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Battle Royale by Koushun Takami - So You Haven't Read Battle

So you haven't read Battle Royale by Koushun Takami?! The book that inspired the Battle Royal Genre and media like  Squid Game, Fortnite, and The Hunger Games?  Then pull up a chair and don't get too cozy as we discuss how in this dystop...

Seeds of Rebellion - The Easter Rising #1 - Extra History

Dublin Ireland. April 24th 1916. The seeds of a rebellion have been planted and revolution is on the horizon. It starts early Easter Monday, as Dublin Castle comes under siege. Triggering one of the most crucial events that will happen in Irish hi...

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Our next theme is The American Civil War!

In four years of conflict and partisan division, the US Civil War killed 600,000 American soldiers, 130,000 civilians (including th...

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Do Emotes Make Us Worse People? - Extra Credits Gaming

Emotes! They're everywhere! On your phone and in your games but are the emotes we are creating being used the way we think they should be? Or should we be crafting emotes with the players' well-being in mind? 

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Downloadable Dracula Poster!

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I'm so excited to release our Dracula Poster! Our artist David Hueso was inspired by our So You Haven't Read episode on Dracula. Which is a classic MUST read in our book!

If you're interested in le...

Eleanor of Aquitaine Wrap-up with Extra History LIES

Welcome Extra Historians to Lies, where we talk about the mistakes we made and the details we couldn't quite squeeze into our Eleanor of Aquitaine Series. With questions like, Why wasn't Eleanor in the Robin Hood stories? Did Eleanor really dress ...

♫ Eleanor of Aquitaine: "Rebel Queen" By Tiffany Roman

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Get Your Rifles - Battle of Blair Mountain #2 - Extra History

McDowell County, West Virginia. August 1st, 1921.  

15 months after the Matewan Massacre, Sid Hatfield was gunned down in front of a courthouse. The Baldwin Felts agents had gotten their revenge and planted guns on the dead. The miner's...

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë - So You Haven't Read

So you haven't read what is considered one of the greatest works in the English language, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë? This gothic novel was labeled "scandalous" and "depraved" because of its defiant beliefs in gender equality, class struct...

Battle of Blair Mountain #1 - Extra History

Matewan, West Virginia. May 19, 1920. Police Chief Sid Hatfield sits in the town square. He's declined bribes and payoffs to help protect the coal miners of Matewan but the Baldwin Felts detective agency has its own plans. Backed by the coal indus...

You Deserve Better Side Quests! - Extra Credits Gaming

You deserve better side quests than having to bring 10 rat butts to the local tavern owner, in EVERY game EVER! That's right! Because creating meaningful relationships between characters and quests can make your world more insightful and interesti...

Downloadable Zombi Poster!

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I'm so excited to release our Tales of the Zombi Poster! Our artist David Hueso was inspired by our Extra Mythology episode on The Zombi. A Myth popular around the world that has eaten into pop culture t...

Mother of Empires - Eleanor of Aquitaine #4 - Extra History

Eleanor has reached the age of 71 and instead of taking some time off to retire, she's writing a letter to save her son King Richard from being held as a prisoner. Foreshadowing what was to come in the remainder of her life. As she arranged marria...

So You Haven't Read The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare?

So You Haven't Read Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare? Well, this is still one of the most popular comedies to be frequently staged today. This is surprising due to its dated content but maybe we can learn something more from this classic...

The Devil's Brood - Eleanor of Aquitaine #3 - Extra History

Spring 1173, Aquitaine. Henry's sons are in revolt and Eleanor is being painted as a conspirator in a dark plot against her husband by convincing her sons to rebel against him. So, Henry responds as any king would! By capturing her on the road and...

Behind the Beans - Pax West

The Extra Credits team is on our way to Pax West!

This is going to be our second convention of the year and we're super pumped to be back in the Se...

Your Brain Lies To You! - How Games Twist Probability - Extra Credits Gaming

Probability! A cornerstone for the design of any game. It can build excitement and suspense but, it can also confuse and upset players. So how do you keep probability and players' choices in games meaningful without bogging them down with the spec...

The Court of Love - Eleanor of Aquitaine #2 - Extra History

1152, Outside Paris. Eleanor got her divorce and she's on her way back to Aquitaine with a proposal of marriage to the very handsome and young Duke of Normandy, Henry II! Here Eleanor's passions will rise and 2.5 years later she is not only the Qu...

So You Haven't Read High Fidelity by Nick Hornby?

Then pull up a chair and let me introduce you to the snobbish, music-obsessed, Rob Fleming and his Top Five List of heart-wrenching breakups. In this hilarious story that explores how Rob faces his own insecurities and his unhealthy passion for mu...

Downloadable Count of Monte Cristo Poster!

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I'm so excited to release our "The Count of Monte Cristo" Poster! Our artist David Hueso was inspired by our So You Haven't Read series on the book by
Alexandre Dumas. 

If you're intereste...