In the world of historical texts, good stories win. What wins in the world of history games and play?
Entries Tagged as 'History@Play'
Survival of the Funnest
March 9th, 2010 · 4 Comments
Tags: History@Play
Playful Historical Thinking
March 8th, 2010 · 12 Comments
History is too important to take seriously.
Tags: Academia · History@Play · Teaching
Discover Kymaerica
February 2nd, 2010 · 7 Comments
Build your own alternate universe.
Tags: Alternate History · Favorites · Found History · History@Play · Old Weird America
She Blinded Me With History
January 25th, 2010 · 17 Comments
As history is awesome, it deserves an awesome shirt.
Tags: Favorites · History@Play · Science!
The Great Golem Uprising
December 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments
“I, Robot meets the Risorgimento,” says my man Mike G. From a humongous thread of alternate geography at alternatehistory.com.
Tags: Alternate History · Asides · History@Play
Now Go Fight Your Brothers
September 25th, 2009 · No Comments
“Joe Kennedy Trains the President:” Another history comic from Kate Beaton–she just keeps hitting them out of the park.
Tags: Asides · History@Play
Angels and Octopodes
September 22nd, 2009 · 24 Comments
Was Cthulhu a railroad? The wires–or tentacles–connecting the Ghostbusters, H.P. Lovecraft, Aleister Crowley, Frank Norris, BLDGBLOG, AT&T, and me.
Tags: Alternate History · Favorites · Gilded Age · History@Play
Department Enrollment Committee, FYI
June 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
Survey: History undergraduates at Oxford more sexually active than any other undergraduate major.
Tags: Academia · Asides · History@Play
How I'll Spend My Summer Vacation
April 9th, 2009 · 15 Comments
Good news comes in threes.
Tags: Academia · Daddyhood · History@Play · Real Life
Technology Grows On Trees
March 18th, 2009 · 10 Comments
Canadian wise men discover the secret of pottery: deconstructing the Civilization tech tree.
Tags: Academia · Favorites · Games and Gaming · History@Play · Teaching · Technology
