00:00Who knew that all I needed to be interested in maths was the command of a 5,000 ton artillery
00:04battery?
00:05If only my secondary school teacher had known.
00:07Turns out that the ticking clock of exam pressure is a hell of a lot less motivating than the
00:12boom of artillery shells growing ever closer, as enemy gunners zero in on your position,
00:16trying to blast your colossal cannon to kingdom come before you blast them.
00:20But Iron Nest is a similar test of mental endurance.
00:23You hustle and bustle around your one-man gun emplacement, triangulating degrees and
00:27distances, praying that your next shell won't sail clear over the target, leaving you scratching
00:31your head as to which vital calculation you somehow messed up.
00:35It's an addictive challenge, bolstered by an array of wonderfully tactile gadgets and gizmos.
00:39Sure, it's an artillery simulator of sorts, but it's more like one of the best versions
00:43of Battleship you'll ever play.
00:45It's about employing what you know and learn through each shot to track down enemy positions
00:49and destroy them, often before they destroy you.
00:52And it's hard to overstate how satisfying it is when you land a shell squarely on target.
00:56Especially when it's the payoff for 10 minutes spent messing about with machines and the
01:00map table.
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