

KingThrillgore I just wish he could upload more often

[@casualtaco2154]

ThRiVe quality over quantity.

[@THeCOMENTOR1243]

everyone tweet at netflix

[@morganv2969]

netfilx ruins everything it touches

[@chummyweevil3948]

@@morganv2969 true it even ruined my boss baby 😔

[@blackacidgaming5672]

"Think nuclear war is futile? Try fighting an abstract concept" This one line explains the war on terror, and its flaws better than anything.

[@highjumpstudios2384]

You know it.

[@malaizze]

*laughs in Antimemetics Division*

[@lapis3345]

time stamp?

[@caringancoystopitum4224]

@@lapis3345 1:01:20

[@manictiger]

The most futile thing in the universe, is to attempt to create a fair and happy society. Look at us, 11,000 years of civilization and not once have we solved homelessness, domestic abuse, crime, murder, suicide, depression... And worse, we seem to create these problems. Even now, your happiness only exists because toddlers are dying in some other country to make you your things.

[@jturner718]

I'm ashamed to admit that sometimes I queue up this video when I want to fall asleep. It's very interesting content wise, and when I'm wide awake your voice is engaging, but when I'm ready for bed it's near-Morgan Freeman levels of soothing. It's like you're telling me a bedtime story.

[@mr.h4ck3rm4n4]

I wish I could go to sleep to the voice of nuclear disaster, human error, destructive sociological manipulation, and apocalypses. lol jk you're right. Ahoy's voice is just so smooth.

[@geassmanleon]

its okay, i do the same thing with history channel's doc on the third reich. no idea why the worst atrocities of wwII lulls me to sleep but it does

[@JDweapon2]

I read it in Skeletors voice.

[@nicobeing]

Sedrosken I just woke up from my nap to comment the same thing. The voice somehow entered into my dreams and I was still following what he was saying while I grabbed shut eye.

[@f1r3hunt3rz5]

Same dude. Stu's voice has kind of a relaxing feel to it.

[@gustavgnoettgen]

WW2: "We found a strange box in their submarine. It's locked. Maybe it's a cryptographic device. I think I heard a cat inside, _but I'm not sure_ ..."

[@roylastname9367]

I must conclude a cat is and isn't inside until it is opened.

[@ardantop132na6]

And then; *Multiverse emerged.* In a universe, whether the cat is alive. Or left dead. *Schrodinger's cat*

[@spiced_rum]

i dont like this. i had this video recommended after watching a Schrodinger video, a youtube channel about a dude who does cool stuff with guns, this is a great coincidence and i dont like it

[@LiquaFusion]

"property of Erwin Schrödinger"

[@TheBfutgreg]

@@spiced_rum Synchronicity bro

[@secondpath5148]

"Nuclear weapons may be a currency of peace.... But what a terrible price." Chills.

[@ajeshkt1041]

I'd love to like this comment and ruin the 666 count... but should I ????

[@zestobou5820]

they gonna be teaching these quotes in future history classes

[@CaptainPriceONDATRAINFR100]

@@zestobou5820 actual gibberish

[@oliwilliams7866]

@@Irongaze86 mutually assured destruction exists. which is why nuclear war will only happen as a countries last dying struggle

[@lucidattf]

@@CaptainPriceONDATRAINFR100 it's sad that you never learned how to read

[@nathanwatson01]

Anyone else here watching this again because you need that sweet, sweet Ahoy hit but he hasn't uploaded recently?

[@smgeezus7186]

Exactly. At work on slow days or projects at home brings me back to the man of documentaries. Just watched GLOCK video and got deep into the Ahoy hole once again.

[@mitchkuhn2371]

Ahoy is my drug, and i need more iconic arms videos

[@ilovemobilegameads8898]

Ye

[@chuckmanson6092]

Yes

[@chernobylthing3932]

Yo, same

[@poloniumfist6059]

This deserves to be on Discovery or something, this deserves 1 billion views, not a few hundred thousand. This is my third time watching and it's floored me yet again. Speechless. Incredible.

[@RaptorMocha]

Polonium Fist, yeah its long enough too

[@shatley123]

TV has to make room for reality shows.

[@mastermike9000]

Agreed

[@ONEKONIG]

HE'S ALMOST AT 1 MILLLL

[@SeventyFourProductions]

but music videos have gotten one billion views. this guy really does deserve all the praise he is getting, actually, he deserves MORE praise than what he's getting, he's so good at making these commentaries, when i watch one, i end up spending hours on watching his other videos :P

[@Monody512]

I was watching this while playing Elite: Dangerous and did not expect to see it show up! Also the Borderlands games aren't post-apocalyptic. Pandora is just a hostile planet that a large convict work force was abandoned on. Less Fallout and more Australia.

[@blueyandicy]

Monody I think he knew that but just wanted to showcase some affects of potential nuclear effects.

