Archive for February, 2010

Empires of Steel-a-thon

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

So you conquered the world in Empires of Steel against the Computer player, or your friends. But do you want to know who the best Empires of Steel player is, period?
Battlefront.com and Atomicboy Software are introducing the Empires of Steel-A-Thon, the first official Empires of Steel Multiplayer Tournament!
The winner will receive a $100 CASH PRIZE, [...]

BBC: How Earth Made Us

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

[Update, Feb 22: Apparently the videos were taken down. The BBC won't let their programs stay on YouTube. The BBC does have a video-player on their website where you can watch the videos, but *only if you're in the UK*. I don't know what they've gained by stopping everyone outside the UK [...]

The 5 Most Widely Believed WWII Facts

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

This entertaining article about WWII made me laugh: The 5 Most Widely Believed WWII Facts (That Are Bullshit).
They say history is written by the winners, but the truth is even stranger than that. In reality history is often written by popular opinion, or wishful thinking, or crass politics.
That’s why so much of what we hear [...]