Myers Briggs and Character Creation
EH110
EH128

Number of Czech Americans

Under Siege
The second part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the Irish potato famine.
Comedic Games
The fourth part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the Mali Empire.
Shaka Zulu Becomes King

Universitario de Sucre

Frankenstein: Paradise Lost
The team tries to figure out why it is we cherish that "retro" era of games so much.
EH161
EH179

Country

Apron of Hefei Xinqiao International Airport

The team deconstructs the first several minutes of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and compares it to an early part of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare to demonstrate the importance of a game's introduction.
The team criticizes the SOPA and PIPA bills in their various forms, rather than try to keep up with its legislative status. Released 2 weeks after the last episode, as the skipped week instead held the release of an affiliated video calling for game developers and journalists to protest E3 2012 as part of the anti-SOPA protests.

La Loche

Games You Might Not Have Tried #3
With the return of Allison, the team considers the unfortunate potential games have as tools for propaganda, and the potential to terribly misinform their audience in a similar way.

Doli Foundation

Electorate

Operant conditioning and its overuse in modern game design are discussed.
EH43
The Feeling of Agency
The first part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the kingdom of Majapahit.
Trench Fever

Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England

The second part of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the Battle of Kursk. The episode featured Richard "The Challenger" Cutland, military specialist for Wargaming.
EH136
Games You Might Not Have Tried: Cyberpunk

Tanzania Social Support Foundation

EH94
The team concludes our little series about The Walking Dead's numerous strengths.
The team shares some of their thoughts on the S.978 bill and Operation Rainfall.

Bundesarchiv Bild 102-13744, Berlin, Reichstag, Verfassungsfeier.jpg

EHL27
The fifth part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into the Byzantine Empire and the reign of Justinian.
Reforms, Rebellions, and Greatness
The start of a two-part look into how to be a programmer or developer. Assisted by Stack Exchange Network.

The Königsplatz with the Raczyński Palace in 1880

CarboHydroM
The third part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into the Byzantine Empire and the reign of Justinian.
EH187

Association Sportive des Douanes de Niamey

Western & Japanese RPGs, Part 2
Big Giant Circles
How Much Agency Do Games Need?
EH77
EH206
The Sanitary Movement
The fourth part of Extra Credits' five-part look into Ned Kelly.
Frankenstein: Plutarch's Lives

(2R)-2-Methylpent-4-enoic acid

Competitive Storytelling
The winner of a Child's Play auction for the topic of a complete episode, ostensibly Sparrow the Cat, requested that the team discuss Achievements and their influence in games today.

Los Doctos (The Doctos), La U de Sucre (U de Sucre), El equipo Estudiantil (Student team)

The fifth part of Extra Credits' six-part into the history of paper money.
EH102
The team talks about one of The Walking Dead's major themes.
Playing Like a Designer
Differences in Scale vs Differences in Kind
As foreshadowed in a previous episode, the team goes over how to build an effective tutorial.
Education: Agency
EH8
The fourth part of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the Zulu Empire.
JR1
The first part of Extra Credits' two-part look into the Battle of Thermopylae. Sponsored by Total War: Arena.
Aesthetics of Play
Education: 21st Century Skills
The team reiterates their pre-Escapist video on the Uncanny Valley and its use in games.
EH153
The lies, omissions, glossings-over, and corrections of Extra Credits' five-part look into the kingdom of Majapahit.
The Rise of Indie Games

The 1918 summer gathering in La Loche

EHL19
They talk about reviewing games, how to pursue a game reviewing career, and how game reviewing might be improved overall.
The fourth part of Extra Credits' four-part look into The Articles of Confederation.

Rance 4.1

Treffor Davies

This week, the team concludes their two-part series on the Hero's Journey as applied to games . Annelie "Gab" Kretzschmar returns as guest artist.
The team brings you a fresh batch of interesting games worth checking out. Includes "Cart Life", "Papers, Please", "Crimson Shroud", "Eador Genesis", "Etrian Odyssey IV", "Guns of Icarus Online", "Rogue Legacy", "Warframe", and "Sifteo Cubes".
S.978 and Operation Rainfall
EH18
JR13

Fundación de Apoyo Social de Tanzania

The final part of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the events that started World War I.

Alyoshenka

at Ansbach

The third part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Otto von Bismarck.
EH51
EH69

American singer-songwriter stubs

EH214
DC3
Extra Credits' look into Julie d'Aubigny.
"My Name Is Ozymandias…"
The team discusses how members of the gaming community treat each other.

Donations, Grants and Endowment

End of Year Special

AS Douanes

EH34
Talks about the difference between problems and choices in relation to game design.
The group discusses the positive aspects of exposure to gaming through other mediums and experience through different genres.
The Cracks Begin to Show

Čechoameričané

Anhui Civil Aviation Airport Group Co. Ltd.

Indian Open

ESF4
Berlin Airlift: The Cold War Begins
The first part of Extra Credits' four-part look into The Articles of Confederation.
The fourth part of Extra Credits' 5-part look into the events of the South Sea Company.
EH85

V0J 2E0

EH205
Constitutional Convention
EH101

Al-Masih ad-Dajjal

EH119
Playtesting
The difference between the often-confused "graphics" and "aesthetics" are discussed.
When Sweden Ruled the World
EH152
zircon
Extra Credits' look into the Boston Massacre.
Middle East: Odenathus - Ghosts of the Desert

Takayasu

The Secret War

CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list

The History of Sci Fi - H.G. Wells
Minority
EH26

PAR

Yes

JR12

Palace Hotel

EHL9

Catholic diocese

_socks

The lies, omissions, glossing overs and corrections of Extra Credits' 6-part look into the events of the Byzantine Empire and the reign of Justinian.
The third part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the Brothers Gracchi. Featuring the death of Tiberius Gracchus. Nasica.
The end of a two-part look into how to be a programmer or developer. Assisted by Stack Exchange Network.

Diplomacy, Economic Development, Education,Environment, Good Governance, Healthcare, Social Support, and Tourism.