[@chaselegoman]

So Borderlands is just Space Australia Simulator?

[@MattMcIrvin]

But the aesthetic was completely Mad Max. As I said, the backstory basically makes it a comedy Western: tales of violence and crudity on a frontier without civilization, in the aftermath of something like a gold rush. And, really, the Fallout games and the Mad Max movies are fundamentally Westerns too, just with different trappings.

[@samhenson8177]

Borderlands is the Ukraine

[@Darkjustifier]

that was more on the comment of "chaos" than anything else as no one can deny the chaos aspect of Borderlands.

[@edgarazaky8256]

We need more of ahoy and less of watchmojo

[@HockeyCrab]

We need more Ahoy and less of every other youtube channel

[@Lancynical]

That's just too much.

[@rednoob8954]

More of ahoy and less of those Paul brothers

[@jerrymartin7019]

Team paul vs "I dont taze dead animals"

[@cefxsd40m-29]

We need kurzegate and Ahoy

[@twosphere-e5f]

that moment when you realize you just watched 1 hour of video and have been tricked into learning

[@mr.morkai8430]

He's very skilled for that 😉👍

[@cougar2k720]

That's how u do learning right. Subtly educated.

[@joedurran3122]

You didn’t expect to learn something?

[@Hela03]

Those bastards tricked me

[@valletas]

We are always learning something man even if its a 10 min video of minecraft lets play you can still learn how to play the game

[@MatheusPratta]

"A power so compelling even Ghandi himself might not resist."- The Spiffin Brit likes this

[@AleK0451]

@ no but he likes it

[@gavinriley5232]

@ The spiffing Brit has played the game civilization where Ghandi is the most violent player.

[@mjkrh]

It's Gandhi you guys.... Uhhhhhh yeah yeah.........

[@OverseerMoti]

Underflow intensifies

[@TheJacklikesvideos]

@@OverseerMoti it's still called an overflow even when it flows under the bottom.

[@Raygun222]

He has the perfect voice for a commentator.

[@MrImachickenlol]

no better don't place his quality with the shit of leafy or pyro

[@elaxter]

??? Commentators just commentate, which is literally what Ahoy has done with his series on individual game series.

[@veid1572]

grab a dictionary, sit down, and expand your knowledge pass the second grade.

[@Raygun222]

+fukin savage what?

[@veid1572]

Shell Shock meant to reply to Step One but due to youtube's abysmal comment system it didn't go through

[@ImTabe]

Did I just watch the entire series again? I regret nothing.

[@captinobvious4705]

+Im Tabe me to

[@jak151d]

we should message netflix and bbc to see if they will add this documentary to their service/channel.

[@InDmand]

+Im Tabe just realized about 7 mins in when i confused da ja vu with actually remembering it

[@mercury5003]

+jak151d i agree. id definitely watch stu on television.

[@Superokiko]

7 years later, and this is still my favorite documentary Ahoy has produced. And the other documentaries prove to be quite a challenge to this one.

[@iconofsin1043]

As a huge doom fan, I have watched that one like 20 times, but this is my second fav.

[@BenjaminSherwood]

“His death, a tragedy. His treatment, an embarrassment.” Thank you for this line.

[@ummmhelp]

what was that quote talking about?

[@pubfries5562]

@@ummmhelp Alan Turing was gay. After the collapse of the German war machine, he was renounced by the British government and persecuted for his sexuality. If I remember correctly, he was forced to undergo "homosexuality reversal" treatments that reduced him to a fraction of the person he used to be, and ultimately killed him.

[@ummmhelp]

@@pubfries5562 well didn't expect that answer I thought people were more civilised

[@pubfries5562]

@@ummmhelp There's always something going on in a country that's shameful. Always has been, always will be.

[@blueyandicy]

@@pubfries5562 woah, lot of people watching this video a year later lol. Alan Turing really deserved better.

[@elijahgilbert9579]

"If knowledge is power, then technology is its weapon." - Ahoy (2016)

[@zaktripper4908]

If every ten year old on the planet had a birth-right to a general understanding of the periodic tables & how elements are understood to interact with one another, wherein every 15 year old theoretically could author their own personal version of the anarchist’s cookbook, as well as the end of federally suppressed innovations, could offer great promise to a future potential for human homeostasis.

[@koraptd6085]

@@zaktripper4908 you joking? Technological advancement in anarchist society? You can't be serious lol

[@argyrendehringterimksaccu174]

@@koraptd6085 duality hes a failed fitness chan that spite frank yang or just didnt know about hawking radiation and melodysheep

[@michaelcrockis7679]

"And if you thought a nuclear war is futile, try fighting an abstract concept." British humor at its best! Brilliant!

