Virtually indistinguishable from magic

I haven't always played many simulation games in any sensible way. Sims like IL-2 or FS9 , after a few sorties, or a couple circuits and ramming into buildings, I readily bounced off of. The exception to all of this, and the origin of my increasing interest in sims was when two years ago I bought Take On Helicopters and enjoyed flying the campaign. Take On Helicopters did a great job recreating Seattle in the most convincing way I've ever seen a city rendered in a videogame . Though it might seem superficial to say that it took a detailed environment for me to become interested, I think it's difficult if you aren't a pilot to be motivated to play a simulator given the reputation newer flight sims have. In any case, environments have always been a defining feature of flight sims so I really shouldn't feel too bad! Free-to-play has been a fantastic way to keep me flying lately. I found a friend in Microsoft's free-to-play game Flight . Flight does a decent

This is episode 5 of the accompanying podcast to this blog. In this episode, we're joined by guest Ped, who is working towards becoming a cab driver but, as we mention but fail to explain anytime during the podcast, has a past as a civilian pilot. Conor joins us again and may as well be regular! We talk about planes after a visit everyone but Ali has gone on to the RAF museum near Edgeware, London. We then  **spoil**  Jane Eyre but it's probably been around long enough to not need a spoiler warning. This podcast is a little longer than usual, but don't worry since there's an intermission! We discuss (click below for Ped's very own photographs of these planes!): Part 1 Short Sunderland , Eurofighter, Hurricane fighter, Falcon 4.0 BMS , Taranis , F22 Interceptor video , Wolfenstein 3D video . Part 2 Dune, American Gods, Aleksandr Orlov's A Simples Life, Harry Potter series , Heart of Darkness. "Imagine what worlds were there" [#5, 49min30]