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This week, the team begins a two-part series on the Hero's Journey as applied to games. LeeLee Scaldaferri returns as guest artist.
The Portrayal of War

Shushan District, Anhui

Western & Japanese RPGs, Part 1
Innovation
Amnesia and Story Structure

Keihanna Line

Native languages

Major religions

The fourth part of Extra Credits' 4-part look into John Snow and the Broad Street pump.
EH42

auto

The final part of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the Punic Wars. Features the Romans turning the tide against Hannibal and ultimately winning the Second Punic War.
The World We Know
The first part of Extra Credits' six-part look into the Viking expansion. Part 1 focuses on the "Serprent-Riders"
The team postulates that gritty reboots in films, comics and games are a reflection of an audience's desire for the properties they loved during their childhood to be relevant and mature enough to enjoy as adults.

The Genesis Flood

A Good Crusade?
Extra Credits' discussion of the themes of alienation and wanting to fit in with Gibson's The Belonging Kind.
The second part of Extra Credits' five-part look into Ned Kelly.
The first part of Extra Credits' 5-part look into the career of Admiral Yi Sun-sin. Gwageo, Yi Il, Ryu Seong-ryong.
EH93

Line coach
* Ole Miss

The third part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Catherine the Great.
The second part of Extra Credits' two-part look into the Christmas truce of World War I.

Actor,Model,Singer

KinaBr20

Czech Americans

Science Fiction in Games... Continued!
EH195

*Cessna 180
*Peterson 260SE

In the conclusion of the two-part discussion, the team explains how a designer analyzes games as he plays.
Pro Gaming
Horror Protagonists

Location within Berlin

Extra Credits' look into the origin of Veterans Day and the end of World War I. Sponsored by Wargaming and War Child.
The third part of Extra Credits' 5-part look into the career of Admiral Yi Sun-sin. Battle of Sacheon, Battle of Dangpo, Battle of Danghangpo, Wakisaka Yasuharu, Battle of Hansan Island
Genghis Khan - Lies
The lies, omissions, glossing overs, and corrections of Extra Credits' six-part look into Catherine the Great.
The role of cutscenes in video games is discussed. Features guest artist Shannon Meissner.
EH144
EH95
EHL28
The team discusses intuitive design in games.

Founded

The third part of Extra Credits' five-part look into Sun Yat-sen.
EHL10

yes

EH186
Bad Writing
Master of Intrigue
Politics
The lies, omissions, glossing overs and corrections of Extra Credits' 6-part look into the history of paper money.
The third part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the Great Northern War.

La Loche Town Council

First Crusade Lies
The fourth part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into the events of the Sengoku period. Takeda Shingen, Hattori Hanzo, Uesugi Kenshin, Battle of Mikatagahara, Takeda Katsuyori, Torii Suneemon, Battle of Nagashino, Honnō-ji Incident, Akechi Mitsuhide
The People's Crusade
JR14
WW1 Lies
This week, the team discusses the exciting possibilities of crowd-funded games.
Licensed Games
The team talks about the need for video games to have their own "Oscars", and what that show might look like.
Diamonds in South Africa
The fifth part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Catherine the Great.
The team discusses the increase in franchise scale and spectacle over time.
Kinect Disconnect
Power Creep
Part 3 of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the Punic Wars. Features Hannibal's continued victories in Italy and his push toward the Roman capital.
Non-Combat Gaming
ER10

left

EH135
The Great Quest
Vanquishing the Vandals
Genre
The team postulate a shift in market domination from the traditional combat focus of most games to a more creation-based focus, in the wake of games like Minecraft.
Video Games and Storytelling
EH36
Games in Education
EHL1
Games You Might Not Have Tried: 16-bit
The Debut of Temüjin Khan

坦桑尼亞社會支持基金

The second part of Extra Credits' four-part look into the Late Bronze Age collapse.
Science Fiction in Games

Bleeding heart tetra

So You Want to be a Game Designer
EH87
EH194

Record low: 20 l/s

Cessna 182 Skylane

The Magic Circle

Concrete

The second part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the Great Northern War.
The Campaign of Sekigahara
The World of the Future
EH52
EH213

Shaban Thomas

Cheng I Sao - Pirate Queen

Meteoblue

Extra Credits' look into Samuel HaNagid.
The first part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the reign of Khosrau Anushirawan. Part 1 focuses on the rise of his father, Kavadh. Peroz I, Battle of Herat, Sukhra, Balash, Hephthalites, Mazdak, Jamasp
Games You Might Not Have Tried #4
EH127

Gateway to the Madre Valley

Tutorials 101
The Second Punic War Begins
Ephesus, the Robber Council, and Chalcedon

Philippines

Sister localities

A Chance to Strike
EH160
Jillian Aversa

The first part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into the events of the Sengoku period. Onin War, Matsudaira clan, Oda clan, Imagawa clan, Oda Nobunaga, Battle of Okehazama,
Imagawa Yoshimoto, Tokugawa Ieyasu

The first part of Extra Credits' five-part look into Sun Yat-sen.
The second part of Extra Credits'6-part look back into the Byzantine Empire and the reign of Justinian.
EH178

Location within the

The first part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Otto von Bismarck.
The team talk about two different methods of designing quests in open world games.
Skyrim's Opening
The fourth part of Extra Credits 6-part look back into the Byzantine Empire and the reign of Justinian.
Strategic Bombing
The lies, omissions, glossing overs, and corrections of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the early Christian heresies.

Congressman

Bad Faith
William Gibson: The Belonging Kind
Dansky
Content Ratings
Byzantine Empire Lies

Dinalungan, Aurora

EH44
The fifth part of Extra Credits' five-part look into Sun Yat-sen.
Call of Juarez: The Cartel
This week, the gang discusses two alternate monetization methods that could work for certain games.
Frankenstein: The Sorrows of Young Werther
The first part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the Great Northern War.
The fifth part of Extra Credits' five-part look into Ned Kelly.
Horror Games
How Republics Fall
Systems Collapse
EH9

Rance IV

The team discusses two fundamental game design principles .
The first part of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the economics of World War II. Sponsored by Paradox Interactive, makers of Hearts of Iron IV.
The fourth part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the Irish potato famine.
EH27
Introduces concept of tangential learning and its applications in video games. First video to include James Portnow.
The sixth part of Extra Credits' six-part look into the history of quantum computing. Part 6 discusses the potential applications of quantum computing.
The first part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the Brothers Gracchi.
The first part of Extra Credits' two-part look into the Christmas truce of World War I.
The lies, omissions, glossings over, and corrections of Extra Credits' four-part look into the Articles of Confederation.
ESF10
EH100
So You Want to be an Indie
An Empire of Trade and Faith
EH60