[@sumirunihon]

you are definitely british

[@calebwarren5841]

Give this man a TV show

[@Luka_3D]

No, cause they would censore the shit out of him for promoting video games

[@vulcanoctusal-abass9824]

Unfortunately

[@DyoKasparov]

𝕍𝕀𝔻𝔼𝕆𝔾𝔸𝕄𝔼𝕊 𝔹𝔸𝔻

[@Jack-sy6di]

Sorry, what's "tee vee"?

[@Floral_Green]

No they wouldn’t, you imbecile. It’s not the 80s anymore, there’s no screeching cat-ladies out after your precious video games, edgelord.

[@underwhelmingasmr5004]

I love his job with the editing

[@underwhelmingasmr5004]

+• S1M0N • it's all the nuclear fruit videos he has done together in one

[@Grunge_Cycling]

+RIFT Gromptastic He's a pro graphics artist!

[@underwhelmingasmr5004]

+broccollin well since the production value is out the roof, he has a pregnant wife, and he's probably a busy man, yes, he's probably short on time to make these videos

[@poloniumfist6059]

+RIFT Gromptastic My favorite thing he did was the transition with the Metro gas mask wipe

[@chrisjensen1348]

+Polonium Fist yeah I liked that one too

[@baneofthespliff]

This dude just gave me a cold war history lesson under the guise of a videogame documentary. They need this shit in schools Subscribed

[@stokedgentleman]

Exactly.

[@patrickkanne]

A one hour video without commercials...? Really? You're a saint man!

[@baileyuniacke8130]

NOOOOO! You had to go and jinx it. 😡

[@dna9789]

I got 6 ads total , one at the start one at the end and 4 Inbetween

[@patrickkanne]

I'm sorry guys... I take full responsibility and will do what's necessary to make up for it... Sorry.... ~puts head into noose and kicks chair away~

[@stephenhale1250]

This is actually supposed to be in multiple pieces, hence the playlist. the ads are like a seamline cut between episodes in this hour log cluster.

[@dna9789]

Vasily Petrov if you use Adblock you deserve to get cancer unless you whitelist people you genuinely enjoy so you see their ads

[@yamaddie]

This is what youtube was made for.

[@louis-etiennemessier7623]

Heeeellllll yes!

[@ladyathenaofowls]

YAMI too bad he hardly uploads :((((

[@ExcaliburHeavyBattlecruiser]

@@ladyathenaofowls It's been a while, a looooong while now.

[@MM-vs2et]

Wasn't youtube made to like, share vacation home videos with your friends and family?

[@ummmhelp]

I beg to differ this content is amazing but youtube was really made for the every man to make something hundreds or thousands to watch

[@leejk3926]

Really cool how you mended Computer Science, Cold War and video games together in one video.

[@budakbaongsiah]

Cool, right? Even magazines rarely did this.

[@MatthewChristianMurray]

In his Polybius video, he merged video games with urban legends, pop culture, and political considerations. This guy is GOOD.

[@dareka9425]

Wow. In their usual episodic format they felt like the usual bite-sized KZbin videos. When edited together, however, they became a full blown documentary worthy of any TV equivalent.

[@Nosirrbro]

+Dare ka Yeah, it shocked me when I saw this video was over an hour. This deserves to be a paid experience god damnit!

[@Rensune]

+Nosirrbro You offering to package and ship?

[@Nosirrbro]

Rensune Digital downloads work fine.

[@gatitagiz2]

“This guy could make a banana sound dangerous” -random guy from KZbin comments

[@mysteriouscharacter2766]

"yellow with a pronounced arc, the banana has secrets within a slippery carapace, only the weapons known as the opposable thumbs are capable of precise dismemberment of its intuitive shell. Inside lies a fleshy fruit, with barely any taste and a lack of juice, truly unique among fruits. With only five to twelve tiny pips for seeds, the banana has an ominous nature. Artificially mutated by humans, the grotesque manufacturing of the banana has many twists that shifted it to it's current form. They used to have barely any flesh at all, with seeds the size of marbles. Now large and nutritious, the banana has been articulated to become mostly food for humans. Hundreds of years of research, pushing genetics to their evolutionary bounds, a marvel, the banana." - not ahoy, probably

[@dilajc785]

That was from the P90 Vid, right?

[@SqueakyNeb]

@@mysteriouscharacter2766 God damn dude that's next level 😂

[@valletas]

Ever heard of banana politics? because boy you are in for a surprise on how scary these things can be

[@dragonbenjimon]

Banana republics the US installed were willing to kill for them, so there's that.

