Nobody geeks out on medieval weaponry like Jason Kingsley.
Jason Kingsley is chief executive of British video game company Rebellion.
But if his head is all about profitable first-person shooters, his heart belongs to Arthurian legends. He wants to bring to life the Bayeux Tapestry, that ancient ribbon of scrolling embroidery, 70 yards long, that depicts the Norman conquest of England, an epic tale of gore, glory and God.“I’m a reenactor, but I’m not pretending to be from the past,” Kingsley clarifies. “I am a modern person with modern sensibilities, who is learning to ride with a shield and wield a lance.
No boast, but Kingsley tells us he can stick a wooden lance through the eye-slit on the helmet, on horseback, traveling at 25 mph.The global economy has produced a number of very wealthy hobbyist-eccentrics. Some want to go to the moon. Kingsley wants to time-travel to the Battle of Hastings, circa 1066, and reimagine the heavy cavalry charges, the shield walls, the archery assault — and the mud and blood, the dysentery and terror, of close-hand combat.
Interested in trying out a pollaxe on a dummy? Sir Jason has. It is like hitting “a chocolate Easter egg with a hammer,” he says. “Slightly shocking, terrifying and easy.”Kingsley excuses himself and returns atop his go-to white steed Warlord . The 15th century illustrated manuscript “How a Man Shall Be Armed” recommends a knight “take his ease” before donning his steel.Kingsley, now wearing full armor but not mail, not a helmet, takes hold of his 12-foot, ash-pole lance and brings Warlord to a gallop.
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