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Old Is The New New

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Entries Tagged as 'History@Play'

Survival of the Funnest

March 9th, 2010 · 4 Comments

In the world of historical texts, good stories win. What wins in the world of history games and play?

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Tags: History@Play

Playful Historical Thinking

March 8th, 2010 · 12 Comments

History is too important to take seriously.

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Tags: Academia · History@Play · Teaching

Discover Kymaerica

February 2nd, 2010 · 7 Comments

Build your own alternate universe.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Tags: Academia · Asides · History@Play

How I'll Spend My Summer Vacation

April 9th, 2009 · 15 Comments

Good news comes in threes.

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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.

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Tags: Academia · Favorites · Games and Gaming · History@Play · Teaching · Technology