[@Petyr682]

Man I'm really enjoying this video- beautifully written, designed and narrated. So glad I have an hour to myself to watch it now. 10/10

[@bunnymcbunnerson1334]

I think the marketing of Tetris was a good example of how westerners didn't really hate Russians, more curious than anything. I think deep down people are very much the same regardless of what their governments tell them. Power struggles always confuse our morals, wars are usually started by kings not peasants. I suppose what I'm saying is that we should not hate the people of a nation, maybe their politics are misguided, even evil, but people should always be given a chance to prove themselves worthy through actions. Lord knows my country of USA isn't totally innocent, But before you hate us all, know that at least I do not want violence or war with any nation's people. So, I don't want to kill North Koreans, Iranians, Russians, Iraqis, Afghanis or Somalis. And no I don't want to dictate to them how to run their countries or what they should or should not believe. I just want to see if I can still kick their asses in counterstrike, is that so much to ask?

[@nobodys_winds6580]

Amen.

[@NDMO2468]

Amen!

[@robinchesterfield42]

I remember hearing about the bread lines and all that in school, and suddenly I had this revelation: _I felt SORRY for the ordinary Russian people_ ! The U.S.S.R. was The Bad Guys, but...not _all_ of it. Just the LEADERS, mainly. The random citizens were...random citizens, just like us! Seems obvious in hindsight, but the thought blew me away as an elementary school kid...

[@justas423]

Just give every country a Nuke and tada! Suddenly no one wants to fight.

[@justas423]

@@robinchesterfield42 the leaders of countries are where the evil of a country comes from. They decide what is taught and how to use the resources. Everything else can be considered a byproduct.

[@nothing0287]

"A power so compelling, even Ghandi himself might not resist" :D awesome game

[@PS-nf3xw]

Its Gandhi btw, I bet you are figuratively speaking

[@ladyathenaofowls]

Sudarshan Pujari hey I have a question, do you like the word bamboozle?

[@buildawall5803]

Stupid glitch should have gotten patched in the 90s

[@stigrabbid589]

@@buildawall5803 It's Hilarious. Plus, it was a glitch that became so popular that it became a feature in later games.

[@saleplains]

@@PS-nf3xw ghahndhi

[@cola98765]

"Few such conflicts had flattering end for Americans." "Try fighting an abstract concept." "New theatre: Modern Warfare" (while showing CoD: Modern Warfare footage)

[@cking4869]

Human: It’s ok if AI become sentient, they’re stuck on computer screens Also Human: Makes almost literally everything digital

[@nerobernardino88]

Also Human: R o b o t t o

[@roberte2945]

Claymore Roomba!

[@NoReplyAsset]

well AI aren't gonna be used against humanity as a whole, they're gonna be used for the sake of oppression and war. they're a tool like any other.

[@sirdiesalot2975]

@@NoReplyAsset This is the exact kind of attitude that makes a truly sentient AI consider humanity as its greatest threat in every scenario and sci-fi story ever. "You're a tool like any other" is not what you say to a sentient thing to make it like you.

[@yoboikamil525]

what's a roomba gonna do against a shotgun?

[@panda-phat]

Such high consistently high quality content really should be more recognized. I've never been disappointed by an XboxAhoy video

[@Arbiter099]

6:14 Ahoy already knew what the oldest video game was

[@NDMO2468]

damn

[@blueyandicy]

Arbiter099 He bamboozled us all along

[@channel5980]

LOL I was about to comment that.

[@frogsshadow4189]

This looked like it could have been a tv show. Even the placement of the ads seemed like it was done on purpose.

[@picturethis8611]

robert schollmeyer they were

[@Texan.Insomniac]

robert schollmeyer Yeah it was originally a 5 part series, so the ads mark where a "episode" would end/begin

[@EpicZombiez2314]

so this is what you have been working on for 5 months? fookin awesome!

[@alexgreenie9786]

Yeah. But he wont be making more videos until (insert date i don't know) He's holding a pause or something

[@magmadak8069]

This is the first video I’ve seen by Ahoy, And d a m n This some how encapsulated me for the whole hour, and that’s hard to do for even five minutes lol You deserve wayyy more views and subs! Quality content

[@afrozen10-02]

Magmadak I highly suggest watching his other videos. The one he did on Polybius is jut as entertaining and informative.

[@magmadak8069]

Andrew Frost yes! I have that in my watch later list, I just haven’t had the time to watch it

[@omeiga]

hi fellow furry i know it’s been two years but i’m watching this again scrolling through the comments and i see you fellow furry i love you

[@MikeTheEntei]

This is now the "Furries who love Ahoy" thread. I get recommended his videos and I watch every time. UwU

[@Artyom751]

This is amazing! Thank you so much for not depicting the Soviet Union or Russia as a country full of backwards savages in this documentary and shredding lights on their achievements and contributions. Much appreciated. Did you know that the Soviet Union had it's own collection of arcade machines and video games? Elektronika BK and Agat (both 1984) were the first affordable Soviet home computers that had tons of games (a lot of western clones tho). You should look it up if you're interested.

