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PastMaster: Reshaping History

If you were sent back in time, could you survive and thrive — or would you be burnt at the stake for being a witch? Welcome to PastMaster, the show that turns history into an interactive adventure game. Each episode, hosts Ryan and Tan are joined by a special guest comedian who is sent back in time with nothing but their modern knowledge and the shirt on their back. Under the guidance of a benevolent robot Game Master, they navigate to a different era each episode and find out if they’ve got what

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00:38:12

EP8: Galilee, pt 1 – Baron Saffron sets up shop [25 CE]

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/05/28

Tan journeys to the era of Jesus Christ in Galilee, circa 25AD. After getting caught stealing some bread, he forges an unlikely friendship with a spice merchant before setting out to become a saffron dealer in his own right. PastMaster is the time-travel role-playing adventure show where Ryan, Keon and Tan explore a different era of history each episode with the help of our AI GameMaster. With the help of his mentor he meets the fearsome saffron dealer Mordechai to explore business opportunities

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00:32:30

EP7: The land before time (and logic) [~65m BCE]

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/05/22

Tan visits the Jurassic era to test whether he can avoid becoming lunch and emerge victorious as leader of the dinosaurs. PastMaster is the time-travel role-playing adventure show where Ryan, Keon and Tan explore a different era of history each episode with the help of our AI GameMaster. Pushing the parameters of the game to its limits, Tan makes friends with dinosaurs, first crafting rudimentary armour and weapons for the great lizards before introducing them to the delights of song and

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01:02:17

EP6: Inventing ‘the box’ and avoiding Agincourt (with...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/05/15

Special guest comedian Sunil Patel visits a brothel in the mid-15th century. Despite this indulgent opening, Sunil’s savvy negotiations and surprisingly vague and generic invention soon pave the way for victory. But can anyone explain what the invention known as ‘Patel’s Device’ actually does? Bernard Cornwell’s ⁠Azincourt⁠ and Shakespeare’s Henry V are the inspiration for Sunil’s adventure. PastMaster is the time-travel role-playing adventure show where Ryan, Keon and Tan explore a different era

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00:47:34

EP5: On the origin of "On the Origin of Species"...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/05/08

Ryan gaslights Charles Darwin about who really wrote On the Origin of Species and orders the scientist to give him a piggyback across town. PastMaster is the time-travel role-playing adventure show where Ryan, Keon and Tan explore a different era of history each episode with the help of our AI GameMaster. Under the acronym Ryland Mulchroneforth, Ryan heads to London during the Victorian Era where he bumps into eminent scientist Charles Darwin in a pub. Unable to resist taking credit for someone

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00:20:25

EP4: Fixing Lord of the Rings

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/04/30

Dragging our AI Gamemaster off to JRR Tolkien’s Middle Earth, Tan finds out how orc visitor ‘Thokk the Unthinkable’ gets on in the Shire and whether Gandalf will accept his plan to destroy the One Ring. PastMaster is the time-travel role-playing adventure show where Ryan, Keon and Tan explore a different era of history each episode with the help of our AI GameMaster. Disregarding the principles of the game, Tan takes the adventure to The Shire in Tolkien’s Middle Earth, where he tests wizard

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00:42:44

EP3: Headbutting into the Viking Times [~850 CE]

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/04/30

Keon explores his inner murder hobo, journeying to Denmark at the height of the Viking empire where he seeks to be worshipped as a god and to start a feud with a rival. PastMaster is the time-travel role-playing adventure show where Ryan, Keon and Tan explore a different era of history each episode with the help of our AI GameMaster. Heading to Denmark circa 900AD, Keon embraces the brutality of the age, styling himself as Jarl Olaf and headbutting a rival right off the bat to show how tough he

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00:31:16

EP2: Medieval Breakdancing Badgers [~1300 CE]

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/04/30

Ryan give Guns N’ Roses a makeover on the lute and tries to seduce a lord’s wife. But could his animal training know-how prove the real key to success? PastMaster is the time-travel role-playing adventure show where Ryan, Keon and Tan explore a different era of history each episode with the help of our AI GameMaster. Materialising in a medieval marketplace, adventurer ‘Ryanardo’ tests out Johnny B Goode on the locals, catching the attention of a local bard. Introducing his new friend to the melodies

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00:32:16

EP1: Kentucky Fried Western [1865 CE]

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/04/30

On our maiden voyage back in time, Keon heads to the Wild West to make a name for himself among the cowboys with a fast food franchise that promises to be finger lickin’ good. PastMaster is the time-travel role-playing adventure show where Ryan, Keon and Tan explore a different era of history each episode with the help of our AI GameMaster. In this episode, meeting up to play PastMaster together for the first time, Ryan, Keon and Tan discuss whether AI is ‘good or bad’, where PastMaster sits among

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00:01:21

TRAILER – "Roads? Where we're going they haven't...

PastMaster: Reshaping History ·

2023/04/28

If you could go back 10 years what would you do? Buy a bunch of bitcoin probably. What about 100 years, 200, 500? Could you survive and thrive? Or would you be burnt at the stake for being a witch? Well now you can find out. PastMaster is the time-travel adventure show with a twist. Each week our hosts Ryan, Tan and Keon explore a different era of history with the help of our maverick and benevolent AI GameMaster. It’s simple. We give the AI the rules of the game and then it acts as our narrator and

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