Héféi Xīnqiáo Guójì Jīchǎng

Human shoulder girdle or
pectoral girdle

History of Non-Euclidean Geometry - Lies

none

The fourth part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Catherine the Great. Featuring Stanisław August Poniatowski, King of Poland, the Nakaz, the Russo-Turkish War, the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca, Pugachev's Rebellion, and smallpox.
EH78

47 m

Games Communities
DC4
Simulation Sickness
The Waiting Game
Talks about storytelling potential of video games. Created as a project for Daniel's art history course at SCAD.
ER1
Part 3 of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the events that started World War I.
Changing Winds
A Good Plan
The team goes over some key points for those desiring to become a game designer.
Operation Barbarossa
The Mighty HMS Hood
Kinect and Move
Sexuality in Games
EH212
EH177
Otto von Bismarck - Lies

Tall Ship Chronicles

The team discusses how the principles of a game can be applied to various fields, related to tangential learning. Erin Siegel stars as the series' first guest artist.
Games You Might Not Have Tried #5
The team discusses a crucial storytelling device, the magic circle, and how it is used in video games.

(Schwäbische Rezat)

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The fourth part of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the early Christian heresies. First Council of Ephesus, Robber Council, Nestorianism, Nestorius, Monophysitism, Theodosius II, Cyril of Alexandria, Pope Celestine I, Emperor Marcian, Council of Chalcedon, Oriental Orthodoxy.
This week, we discuss the best way to approach genre blending.

Ikoma Line

EH19
Extra Credits' discussion of the themes of alienation in Shelley's Frankenstein.

Revenue

EH126
The Indie and AAA branches of the game industry are contrasted, and joining forces to help them to drive innovation is discussed.

Lake Kournas

ZSOF
Hefei Xinqiao International Airport

The second part of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the early Christian heresies. Edict of Milan, Donatism, Arianism, the Trinity.

Osaka Line

vertical

Manjari Fadnis in 2015

The Golden Reign

Average low: 158 l/s

Ampere Beach, Dipaculao, Aurora.jpg

The team discusses why it is important to identify problems early in production.
EH143
EHL11
EHL29
The Uncanny Valley

* New York Yankees

EH35

Czech Republic Zlin#Czech Republic

Swabian Rezat

Metroid Metal
The first part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into the Byzantine Empire and the reign of Justinian.
The third part of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the early Christian heresies. Athanasius of Alexandria, Homoousion vs. Homoiousian, Nicene Creed, Eusebius of Nicomedia.
A Case for Board Games
Device 6

Frank Stagg

Following the aftermath of the 2011 hacking of PlayStation Network, the team discusses the changing relationship between corporation and consumer, and the trust that relationship is going to require.
This week, the team offers a handy guide to making your voice heard in U.S. politics. Guest appearance by Jared Polis.
ESF5
EH86
The fifth part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into Suleiman the Magnificent.
The Second Punic War Rages On
The team takes a look at some more Latin American nations and their potential for game industry growth.
EH204
Temüjin the Child
The first part of Extra Credits' two-part look into Mary Seacole.
The team discusses the importance of distinguishing between age groups when designing for children.
Pellagra - A Medical Mystery
Purple is the Noblest Shroud
Used Games
The Battle of How Toyotomi Unified Japan

Dinalungan

EH118
The team talks about how games can be a shared experience between kids and their parents.
This week, the team recommends some more interesting, "under the radar" games. Includes Lone Survivor, DayZ, A Valley Without Wind, Legend of Grimrock, Avernum: Escape from the Pit, Artemis, and Crusader Kings II.
The fourth part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Otto von Bismarck.
Game Addiction, Pt. 2
Impossible Burden of Fate
The team reiterates the concept of tangential learning, which involves the exposure of educational topics to facilitate learning rather than directly educating.
SOPA & PIPA
Religion in Games

Shoulder girdle

Extra Credits' discussion of William Gibson and the push of a new wave of sci-fi writing in the early 80's.
The fourth part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the reign of Khosrau Anushirawan.
The team attempts to reframe the question of how much choice a game needs to successfully engage the player.
EH151
EH169
The fifth part of Extra Credits' six-part look into the Viking expansion. Part 5 focuses on the settlement of Iceland.
Spectacle Creep
Talks about controversy and how the game industry should face it. Includes clips from a debate video concerning Six Days in Fallujah.
EHL2
EH193

Kathir College of Engineering

EH88
EH70
Sexism in Gaming
Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus

right

The History of Sci Fi - Jules Verne
The second part of Extra Credits' two-part look into Kamehameha the Great.
The team continue their discussion on education and games, and consider how educational games could track student progress and relay information to teachers.

The dedication , meaning To the German people, can be seen on the frieze.

EH109
One Little Green Ledger
DC1
Achievements
Raising the Dead
Symbolism 101
The team offers a list of potentially interesting cyberpunk-themed games, including Snatcher, Shadowrun (SNES), Shadowrun (Genesis), Shadowrun Returns, System Shock 2, Uplink, Hacker Evolution, Gemini Rue, Burn Cycle and Chaos Overlords. The book Burning Chrome is also mentioned.
The Martian Chronicles - The New Martians
The Corn Laws
EH142
Talks about the female demographic of video games. Features Gamasutra editor-at-large Leigh Alexander as writer instead of Portnow.
Iron and Blood
JR8
This episode discusses how the excess money from the fundraiser regarding artist Allison Theus's surgery would be put into a fund for indie games. Features guest artist Andrew Gregoire.

Consortium of Social Support Foundations

The Forgotten Plague
The third part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the reign of Khosrau Anushirawan.

Kashihara Line

The Failed Checkmate
The Swapper
EH11
This week, the team talk about the crucial "first five minutes" of a game.
EH29
Starting Off Right
The first part of Extra Credits' four-part look into the Late Bronze Age collapse.
The second part of Extra Credits' four-part look into the hunt of the Bismarck. Sponsored by Wargaming, creator of World of Warships.
djpretzel
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire - Horror in Manhattan
The team once again goes over many questions that have piled up since their last Mailbag episode. The questions include how to become a producer in the game industry, requesting a look at other fields in the industry, how to start an independent studio and the reason for region locking in games.
Finding Finances
Game Reviews
EH62
The third part of Extra Credits' four-part look into the hunt of the Bismarck. Sponsored by Wargaming, creator of World of Warships.
The Kinect and PlayStation Move peripherals are discussed, and their chances for success are speculated on.
ESF7
Beyond Fun
The second part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the Mali Empire.