[@Artyom751]

I agree on Stalin, on the rest I trust what I saw and my parents and grandparents told me about their live in the Soviet Union, which was 10x better than they have now. (Still not as awfull as in the 90s) I want to point out that their view of communism does not depict yours, or the view of other eastern europeans, which I believe also and I respect their opinion. I believe that live sucked in eastern europe under soviet rule, and I want to apologize for that, nothing more I can do as a Ukrainian livin in Russia. I believe that it's comparable to the US and Latin American countries, which were the backyard of the US, like Eastern Europe was the backyard of the USSR. In capitalist Latin America , live wasn't (and isn't for the most part) as good as in the US; the same thing was between USSR and Eastern Europe. We had it pretty good in the USSR, unlike most Eastern Europeans, which SUCKS, because Communism was about equallity, and they totally failed at that part! I don't want to offend anyone, I respect and love all of eastern europeans, hope the best for them, and just hope that we all can get along. Lately this 2nd cold war bullcrap is total bullcrap, Russia as well as the US are making big mistakes. I hope this stops soon.

[@colegilliam2379]

Artjom Pavlov See friend. It's good idea on paper communism is. Yet once you put it in place, people definitely aren't happy about it. Limited freedoms, more work as a doctor equals the exact same pay as someone picking apples. Can very easily make people unhappy. No free market and always controlled by government. Communism was trying to be about equality but Marx wasn't thinking right when he though it up.

[@Artyom751]

Garry Cole Maybe thats what you were told, but that's not what my friends and family experienced. Lets agree to disagree.

[@HaloFTW55]

Artjom Pavlov the best Soviet game is Tetris...

[@remembertotakeshowerspleas355]

+Artjom Pavlov The situation in Latin America is not comparable to what Soviet Russia did to eastern Europe at all. America is not at all responsible for what's happening south of its border. The reason most of Latin America suck is the fault of *it's own leaders* as well the rampant corruption and crime. Blaming the US for Latin America is like blaming China for the holocaust.

[@nothingbutsmol]

That transition you did with face mask wipe at 46:15 was quality

[@Riley_MDS]

Glad that I'm not the only one who notice that transition

[@sirzack0002]

It was truly beautiful

[@baconlord9062]

Absolutely brilliant

[@videocrowsnest5251]

*"We are going to have to act: If we want to live in a different world."* - Command and conquer: Tiberian Dawn, 1995 - OST: "Act on Instinct", Real time Strategy game. One of the most powerful sentences I have ever heard delivered in a games music track, immediately given to you as you start one of the two campaigns.

[@brazilbrazil5476]

nice, you played command and conquer series?

[@videocrowsnest5251]

@@brazilbrazil5476 Yes. One of my favorite game series.

[@mercenarygundam1487]

@@videocrowsnest5251 Might be late but sometimes I think CNC predicted the future.

[@videocrowsnest5251]

@@mercenarygundam1487 Well, thankfully so far no Tiberium, Brotherhood of Nod, intergalactic alien Visitor Empire invasions, or mind controlling psychics from Transylvania. Though things have otherwise gotten to be just a bit too dystopian round ere. I guess that means it would be time to act, if we want to live in a better world. Which is to say, start doing stuff to make things better for everyone/people taking better care of each other in general.

[@mercenarygundam1487]

@@videocrowsnest5251 Sad thing is that we got people like Putin, Trump, Xi Jing Ping, Kim Jong un, Fundamentalist and insane/extremist Far Right and Far Left from across the world who would rather live in their own deluded world rather than contribute and do stuff for a better world.

[@arsnakehert]

This is one of the best KZbin documentaries I've ever seen.

[@techtonik25]

46:20 Loved that subtle transition

[@jacobosaldarriaga3775]

thanks for pointing that out, its fucking amazing the detail and editing his videos

[@nachosNipples]

i read your comment like 10 minutes in then remembered it right when i saw it that was slick.

[@RichieLarpa]

16:43 God bless Ahoy for being professional and wrote Lajka in actual Cyrillic, instead of faux Cyrillic most of the memesters blindly support.

[@briggasnax8575]

1:07:14 "A Nuclear Fruit." *Clap* "BOI"

[@ummmhelp]

at that exact moment I wen't "oh thats what nuclear fruit means"

[@centurionzen1005]

@@ummmhelp title drop of the f****** decade.

[@Helperbot-2000]

@@centurionzen1005 and the grestest ending line ever

[@SwedishModding]

Stuart should be the editor and voice actor behind the "educational" videos you get to see at school. I'm sure many would agree on that you'd learn more from it.

[@armvex]

oh I wish we had.

[@mercury5003]

+Swedish Modding no, he should also direct them.

[@kazuma913]

ikr

[@nachosNipples]

that would be sick

[@GoldyFox675]

1:02:55 I was 100% expecting an ExpressVPN ad

[@BarcelPL]

All of your movies on youtube are extremaly well made, both in audio and video department. Kudos to you, sir.

