{"id":26883,"date":"2017-07-06T06:50:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T10:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=26883"},"modified":"2017-07-06T06:50:45","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T10:50:45","slug":"radios-in-games-this-war-of-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/radios-in-games-this-war-of-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Radios in Games: This War of Mine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/This-War-Of-Mine-Radio.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26884\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/This-War-Of-Mine-Radio.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/This-War-Of-Mine-Radio.jpeg 634w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/This-War-Of-Mine-Radio-300x149.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/This-War-Of-Mine-Radio-624x310.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AKKuhn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aaron Kuhn<\/a>, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Another &#8220;Radio in Popular Culture&#8221; tidbit for you since they seem so popular:<\/p>\n<p>2014 war survival game &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/This_War_of_Mine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This War of Mine<\/a>&#8220;, released on multiple platforms, features a simulated shortwave radio you can build and use as part of the game.<\/p>\n<p>After building the radio from components\/parts you find, it allows you to use the radio on a daily basis to gather intelligence about what&#8217;s going on out in the streets around you.<\/p>\n<p>This video capture I took shows what in-game tuning of this &#8220;Rad&#8221; brand radio looks like:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZSu8qxlipgw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZSu8qxlipgw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you Aaron. How very cool! I wonder if this is where <em><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/resistance-radio-the-man-in-the-high-castle-promotion\/\">The Man in the High Castle<\/a><\/em> got the idea for the <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/resistance-radio-the-man-in-the-high-castle-promotion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">virtual resistance radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Aaron Kuhn, who writes: Another &#8220;Radio in Popular Culture&#8221; tidbit for you since they seem so popular: 2014 war survival game &#8220;This War of Mine&#8220;, released on multiple platforms, features a simulated shortwave radio you can build and use as part of the game. After building the radio from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[508,3,26],"tags":[5367,6306,6304,5506,6305],"class_list":["post-26883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-2","category-news","category-radios","tag-aaron-kuhn","tag-rad-radio","tag-radios-in-games","tag-radios-in-movies","tag-this-war-of-mine"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6ZB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34740,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/midland-wr120-review-aaron-says-weather-radios-like-smoke-detectors-are-something-we-all-need\/","url_meta":{"origin":26883,"position":0},"title":"Midland WR120 Review: Aaron says weather radios, like smoke detectors, are something we all need","author":"Thomas","date":"November 6, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Aaron Kuhn, who writes: \u201cWeather radio? 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I think this might make it the cheapest, out-of-the-box HF SDR\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"RTL-SDR-RTL2832U-e1471375714199","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RTL-SDR-RTL2832U-e1471375714199-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RTL-SDR-RTL2832U-e1471375714199-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RTL-SDR-RTL2832U-e1471375714199-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60384,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/aaron-explores-why-a-dedicated-radio-enhances-the-live-baseball-experience\/","url_meta":{"origin":26883,"position":3},"title":"Aaron Explores: Why a Dedicated Radio Enhances the Live Baseball Experience","author":"Thomas","date":"August 9, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Aaron Kuhn, who shares the following guest post: Live Baseball on the Radio: Radio Selection Considerations In recent years, I've enjoyed attending minor league baseball games in my region. One of my favorite aspects of live baseball is bringing a radio to listen to play-by-play commentary. 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