Commuter rail

HFE

Marwa Charles

EH45
The fifth and final part of Extra Credits' 5-part look into the career of Admiral Yi Sun-sin. Council of Five Elders, Suncheon Castle, Battle of Noryang, Chen Lin
The team considers the intended goal of Blizzard's plan for a "real money" marketplace in Diablo III.
Video Games and the Female Audience
Extra Credits' look into the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
The first part of Extra Credits' five-part look into Ned Kelly.
True Female Characters
Collectible Games
The Fighting Game Problem
Sengoku Jidai Lies
EH96
EH185
The team carefully explores piracy as it affects games and the industry.
Easy Games
The second part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Genghis Khan.

Joanna Wilma Cabauatan Salamanca

Canada Saskatchewan#Canada

Demo Daze
The lies, omissions, glossings-over, and corrections of Extra Credits' six-part look into Otto von Bismarck.

合肥新橋國際機場

Paper Money Lies
ESF11
Role Playing in Games

Minimum wage rate

The prequel to Extra Credits' five-part look into the Brothers Gracchi, focusing on the accomplishments of Tiberius Gracchus the Elder.
Under Suspicion
The team takes a break from the "art and design" talk to appreciate the Child's Play Charity Dinner Auction.
Funding XCOM
The Role of the Player
The third part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the Irish potato famine.
EH134

In production

add8e6
Ned Kelly Lies
Dragon's Dogma

Reichstag

On Top of the World
This week, we discuss the design concept of Counter Play

Location of Lamming Mills in British Columbia

Extra Credits' discussion of the idea of "semiotic ghosts" with Gibson's The Gernsback Continuum.
Quest Design Part 1
Gracchus the Elder - Prequel: In His Footsteps
EHL20
Decoherence
Easter Special
EH37
The team discusses BioShock Infinite and the problem with clinging to "the brand".

English, and Kiswahili

The team discusses how video games could benefit education by personalized assessment, instant feedback and easing the work load on the teacher .
The fourth part of Extra Credits' 5-part look into the career of Admiral Yi Sun-sin. Battle of Busan, Katō Kiyomasa, Won Gyun, Battle of Chilcheollyang, Battle of Myeongnyang

English

The first part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the Mali Empire.
The third part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into the First Crusade.
OverClocked Remix
The third part of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the Battle of Kursk.
The team concludes our musing on the need for a real XCOM program.
The team offers some tips on how to be a successful indie game developer.
Spectrum Crunch
The Hellenic Alliance

(DLF G&CC)

The team gets into a little bit of video game theory, discussing the creative contribution of the player to a game.
EH125
The Bubble Pops
The Great Law of Peace
The team explains the value of playtesting one's game, and offers some tips on how to get the best data possible.
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
A Song of Ice and Greenland
EH53
For Halloween, the team explores the use of symbols and psychology in horror games.
Caesar I was, and am Justinian
Theodora: This is My Empire
Becoming the United States
The Final Bloody Act
Sixto
Frankenstein: The New Romantics

けいはんな線

The fifth part of Extra Credits' 6-part look back into the Byzantine Empire and the reign of Justinian.
EHL12
The sixth and final part of Extra Credits' 6-part look back into the Byzantine Empire and the reign of Justinian.

HBC post

Tags added

This week, the team give a progress update on the EC Indie Fund.
Benjamin Briggs
EH184

Louisiana State League

The first part of Extra Credits' six-part look into the history of paper money.

Fundação de Apoio Social Tanzânia

Part 2 of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the events that started World War I.
The first part of Extra Credits' four-part look into D-Day. Part 1 focuses on the American forces. Sponsored by Wargaming.
ER7
Capsule
The fifth part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the reign of Khosrau Anushirawan.
William Gibson: The Gernsback Continuum: Semiotic Ghosts
A Ten-Thousand Year Battle

United States

Broad Street Pump Lies
Saragarhi - The Last Stand
EH133
What Is a Game?
The team reiterates the Season 0 video about how the industry should be facing the various controversies surrounding video games.
In Service to the Brand
The team attempts to identify why the U.S. has always produced more first-person shooters than Japan.

生駒線

Spec Ops: The Line
The Animation of Punch Out!! - How the Wii Sequel Scored a KO
The third part of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the economics of World War II. Sponsored by Paradox Interactive, makers of Hearts of Iron IV.
EH150
Anonymous
EH203
EH168
The Emperor Who Never Sleeps
Early Access
Combining Genres
EH5

Canada British Columbia

Martial Lord of Loyalty
This week, the team gives a step-by-step guide on how to choose a good game school.
EH10

Samuel Hannaford and Sons TR in Hamilton County

EH28
EH117
The team begins a series on the potential for game industry growth in new regions around the world. First up: Brazil!
"God Does Not Play Dice"
JR10
The first part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Catherine the Great.
Mailbag #2
EH61
EH79
Months after the first time they've analyzed it, the team deconstructs the Kinect after much exposure to it to examine the positive and negative aspects of its motion control and how to improve it.
JR9

Club Deportivo Universitario San Francisco Xavier

ESF6
This week, the team discusses the benefits of subtle imbalances in games .

Patron saint

Lamming Mills,British Columbia

Affordances
Talks about how moral choice gameplay should be improved.

para

Facing Controversy
Long Live the Queen

Mission founded

Before the Storm
Lend-Lease
This week, the team begins a two-part discussion on ARGs, starting with Alternate Reality Games.
EH211

Gaylordsville, Connecticut

EH176
Balancing For Skill
The second part of Extra Credits' 5-part look into the career of Admiral Yi Sun-sin. Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Imjin War, Turtle ship, Battle of Okpo
The Immortal Soul

A Kashihara Line train passing Yakushi-ji temple

The sixth part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Simón Bolívar.
The second part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the reign of Khosrau Anushirawan.

References

Quest Design Part 2
The fifth part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the Great Northern War.
The team begins a three-week series on various topics relating to Telltalle's The Walking Dead.
The third part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Genghis Khan.
EH63
The first part of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the Zulu Empire.
One Fateful Day in June

Barangays

Altec

The lies, omissions, glossing overs, and corrections of Extra Credits' 6-part look into Suleiman the Magnificent.
ER9
EC Fund Update

Reference no.