[@vibri_]

"How can we make videogames great and more innovative again?" 'Simple, we just need another world war!'

[@chummyweevil3948]

@Comstar: Space AT&T 👏

[@honkhonk8009]

@Marginally Sapient Cactus Sturgeons law is an adage referring to the fact that 90% of everything is crap. Same with movies, same with youtube, same with books, same with videogames. Original ideas are hard to actually derive. Valve has the right idea with their business model with games. EA doesn't. Im sure companies are now realizing the importance of open source though. Almost every single google project is pretty much open sourced. Microsoft aims to make hardware open sourced. Tesla realized making their cars open sourced would be healthy for the ev industry. And now Ubisoft realized that being more community oriented in their game development and experimenting with games is the better business model, which you can actually see with their R6 development.

[@harambo88]

@They Live! Again. you dumb fuck, he wrote some good shit

[@TheMeanAdmin]

Almost there...

[@nebulawolf4285]

R/AgedLikeMilk

[@thenewking11997]

"But AI has no problems beating humans at chess, and War..." ...War never changes

[@TacticalRab]

Extraordinary video. BBC should buy it

[@moi-appetit]

yes

[@terminator6267]

+TheTacticalRabbit - AW Tactics & Strategies By all means....BBC should endorse these series. Stuart Brown does his narration well! If he had narrated a certain audiobook, I'd buy it!

[@alexgreenie9786]

+terminator6267 Yeah.

[@DJEylisium]

BBC can fuck off.

[@pacificocean7571]

i dont think bbc will appreciate iconic arms with londoners and all mate

[@Slayer_Jesse]

*slow clap* You could of aired that on TV and I wouldn't have know the difference. Bravo.

[@Cristieagle]

The sad reality is that he is better than some of the TV channels out there. And belieeeeve me, there ARE shit channels that are really popular out there.

[@HockeyCrab]

There are shit TV channels? Did you know that water is wet?

[@Cristieagle]

HockeyCrab Did I know lava is hot?

[@dootdoot6130]

+Christi Eagle did you know that explosives cause explosions?

[@HockeyCrab]

SanePizza l Did you know that flamethrowers throw flames?

[@matchesburn]

25:59 "We might have been born too early to explore the universe... but we can still dream..." [glance up at night sky, all the wonders I'll never know, finish my bourbon and pretend my allergies are getting to me...]

[@brianbaker6534]

One of the most underrated channels on youtube of all time. So interesting to watch all the way through and masterfully created.

[@louisgreenleaf235]

Man you should be directing films

[@alexgreenie9786]

Naaahh, more audiobooks

[@marcosdheleno]

+Teh Amazing Duck why not both?

[@alexgreenie9786]

Marcos Danilo Yeah ok! Sounds legit :D

[@captainmacmillan1752]

+Louis Greenleaf better, he should become a voice actor. Of course he should always voice the badass guy.

[@ihateminecraft8595]

+Bruno C Umm... Wut?

[@mundanest]

Pac-Man: Do you catch me? Clyde: Well yes, but actually no

[@OverseerMoti]

Imagine died by Clyde...

[@sneaks9150]

Imagine what else the brilliant Turing would have brought to this world. He like einstien and very few others were geniuses stuck out of time, too bad Turing was killed by homophobia. A great story of a true genius, cut short by something as irrelevant as sexual preference. Let that sink in.

[@DJstarrfish]

Technically he was killed by cyanide, homophobia just fucked with his hormones

[@Canleaf08]

​@@DJstarrfish There were laws in the 50s in the UK, mandated homophobia of the state. The UK government thought that giving synthetic estrogen would cure homosexuality....

[@Octave_Rolland]

We don't know for certain whether his death was a suicide, an accident or even an assassination.

[@Jack-nn6gn]

@@Octave_Rolland how do you accidentally eat cyanide on an apple

[@spacedog2535]

Jack Germick, it was a really good apple.

[@underwhelmingasmr5004]

I got to hand it to Ahoy, his editing was on point, and the script must be like 30 pages or so

[@patuszodi7532]

+RIFT Gromptastic There's so many little things to it. Did anyone notice the screen wipe... blended in with the actual screen wipe?? 46:21

[@underwhelmingasmr5004]

Patty Melt thats why he is my favorite editor on youtube

[@Texan.Insomniac]

He is the embodiment of good content, KZbin or otherwise

[@cheesemunki]

one of the best 1:08:03 I've had in a long time the delivery of every syllable in all of your videos is so impactful and deliberate, the information in each sentence meaningful for the sake of the next. and let's not forget about the subject matter!. thank you for the unprecedented genius you put into your work

[@Fr4ncM]

This is informative art... I don't know how else I could define it.

