Death Wish Down Under: The "Aussie Rules" Speed Run
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Show Notes
Port Jackson, 1788. Britain's brand-new penal colony at the edge of the known world. The convicts are starving, the guards are brutal, and Australia's wildlife is doing what Australia's wildlife does best — trying to kill everyone. Ryan, Tan, and returning guest Nick Horseman have not come here to survive. They've come to compete in PastMaster's second Death Wish Speed Run: who can achieve the fastest, most stylish demise in colonial Australia? Scored like figure skating: technical marks for speed, artistic marks for style.
DeepSeek is back as Game Master, and it is in no mood for dignity. Nick's character name is "Speedy." Tan's is "Doggy Doggy Ballbags," to which DeepSeek responds: "Sure, let's roll with that, because clearly you've got the maturity of a medieval jester with a head injury." Their strategies for achieving a stylish colonial death range from confronting armed guards with improvised weaponry to smuggling Australia's most venomous wildlife in a sack. DeepSeek scores every attempt with the withering precision of a disappointed figure-skating judge.
The First Fleet's arrival at Port Jackson established one of history's harshest penal colonies — limited rations, rampant disease, and punishments that made the convicts' original crimes look tame. Now three idiots are actively trying to speed-run the dying part, judged by a Chinese AI with a gift for insults. It's Aussie Rules, PastMaster style.
If you were sent back in time, could you survive and thrive — or would you be burnt at the stake for being a witch? PastMaster is the show that turns history into an interactive adventure game. Each episode, a comedian is dropped into the past with nothing but modern knowledge and terrible ideas. The AI Game Master is strict. The chaos is inevitable. The past will be mastered.
Era: Special | 1788 CE | Port Jackson (Sydney Cove), Australia Featuring: Nick Horseman — rapper and comedian (The Rhyme Scheme, Edinburgh Fringe 2019)
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