Pop Medieval Ep 45: Degrees of Deadness in Valheim

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Pop Medieval Ep 45: Degrees of Deadness in Valheim
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Doc and Nina play the popular viking-themed video game, Valheim. They’ll discuss the meaning of the game and get into the finer aspects of the world.

Topics covered: being dead, naked and afraid; rewarding cooperative game play;Ms. Awesome’s Viking Animal Crossing; where fantasy name generators fail; the evolution of tree punching; sea travel realism; unforgiving viking homelife; corvid mythos; the connection between Eikthyr and heavy metal music; troll clothing; and non-toxic norse communities.

Recommendations

Valhalla Rising (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0862467/)

Old Norse for Modern Times (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54954746-old-norse-for-modern-times)

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