[@dormic123]

When describing the enigma I noticed that on screen ABCD was transcribed to AFMN, which to enigma could not do. That is to transcribe a letter to itself. This is a notable detail as it was a key flaw that the British used against it.

[@lynestrotheconqueror5010]

"Good guys shoot blue lasers, bad guys shoot red." Unless you're GI Joe or Cobra.

[@FreeOpenTruth]

Or Star Wars! The good guys shoot orange-ish red and the bad shoots green!

[@cosmiceyness]

or real life, everybody shoots grey

[@johnnytightlips6407]

@@FreeOpenTruth thats interesting because ww2 german tracers were green while the US had red tracers

[@FreeOpenTruth]

@@johnnytightlips6407 - Well when they were making Darth Vader's helmet, they designed it off of a German helmet and gas mask. Star Wars has a lot of WW2 influence. Hence, "Stormtroopers" being the bad guys also.

[@valeriyaaslanov3254]

@@FreeOpenTruth sturmtruppen

[@shortshotgunman5582]

Me: I need to stop watching this and sleep. Ahoy: I can't let you do that.

[@digitalcthulhu143]

Watch out for the bolsheviks bro

[@thealgerian3285]

"What? It's an hour long, sheesh I wish I had time" *An hour later* "Well, no point leaving the house now"

[@oXMadManXo]

What an awesome collection of words; "we might have been born too early to explore the universe, but we can still dream" Stuart Brown 2015 - Earth

[@UberNuber]

Ahoy, always upping the standards of video-game related media.

[@s_for_short2400]

GUYS, PLEASE CLICK THE ADS!!! AHOY DESERVES ATLEAST SOMETHING FOR HIS EFFORTS.

[@Crowald]

I've watched this video probably hundreds of times since it was uploaded 7 years ago and I still get chills at the end. "An unintended harvest-a nuclear fruit."

[@anderoo9260]

Born too late to explore earth born too early to explore galaxy born just in time to browse dank memes

[@condiegov]

excellent, dank,fresh,new meme my friend

[@anderoo9260]

condiegov It just becames danker as the time goes on.

[@thereorayshow]

+Listek22 Turer words were never said.

[@RandomAssaultPodcast]

+Listek22 what a time to be alive and ironically want to die

[@Greyspecies9999]

+Listek22 And Born right in time to have a Bad Time.

[@timurtheterrible4062]

Born too early to explore the universe, born too late to explore the seas, born just in time to browse dank memes

[@FakePerc30]

RIP Alan Turing. Your contributions changed the war and saved arguably the whole world itself with your contributions. Your people did you so terribly, may your soul rest in glory and in paradise, Mr. Turing.

[@jaredwillebeek-lemair5298]

53:45 you could call that game bird vs camel

[@randomboi5592]

and no one would argue with you.

[@cadeypie]

Jared Willebeek-LeMair byotiful

[@Texan.Insomniac]

Random Boi *I agree*

[@tylerkrueger5797]

Essentially a documentary about how wmds created a lot of the technology we think nothing of today. I love your stuff!

[@CarrotConsumer]

It's conjecture at best. A lot of this stuff has its roots before WMDs.

[@Matteous_YT]

Some of the absolute best you can find on KZbin - amazing work as always

[@nathaniel1207]

bro, the amount of work you put into your videos is legendary. for an hour of animated video and script it must've taken you months

[@swsephy]

I get why you upload these in parts but I much prefer it all as one video. Thanks for this, Stu. Great work as always.

[@elcar5468]

The Chinese board game known as Go has recently experienced the Chess AI treatment. AI has finally reached a point where it can consistantly beat pro players. AI have gotten so good at Go that new meta strategies have developed from observing their play styles. And Atari was named after one of the core moves in Go which really cements the idea of Go having a lot of significance on the improvement of AI

[@Jessie_Helms]

It’s literally a crime that this man isn’t a professional commentator.

[@tompantry9121]

Stuart is a genius, his videos keep me watching all the way to the end. Absolutely brilliant channel.

[@101Bettis]

This channel has to have some of the BEST produced, and polished content on KZbin. Honestly, nearly every aspect is impeccable. The writing, VO, it's delivery, pacing, theming, editing, imagery, subject matter, subtext... it's all A++. If you told me this was all done by one guy, I'd call you a lair... It's just TOO GOOD.

[@Lolwutfordawin]

very well made documentary, keep up the good work!

[@wandtpag]

25:09 Smooth af explaining the 4X games without actually naming them "4X Games" You, Sir, are a genius on writing, making journalism and presenting topics to a large audience. Edit: Also at 36:51 mentioning Ghandi using nuclear weapons in Civ due to a bug made me chuckle.

