Saving the World with Games - Citizen Science and More - Extra Credits
Here are some games & organizations that use games to have a tangible effect on the real world!
2020-05-12 17:41:39 +0000 UTC View Post
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Submit Questions for the Lies Episode
A reminder that you can submit questions for our lies episode directly! We'll do our best to include as many as we can, and give you a shout out in the episode.
The form will remain open for the length of the series and close the Sunday after the final episode airs (11:59pm PT 5/31) Feel free to submit as many questions as you like!
2020-05-09 17:25:23 +0000 UTC View PostDividing the Middle East - The Arab Revolt - Extra History - #2
A historical note: It is usually considered, at the very least, mildly impolite to promise everything to everyone with no intention to follow through. It was also British foreign policy during WW1
2020-05-08 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostSuggestion Survey is Open through 5/10
Our theme for May survey is Great Figures!
One of the fascinating things about history is that the same story can be told—in fact, probably should be told—from multiple angles. In this series, we’ll take on a well-known figure, but tell them in a different light than usual. You know Julius Caesar as the military hero… but what about the destabilizer and power-hungry dictator? How about the adventures of young Napoleon, clawing his way to bec... 2020-05-07 23:24:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Cuchulain's Origins - The Hound of Culann - Extra Mythology
At some point we're going to have to do an episode on all of the very good dogs in mythology.
(Spoilers: it's all of them. They are all good dogs)
2020-05-05 17:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostDividing the Middle East - The Great Loot - Extra History - #1
I hope you all learned some flowcharts skills from the Haitian Revolution episodes, cause this is going to get just as messy.
2020-05-01 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostMay Discount Code
Use code 1ZSJ2KK2FKK6 for 15% off any extracredits.store merch!
2020-05-01 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostApril Recommendations from the EC Crew
As April comes to a close and May is just on the horizon, here are the games we were playing, movies & shows we were watching, or books we were reading this month.
Not all of these are recent, but they're all something we think that you all will like. Check them out and if you have any thoughts, feel free to share them in the comments!
The Left Hand of D...
2020-04-30 18:58:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe Science of Mass Effect - Dark Energy and Worm Holes - Extra Credits
If you really liked our Sci Fi series, this is definitely an episode for you. Let's break down the science behind FTL and Mass Effect relays in, well, Mass Effect.
2020-04-28 17:30:59 +0000 UTC View Post4k Wallpapers from the Morrigan and the 1929 Market Crash
Lots of reds in this one group, coincidentally
2020-04-28 03:42:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe 1929 Stock Market Crash - Black Tuesday - Extra History
Times are hard and getting harder all the time, but sometimes it can be good to remember that we've been here before, and we got through it.
2020-04-24 17:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostCuchulainn & the Morrigan - Spurning a Goddess - Extra Mythology
It is never a good sign when a deity takes an interest in you. Always more problems.
2020-04-21 17:30:59 +0000 UTC View Post
POLL: Pick the Next Extra History Series! "Rome: Emperors & Empires"
A classic amongst classics, here are the topics of one of the largest and well-known empires in the world.
Caligula: Mad Emperor or Bad Emperor?
It is written that the first six months of Caligula's reign were stable and promising. Then... well... there was the whole thing with making his horse a consul. Or going around playing dress-up with Alexander the Great's armor and calling himself a god. Or that time he got bored at the games and ... 2020-04-15 02:31:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Gamification Sucks... - How to Improve Gamification - Extra Credits
How about you all? What are some ways you can think of to design more intrinsic rewards for things instead of just a series of level up bars or achievement shields?
2020-04-14 17:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post4k Wallpapers from Rasputin, Ibn Battuta, Ibn Fadlan & Easter
Here are a good number of wallpapers from our last couple series for all of you wallpapering needs!
2020-04-13 22:20:19 +0000 UTC View PostIbn Fadlan - A Viking Funeral - Extra History
To round out Ibn Battuta's story, here's a story on Ibn Fadlan, one of few first hand accounts we have of a Viking funeral and how sexy Vikings are.
2020-04-10 17:32:59 +0000 UTC View PostSuggestion Survey is Open through 4/10
Our theme for March/April surveys is ROME: EMPERORS & EMPIRES.
For centuries, Rome dominated the Mediterranean world. In this series, we’ll take a closer look at one episode in this history—perhaps the life of Caesar, Spartacus’ rebellion, or that time Caligula tried to murder his mom with a booby-trapped party yacht. From the Colosseum to the Capitaline, we’ll explore the glory (and the gory) that was Rome.
Some notes about your suggestion...
2020-04-08 18:02:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe Easter Egg - Mary Magdalene & Ostara - Extra Mythology
What do eggs and bunnies have to do with each other? Well not much normally, but for Easter, they're one of the main mascots from two very different roots.
2020-04-07 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostSubmit Questions for the Lies Episode
A reminder that you can submit questions for our lies episode directly! We'll do our best to include as many as we can, and give you a shout out in the episode.
The form will remain open for the length of the series and close the Sunday after the final episode airs (11:59pm PT 4/5) Feel free to submit as many questions as you like!
2020-04-03 21:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostIbn Battuta - Plague and Homecoming - Extra History - #5
Now featuring the Black Death and very cute rats
2020-04-03 18:19:08 +0000 UTC View PostRasputin - Catalyst for Revolution - Extra History
A surprise midweek Extra History! Please enjoy this special one off on Rasputin and whether or not he really was a lover of the Russian Queen.
2020-04-01 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostApril Discount Code
Use code 3WAVBD39J84J for 15% off any extracredits.store merch!
Important note: DFTBA's warehouses are not running during the shut down, so anything that's ordered now will be delayed. Just a heads up!
2020-04-01 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostAsset Flips vs Reuse - Working Hard or Hardly Working? - Extra Credits
I apologize that this video is later than it would normally be. Normally we aim to put out our videos a day early for patrons, but this episode had to be shifted to today for a special episode airing tomorrow.
Ibn Battuta 5 will be on Friday like normal. :) - A
2020-03-31 22:37:54 +0000 UTC View PostIbn Battuta - Escape to China - Extra History - #4
Ibn Battuta is cursed to roll either nat 20s or nat 1s, there is no in between for him.
2020-03-27 17:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostQ&A livestream on Sunday, March 29th at 5pm Pacific Time
We are doing our Q&A video livestream with Matt [showrunner], Rob [Extra History writer], SVP [Extra Mythology writer], and Jac [Extra Mythology writer].
The Q&A will be this Sunday, March 29th starting at 5pm Pacific time (GMT - 7). It will be 1ish hours long depending on how many questions we get (we always do our best to answer all of them!)
We're trying something a lil different! In order to have more staff available, we'll be breaking i...
2020-03-26 22:08:58 +0000 UTC View Post4k Wallpapers from Ibn Battuta 3 & the Alps
For all of your horse milk and Horerczy needs
2020-03-25 17:34:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe Alps - Sleep Paralysis & Night Terrors - Extra Mythology
Or what you get when you cross a vampire, an incubus/succubus, and a garden gnome.
2020-03-24 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostNEW! Submit Questions for the Lies Episodes
As promised, for our $10 patrons, you can now submit questions about the series to be included in Lies! We'll do our best to include as many as we can, and give you a shout out in the episode.
The form will remain open for the length of the series and close the Sunday after the final episode airs. Feel free to submit as many questions as you like. We'll post a reminder with the final episode.
And our first series will be Ibn Battuta!
2020-03-20 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post