The lies, omissions, glossing overs and corrections of Extra Credits' 5-part look into the events of the South Sea Company.
Enter Gaius
The Bronze Age Collapse - Lies
Where Did Survival Horror Go?
The Siege of Inabayama Castle
The Beast Macabre
Alfred vs. Guthrum
EH202
EH167
Those Who Seek Death Shall Live
The second part of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the economics of World War II. Sponsored by Paradox Interactive, makers of Hearts of Iron IV.
The team addresses the potential for the MMORTS genre, as well as the reasons why making one seems to be such a difficult challenge. Features guest artist Cat Sze.
Project Ten Dollar

BOL

EH7

People and Development Foundation

The team kicks off a series of episodes on Choice in games.
Men of Iron

Province

ESF12
The fourth part of Extra Credits' six-part look into the history of quantum computing. Part 4 discusses "spooky action at a distance."
Games You Might Not Have Tried #2
EH116
Samuel HaNagid - A Prince of Jews
Law of the Splintered Paddle
The group observes both the positive and negative aspects of Mass Effect 3's DLC.
The team does a second mailbag to clear up more questions with Erin Siegel aiding in the art once again. They go over questions such as the show's resources for information, how to pitch an idea for a video game and what game design books are recommended for designers.
The third part of Extra Credits' 4-part look into John Snow and the Broad Street pump.
The team discusses why poor monetization in free-to-play games harms both the consumer and the developer.
Like a Ninja
EH55
The fourth part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Simón Bolívar.
Prince of Persia
The fifth part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the Mali Empire.

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A Dream of China
Extra Credits' discussion of the themes of the dying race in Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles.
EHL21
The lies, omissions, glossings-over, and corrections of Extra Credits' four-part look into the Late Bronze Age collapse.
DC2
Not Quite Empress Yet
EH20

Inflation rate

Candy Crush's Success
EH38
JR7
The second part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Otto von Bismarck.
EH192
The first part of Extra Credits' two-part look into the Danelaw. Sponsored by Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia.
EH71
ESF8

Czech or Czechoslovak

EHL3
A list of games is compiled that the members of the team feel are important or influential, but not necessarily popular or even good. Includes Fate of the World, Knights in the Nightmare, Europa Universalis III, Victoria II, Hearts of Iron III, Valkyria Chronicles, The World Ends with You, King's Field: The Ancient City, Demon's Souls, Radiant Historia, Desktop Dungeons, Super Crate Box, Dissidia Final Fantasy, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Today I Die, Every Day the Same Dream, One Chance, The Company of Myself, The End of Us, Freedom Bridge, Passage, Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes, SpaceChem, Ilomilo, Dungeon Fighter Online, and Minecraft .
The first part of Extra Credits' six-part look into the history of quantum computing. Part 1 discusses the nature of light.
EH89
Extra Credits' discussion of how Romanticism shaped Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
Gamification
Wine Land

Lamming Mills

Perfect Imbalance
EH141
The team examines the difficult challenge of storytelling in a competitive multiplayer game space.
EH159
The team discusses the under-appreciated role of the Community Manager.
The Boston Massacre - Snow and Gunpowder
The first part of Extra Credits' 6-part look back into the Byzantine Empire and the reign of Justinian.
Western & Japanese RPGs, Part 3
Graphics vs. Aesthetics
Extra Credits' look into Mary Anning.
Early Christian Schisms Lies
The fifth and final part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the Brothers Gracchi.

1987 World Touring Car Championship

The second part of Extra Credits' two-part look into the search for a cure for tuberculosis. Sponsored by the Child and Teen Checkups program of the Minnesota Department of Health.
The first part of Extra Credits' 4-part look into John Snow and the Broad Street pump.
This week, we discuss the unfortunate lack of preservation for gaming's history.
The first part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into Suleiman the Magnificent.
Kingdom of Majapahit - Lies
The team talks about Three-act structure, In Medias Res and amnesia as a plot device in games.
EH12
EHL13
EH108
Education: Responsive Learning
The Iron Chancellor

Right-handed

Culture and Games
Pretentious Game
EH132
JR11
This week, the team finishes discussing how games can convey meaning through mechanics alone.
The second part of Extra Credits' four-part look into the First Opium War.
Video Games and Moral Choices

مؤسسة الدعم الاجتماعي في تنزانيا

The lies, omissions, glossing overs and corrections of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the events of the Zulu Kingdom.
The lies, omissions, glossings-over, and corrections of Extra Credits' five-part look into the reign of Khosrau Anushirawan.
The third part of Extra Credits' four-part look into The Articles of Confederation.
Metrics
EH46
Sacred Geometry
The fifth part of Extra Credits' six-part look into the 1918 flu pandemic.
The sixth part of Extra Credits' six-part look into the Viking expansion. Part 6 focuses on the settlement of Vinland.
The team explains the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic rewards.

Treffor Elliott Davies

EH191
Mary Anning - Princess of Paleontology
Writing in video games and the importance of narrative is discussed.
All Good Things
EH97

Dilasag

The lies, omissions, glossings-over, and corrections of Extra Credits' four-part look into D-Day.
The lies, omissions, glossing overs and corrections of Extra Credits' 6-part look into the events of the First Crusade.
The fifth part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the Irish potato famine.

ESP

The team discusses a handy method for broadly defining one's character.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
Siege of Antioch

Canada

voters

Extra Credits begins its 4-part look into the events that started World War I.
Why Console Specs Don't Matter
The Twang of a Bow
EH140
EH158
The team discusses the level layout of a map in League of Legends and how it forces the players to think tactically.
Tutorials
The fourth part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into Suleiman the Magnificent.
The second part of Extra Credits' two-part look into the Battle of Thermopylae. Sponsored by Total War: Arena.
The team discusses a big paradigm shift that they see on the horizon of the game industry.
Steel and Coral
The Battle of the Border
The fourth and final part of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the Battle of Kursk.
The first part of Extra Credits' look into the overall history of sci-fi. Part 1 focuses on Jules Verne.
The lies, omissions, glossing overs and corrections of Extra Credits' 5-part look into The Brothers Gracchi.
The team discusses the use of the illusion of choice in game design.
This week, we address the rather large reaction to our previous episode.
Video Games and Learning
The first part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Simón Bolívar.
EH175

Post office established

The Wildman Bismarck

Rance 4.2

The first part of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the early Christian heresies. Ignatius of Antioch, Docetism.

