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<blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 4703263" data-attributes="member: 8863">And people say we don't need PBS.&nbsp; Their documentaries are at least well-produced and well-researched.&nbsp; Cable hasn't made them irrelevant, if anything, cable has sunk to the level of cheap sentationalism for the sake of ratings.&nbsp; The History Channel was actually better when it was &quot;Old WWII Footage You've Seen a Gazillion Times Before, 24/7.&quot;Ancient aliens, bah.&nbsp; Yeah, those early maps are accurate alright, so accurate they have a giant Antarctica but somehow manage to leave out Australia. Especially since they were supposedly mapped by aliens who presumably would have technology greater than our own current satellite mapping capabilities!&nbsp; You're right though, telling viewers about contemporary theories about the &quot;Terra Incognita Australis&quot; would have been interesting, as would some of the secretive missions the British Admiralty sent to the south seas to find said continent.I've toyed with the idea of including a similar sort of southern continent in my own game worlds because I've always been fascinated with the idea, and maybe even connect it to my campaign's equivalent of Australia or something.&nbsp; I'd use it as a home for all sort of strange non-human cultures, particularly for obscure old monsters few players have ever heard of.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Orius, post: 4703263, member: 8863"] And people say we don't need PBS. Their documentaries are at least well-produced and well-researched. Cable hasn't made them irrelevant, if anything, cable has sunk to the level of cheap sentationalism for the sake of ratings. The History Channel was actually better when it was "Old WWII Footage You've Seen a Gazillion Times Before, 24/7." Ancient aliens, bah. Yeah, those early maps are accurate alright, so accurate they have a giant Antarctica but somehow manage to leave out Australia. Especially since they were supposedly mapped by aliens who presumably would have technology greater than our own current satellite mapping capabilities! You're right though, telling viewers about contemporary theories about the "Terra Incognita Australis" would have been interesting, as would some of the secretive missions the British Admiralty sent to the south seas to find said continent. I've toyed with the idea of including a similar sort of southern continent in my own game worlds because I've always been fascinated with the idea, and maybe even connect it to my campaign's equivalent of Australia or something. I'd use it as a home for all sort of strange non-human cultures, particularly for obscure old monsters few players have ever heard of. [/QUOTE]

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