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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! 

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. 

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Dividing 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<...

Suggestion 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 t...

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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)

Dividing 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.

May Discount Code

Use code 1ZSJ2KK2FKK6 for 15% off any extracredits.store merch! 

April 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 ...

The 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.

4k Wallpapers from the Morrigan and the 1929 Market Crash

Lots of reds in this one group, coincidentally

The 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.

Cuchulainn & the Morrigan - Spurning a Goddess - Extra Mythology

It is never a good sign when a deity takes an interest in you. Always more problems.

Battuta's Voyage by Tiffany Roman

(Watch the music vid here)

Ibn Battuta - Lies - Extra History

Recommended Reading 

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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?

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?

4k 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! 

Ibn 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.

Suggestion 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 ...

The 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.

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 ope...

Ibn Battuta - Plague and Homecoming - Extra History - #5

Now featuring the Black Death and very cute rats

Rasputin - 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.

April Discount Code

 Use code 3WAVBD39J84J for 15% off any extracredits.store merch! 

Important note: DFTBA's warehouses ar...

Asset 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 airi...

Ibn 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.

Q&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 ...

4k Wallpapers from Ibn Battuta 3 & the Alps

For all of your horse milk and Horerczy needs

The Alps - Sleep Paralysis & Night Terrors - Extra Mythology

Or what you get when you cross a vampire, an incubus/succubus, and a garden gnome.

NEW! 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. ...