Dipaculao, Aurora

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/12073.html Cricinfo

EH210
How to Start Your Game Narrative
Incentive Systems and Politics

constant speed

Reverberations
The team discusses the increasing focus on metrics in the game industry, and the possible results this trend might have, for better or worse.
Working Conditions
The sixth part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Otto von Bismarck.
Young and Violent
The fourth part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the Brothers Gracchi.
Mailbag #1
Extra Credits' look into the history of the written word in Sumer.
Extra Credits begins its 4-part look into the Punic Wars. A miniseries cosponsored by The Creative Assembly, made in conjunction with the release of Total War: Rome II.
EH124

Frank Stagg (Irish republican)

The team discusses what "choice" is, and how the use of conflict separates it from the often-substituted "calculations".
ER8
Video Game Award Shows

Philippine Sea

Sexual Diversity
EHL30
The team discusses the debate over what does and doesn't qualify as a "game".
The team takes a quick break from all the games talk to discuss the internet group Anonymous, and whether or not they were actually behind the PSN outage.
An Open Letter to EA Marketing
The second part of Extra Credits' six-part look into the history of quantum computing. Part 2 discusses Einstein's theories and the creation of Bohr's model of the atom.
Roguelike Returns
EH54
The Concert of Europe
The team discusses microtransactions and how they are not fulfilling their potential within the games industry. Erin Siegel returns as a guest artist.
Suicide Island
Video Games and Sex
Rise and Fall
EH6
ESF13
EH183

Athletic director

The second part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Catherine the Great.
Let's Talk About Publishing
Mechanics as Metaphor
The Young and the Old

Print

Ratification
Fire and Sword

DE: 242
Record high: 60.0 m³/s( )

Extra Credits' look into Odenathus.
The Righteous Minister
Microtransactions, DLC and Price
The second part of Extra Credits' six-part look into the history of paper money.
The Articles of Confederation - Lies
Buying Out Britain
On Game Schools
Fighting the Ghost
EH56
The second part of Extra Credits' two-part look into the Battle of Saipan. Sponsored by World of Tanks.
The lies, omissions, glossing overs and corrections of Extra Credits' 6-part look into the events of the Sengoku period.

Indian Open (golf)

Wrath of the Khan

* Brooklyn Dodgers / Tigers
* Fleet City
* New York Yankees

EH174
The second part of Extra Credits' 4-part look into John Snow and the Broad Street pump.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is picked apart to identify what makes it appealing.
Justinian & Theodora Lies 2
EHL22

The fifth part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into the events of the Sengoku period. Battle of Yamazaki, Siege of Takamatsu, Shimizu Muneharu, Oda Nobutada, Oda Hidenobu,
Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)

The second part of Extra Credits' four-part look into The Articles of Confederation.
The fourth part of Extra Credits' four-part look into the Late Bronze Age collapse.
The Fall of Eric Bloodaxe
Departing from the usual deconstruction format, Bejeweled 2 is instead analyzed on the surface with actual data points to show just how complex and elegantly designed even a simple game can be.
The team begins a two-episode "science distraction" derived from the previous episode by looking at what role games might play in the path to technological singularity.

Torlonia

So You Want to be a Developer, Part 2

Cessna and AOPA

EH123
Last Dream
In the first of a two-part discussion, the team explains how a designer analyzes games as he plays.
Global Games: Brazil

Bruiser Kinard

Light utility aircraft

EH30
EH48
Germany!
Spooky Action at a Distance
Mailbag #4

Feast date

Sex in Games
JR18
EH107

Thomas J. Emery and Samuel Hannaford

EHL14
EH13
ER5
Lay Down the Law
The team discusses a disorientation that affects players, most commonly while playing first person shooters.
A Little Bit of Yesterday
East vs. West
The fourth part of Extra Credits' six-part look into the 1918 flu pandemic.
Extra Credits' discussion of how Percival Lowell's disproven theory of canals on Mars made its way into science fiction.
The Lies, omissions, glossings-over, and corrections of Extra Credits' five-part look into the Great Northern War.
EH64
The end of a three-part look into discussing Western RPGs and JPRGs.
JR6
Our Oscars
ESF9
Energy Systems
EH166
EH3
Games You Might Not Have Tried
EH219
The second part of Extra Credits' three-part look into the Cuban Missile Crisis. Sponsored by DomiNations.

Osaka Uehommachi

Summoner's Rift
EH201
An Army in Exile

Dipaculao

Fighting for Rome
The team finally get around to talking about racial diversity and discrimination in games, thanks mostly to the release of L.A. Noire.
The team talk about why the Vita failed to break the market and become the dominant handheld system.
EH115
Lindisfarne - An Age Borne in Fire

Eduardo Rivero

The sixth and final part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into the First Crusade.
The second part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the Brothers Gracchi. Marcus Octavius.
The team celebrate their 200th episode and mention the progress in the video game industry since 2008.

International

Urbino - The Light of Italy: Federico da Montefeltro
The team considers the reasons why professional gaming hasn't really yet caught on in the West. Features guest artist Miel Daroqui.
Be Like a Mountain
Overlooked
EH157
The Pre-Production Problem
Clash of Kings

Anna University

EH190

Medicina

Not Quite Catherine Yet
Like Father, Like Son

Personally

April 2018

Sixth and Vine streets, Cincinnati, Ohio

The relative shortage of "true" horror games and why the genre has deteriorated is discussed.
The second part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Simón Bolívar.
EH106
Frankenstein: Radical Alienation
EH21
The American Wake
The team further examines the "lazy design" briefly discussed in the previous episode by picking apart Call of Juarez: The Cartel.
EHL4
EH39
The fifth part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the kingdom of Majapahit.
The third part of Extra Credits 6-part look back into the Byzantine Empire and the reign of Justinian.
JR17
List of Extra Credits episodes
The fourth part of Extra Credits' six-part look into the Viking expansion. Part 4 focuses on the Rus Vikings, Rurik, and Olga of Kiev.

