Thistle Do Nicely - Grand Theft Auto & Lemmings: That's Right, They're Scottish As Well

Grand Theft Auto & Lemmings: That's Right, They're Scottish As Well

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11/03/20 • 51 min

Thistle Do Nicely

This week we are talking about the humble Scottish origins of the wildly popular video game franchises Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto.
Both games were originally designed and released by the Dundonian company DMA Design (now Rockstar North) who obviously had a penchant for death, destruction and blowing things up.

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Halloween Special: Thistle Boo Nicely

Today we are talking about spooky Scotland.
We are joined by Owen Innes from the Scottish History Podcast, bringing with him a little bit of history and a little bit of mystery. The first half of this episode is on his stream - so jump over there to hear how Scotland invented Halloween (obviously) and to hear Rory's creepy story about the Bean Nighe - like a Scottish banshee but weirder.
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