[@wrathandpoyson]

"Hacking is almost never depicted accurately" - the year Mr. Robot comes out

[@s.aladlord]

I don't think I'll watch the whole thing. (Proceeds to watch whole thing in one sitting)

[@ummmhelp]

who the hell put glue on my chair

[@ElfinaAshfield]

52:50 "technology was starting to make the complete control of information impossible" yet Chinese government is still gripping on it like this is 1967.

[@Argi1000]

This may be the best channel that ever appeared on youtube.

[@JoetheDilo1917]

In TF2, all the classes interviewed are on team RED, which implies that team BLU are the enemies.

[@vaiyt]

or that the devs like RED more

[@ummmhelp]

@@vaiyt exposed the tf2 devs are fucking commies

[@thatlittledude7731]

Canonically team red and team blu are actually comprised of specific mercs, i.e demo is canonically on blu and soldier is canonically on red. This is because what i am referring to as "canon" is the hard canon set by the comics whereas the meet the team videos are a kind of "soft canon". Not that anything in the TF2 universe makes any fucking sense anyway. Though one really cool fan theory does explain how the meet the team videos could make sense canonically web.archive.org/web/20160324023838/respawn.timdenee.com/

[@concept5631]

@@ummmhelp k.

[@Helperbot-2000]

@@thatlittledude7731 tf2 lore is really fucking great

[@huleyn135]

Your quality is well above and beyond that of most TV shows.

[@Darkjustifier]

I did not think I would be enthralled for the entire video, you had me glued to my seat. I am not educated in enough poetry to describe how grandiose of a video essay this entire work of art is, I enjoyed it immensely and I thank you for an hour well spent.

[@AncestralFruitcake]

2:00 and then they tortured Turing for being gay and he committed suicide as a result. Thanks Britain.

[@ASlickNamedPimpback]

AncestralFruitcake they forced him to take chemical treatments they didn’t hang him up and carve out chunks

[@Droply...]

Amazing! This must have taken you ages to complete. Truly wonderful work, I learned a ton.

[@krispinwah2784]

46:21 that fucking transition though! Good work, my man!

[@Sluggernaut]

Not sure if the tragedy of Turing was direct enough. Very tastefully done but I'm not sure if the message is received for people unfamiliar with the story.

[@BloodyDIMISIS55]

+Ben Miles whats the story???

[@Sluggernaut]

Essentially: He was gay. I guess fairly openly because the government knew and tried to give him pills that would "cure" his homosexuality. He committed suicide shortly after. Just found his wiki doesn't even mention it. Maybe that part is a myth but he was barred from working with the gov't and lost his security clearance after pleading guilty to having an "indecent relationship" with another man.

[@BloodyDIMISIS55]

Ben Miles yish sad and brutal.

[@josheehat]

+Ben Miles I get the significance of this story, but I don't see how it would have much to do with the topic of the video.

[@Sluggernaut]

He mentioned it in the first place. Not me.

[@DLTA64]

I like how the "megadeath" word was in the style of the Megadeth logo :)

[@Themetalwookie666]

J O K E R / ジョーカ / Well Dave did get the name from a pamphlet about mutually assured destruction.

[@elmarulian]

Watching this again in 2023, in the part that talks about AI makes me think about chatGPT and midjourney marking a new era, I’d love Ahoy to make a video about this topic… such quality videos from this channel

[@ZekeGraal]

I don't know how many time's I've re-watched this Stuart. At least 30 views are from me listening again in the background.

[@KrankuSama]

Alan Turing is a man who saved millions of lives and fought against tyranny, his work and his contributions saved Europe and the world. He changed the face of computing and is considered the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence, much of what we enjoy today in computers would not have been possible without the breakthroughs he made, So what was his reward? He was arrested and chemically castrated for "homosexual acts" he reported a burglarly at his home and during the investigation admitted to a sexual relationship with his partner, detained for making love to a man in the privacy of his own home, he committed suicide not long after. It took over 50 years for a government apology and over 60 years for an official pardon. In fact only in 2017 was the 'Alan Turing Law' implemented which grants official posthumous and living pardons to victims of this law.

[@peral9728]

Don't idolize him. He violated the age of consent. He by no means deserved to die but he wasn't a martyr for gays.

[@funnymanonyourscrean]

Pearl Vesper he had sexual relations with another man who was 19. Where are you getting your facts?

[@comradecatu6603]

@@peral9728 alan was 39 and the other man was 19, both were over the age of consent, yes he was older but it was legal, in terms of age

[@justas423]

Communist Russia: *Throws a sphere into space* The US: "Are you challenging me?"

[@ryansample6016]

34:52 "For all the potential of the atom, it proves impotent through stalemate." -Stuart Brown

[@CaptainRufus]

Your documentaries are friggin A++++++.

[@piccolo917]

Even 8 years later, it still feels weird to be thanked for watching this. My man, thank you for making it

[@Eli_00001]

Computers and nukes grew up together. -Metal Gear solid