Crete

Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India

Vyachko

The second part of Extra Credits' two-part look into the Danelaw. Sponsored by Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia.
EH72
As an opening to an ongoing episodic discussion, the team look at the lack of proper diversity in video games .
La Résistance

Evros River

The first part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into the First Crusade.
The third part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the kingdom of Majapahit.
EH165

橿原線

Working Out the Kinks
The team discusses the importance of board games in the study of game design.
The team continues talking about effectively handling exposition in games.
The team discusses the tutorial elements used in the first level of Super Mario Bros..

#Castle Garden and Castle
#Pleasure Garden

EH200
Part 2 of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the Punic Wars. Features the start of the Second Punic War.

Year

Manjari Fadnis

EH218
EH182
The fourth part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the kingdom of Majapahit.

Westborough (town), Worcester County, Massachusetts

D-Day - Lies
Government for the People
Education: An End to Fear
Cutscenes
Taking deconstruction a step further, the team discusses a moral choice sequence in Mass Effect 2 and the power video games have to teach people about themselves.
ESF14

over 23,237

Emperor of the Fading Suns
The JC Penny's Effect
Empress Catherine at Last

Route map

Epidemiology Begins!
The team takes a look at the way video game music has evolved over the years, and compare the strengths of today's game music with the chiptunes of gaming past.
Harassment
South Sea Company Lies
The lies, omissions, glossing overs and corrections of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the events that started World War I.
Slave of God

The Reichstag at the time of its completion in 1894

The team discusses Mark of the Ninja and how to make stealth games fair, yet challenging.
The second part of Extra Credits' five-part look into Sun Yat-sen.
Silent Night

CAAC airport chart

EH131
EH149
The fifth part of Extra Credits' six-part look into the history of quantum computing. Part 5 discusses quantum decoherence.
The team talks about the importance of balancing a game's depth and complexity.
The fourth part of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the economics of World War II.
Video Game Music
The team talks about an early example of games attempting to push boundaries and do good.
Genericism
The team discusses how to make a game challenging, yet still enjoyable.
Negative Possibility Space
Sharing Our Medium
Tangential Learning
Free Speech

*List of civil aircraft

EH47
Global Games: Mexico, Argentina & Chile
EHL23
The Martian Chronicles - Too Human
Not Just Noodles
The third part of Extra Credits' four-part look into the First Opium War.

Philadelphia (town), Jefferson County, New York

In a spin on the usual format, the team deconstructs the God of War series and its triumphs and failings in storytelling.
EH80
Games You Might Not Have Tried: Collectable Games
Extra Credits' look into Lindisfarne and the beginning of the Viking Age.

Goido

Viking Expansion - Lies
The team discusses the early levels of Portal and the tutorial contained within.
EH98

Connie Cheecham

The team talk about a curious emergence of games whose primary gameplay only becomes apparent with perseverance.
Doing Free to Play Wrong
The team talk about using Cthulhu as a force or as part of the atmosphere rather than as an enemy in Lovecraft-based games.
Before building upon sexual diversity as introduced in an earlier episode, a previous episode from the pre-Escapist era was remade to discuss the current state of sex in games.
Sun Yat-sen - Lies
The team discusses how to design quests that do not simply fall into the categories of "Kill X Enemies", "Collect X Items" or "Transport Item/Person from A to B".
Game Compulsion
The team begins a two-part series on the Collectable monetization model.
The team discusses some of the difficulties of integrating games into our education system.
The lies, omissions, glossing overs, and corrections of Extra Credits' 4-part look into John Snow and the Broad Street pump.
EH31
EH49
So You Want to be a Producer
Extra Credits' discussion of how The Sorrows of Young Werther shaped Shelley's Frankentstein.
EH199
The third part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the history of non-Euclidean geometry.
The Einstein-Bohr Debates
Shoot Out at Stringybark Creek
Kentucky Route Zero
ESF1
Collectable Games Part 3
Extra Credits' look into the Berlin airlift and the start of the Cold War.
EH82
EHL15
The team continues the discussion of Collectable Games, their benefits and their potential dangers.
Net Neutrality
The third part of Extra Credits' four-part look into the Late Bronze Age collapse.

Robert St. Pierre

The fourth part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into the Byzantine Empire and the reign of Justinian.
Pandora: First Contact
The Lawgiver
Piracy
EH130
EH148

Song Lam Nghe An F.C.

Two Brothers
The first part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the history of non-Euclidean geometry.
The team talk about how fighting games' vast skill set deters many new players from becoming good at the game.
The lies, omissions, glossing overs and corrections of Extra Credits' second 6-part look into the events of the Byzantine Empire and the reign of Justinian.
The team discusses the general lack of comedy-oriented video games, and the potential of interactive comedy.
No Redeeming Value
EH181
The fourth part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the Great Northern War.
On to Jerusalem
The fifth part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into the First Crusade.
The team discusses the importance of net neutrality and the effect it will have on games should it vanish.
To demonstrate the benefits of sexual diversity in games, the characters Kanji Tatsumi and Naoto Shirogane from Persona 4 are analyzed.
This week, the team speculates on the future possibilities of reselling digital copies of games.
Zulu Empire Lies
The team concludes the two-episode "science distraction" by examining the common "technobabble" cliche in video games.

Theatrical release poster

The lies, omissions, glossing overs, and corrections of Extra Credits' 5-part look into the career of Admiral Yi Sun-sin.
Localisation
The first part of Extra Credits' two-part look into Hiawatha. Sponsored by DomiNations.

Victorio B. Briones

The Canals of Mars - Eye of the Beholder
The sixth part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Catherine the Great. Features the dissolution of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the struggles with her heir.
Heavy is the Head
Narrative Mechanics
One Finger Death Punch
The lies, omissions, glossings-over, and corrections of Extra Credits' five-part look into Sun Yat-sen.
Simón Bolívar Lies

On the Franconian Heights northwest of Oberdachstetten

The Bright Moonlight of Hansando
EH114
The second part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into the events of the Sengoku period. Hojo clan, Takeda clan, Uesugi clan, Azai clan, Saito clan, Saitō Dōsan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Siege of Inabayama Castle, Ashikaga Yoshiaki

Franconian Rezat

Mass Effect 3 DLC
Fail Faster
This week, the gang talks about those playtime-limiting systems often found in social games.
This week, we talk about the factor of player skill when balancing multiplayer games.
The third part of Extra Credits' look into the overall history of sci-fi. Part 3 focuses on the explorations of the occult in sci-fi.

_shorts

First Opium Wars Lies
Intrinsic or Extrinsic
The Reforms of Justinian
Mansa Musa
Khosrau Anushirawan - Lies
The team starts a series looking at design problems in the US political system.
EH57
The potential for game experiences that aren't combat based is explored, particularly exploring the game Echo Bazaar.
The second part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into the First Crusade.
The team discusses the then-called Schwarzenegger v. EMA case and what it could mean for the future of video games as a medium.
Isle of Blight
EH173
The fourth part of Extra Credits' six-part look into the history of paper money.

Rance II

A Season of Hope

*AirLony Skylane – ultralight aircraft inspired by the Cessna 182
*Aeropilot Legend 540 - scale version built from carbon fiber
*Beechcraft Bonanza
*Cirrus SR20
*Diamond DA40
*Piper Cherokee
*Tecnam P2010

EH90
Extra Credits' look into Dr. Joseph Goldberger and pellagra. Sponsored by the Child and Teen Checkups program of the Minnesota Department of Health.

Sanjaya Belatthiputta

The Cracks Begin to Spread
The third part of Extra Credits' six-part look into the Viking expansion. Part 3 focuses on the founding of Dublin.
The Extra Credits team calls out EA on their recent marketing campaigns.
The first part of Extra Credits' two-part look into the Battle of Saipan. Sponsored by World of Tanks.
So You Want to be a Developer, Part 1
EH122
The Guest Art Marathon is kicked off with a discussion on why games really need to start making time for pre-production. Features guest artist Molly Maloney.
Beginning of the Great Mongol Nation
Puzzle Games
Pacing
The second part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the history of non-Euclidean geometry.
The sixth and final part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into Suleiman the Magnificent.
The third part of Extra Credits' three-part look into the Cuban Missile Crisis. Sponsored by DomiNations.
In time for Halloween, the team pulls out some creepy games you REALLY may never have heard of. Includes Memories of a Broken Dimension, Castle Doctrine, I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, No One Has to Die, Starseed Pilgrim, OFF, Pathologic, Song of Saya (Saya no Uta), and Outlast.
ER6
The Hero Koch
The team looks into the working conditions of the game industry.
EH164

Rance 5D

EH217

Number

ESF15
JR5

Daniel Edvardsen

Games Journalism
The team discusses why games appear to have gotten easier over the years.
Video Games and the Uncanny Valley
The lies, omissions, glossing overs, and corrections of Extra Credits' five part look into Ned Kelly.
EH113
Extra Credits' look into the Battle of Saragarhi.
EH4
Rollo the Walker
EH14

Location in India

Rance: Hikari o Motomete

The fifth part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Otto von Bismarck.
EH65

The Franconian Rezat near Windsbach

EH172
Mailbag #3
A Killing in Hong Kong
The Extra Curricular Holiday Special
Extra Credits' discussion of how Shelley used the writing style of Plutarch's Lives in Frankenstein.
EHL24
The team talk about the pitfalls of allowing players to access incomplete versions of games.
Origins of Exchange
The fifth part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the history of non-Euclidean geometry.
Veterans Day - A Call to Armistice: Fundraising for War Child Charity
The first part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Genghis Khan.
The team discusses the need to change the conversation around video games.
The start of a three-part look into discussing Western RPGs and JPRGs.
The Battle of Okehazama
Community Management
The third part of Extra Credits' five-part look into Ned Kelly.
EH99

Location of airport in China

The sixth part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into the events of the Sengoku period. Toyotomi Hideyori, Ishida Mitsunari, Torii Mototada, Siege of Fushimi, , Battle of Sekigahara, Kobayakawa Hideaki
EH81
Day One

Assistant coach
* Ole Miss

* 6× First-team All-Pro
* 5× NFL All-Star
* First-team All-AAFC

Choice and Conflict
Mother Seacole in the Crimea
The lies, omissions, glossings-over, and corrections of Extra Credits' six-part look into Genghis Khan.
EH156
TransGaming
The lies, omissions, glossing overs, and corrections of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the First Opium Wars..
Romance in Games
The lies, omissions, glossing overs and corrections of Extra Credits' six-part look into Simón Bolívar.
Prussia Ascendant

l, 13th

The fourth part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Genghis Khan.
EH209
Talks about mishandling of sexuality in video games. Incorrectly flagged for mature content on YouTube.
The fifth part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Genghis Khan.
To commemorate Halloween the same week, the team talks about zombies in video games.

Postal code

This week, we talk a bit about Faith in games.
"For Whom the Bell Tolls"

Empowering the Sensible Efforts

Hard-Boiled
EH105
Kelly Country
EHL16
Extra Credits' discussion of how the fall of the Carolingian Empire made a profound effect throughout history.
EH22
More Than Exposition
The team once again goes over some of the more common requests in their email inboxes, including the use of gritty realism, the widespread poor translation of movies to games , e-sports, Minecraft, the decline of Sonic the Hedgehog, and others.
Gunboat Diplomacy
"Art" is Not the Opposite of Fun
EA's post-market "Project Ten Dollar" is discussed and some alternatives are suggested.
EHL5
The team goes over some of the more common requests in their email inboxes, including why there is a lack of FPS innovation, how to enter the game industry, what the team's game industry experience is, a brief analysis of the current state of PC gaming and JRPGs, and others.
The team continues their series about design problems in the U.S. political system. Grey Jenkins is a guest artist.

Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma

The third part of Extra Credits' four-part look into D-Day. Part 3 focuses on the French resistance. Sponsored by Wargaming.
The final part of Extra Credits' four-part look into the hunt of the Bismarck. Sponsored by Wargaming, creator of World of Warships.
EH73
Electron Boogaloo
Word Choice
Modding
The third part of Extra Credits' six-part look into the 1918 flu pandemic.
The Engines of War

Viva World Cup

Level 1-1
Using Max Payne 3 as an example, the team goes over how making a series more mature can go wrong and what actually makes a game mature.

Adrián Romero

Preparations

Dilasag, Aurora

Designing for a Touch Screen
Warrior Monks of Hongan-ji and Hiei
The fifth part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Simón Bolívar.
The team continue their discussion on education and games and emphasise the importance of using modern teaching techniques over rote learning.
The Shadow of God
EH24
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
EH1
This week, the team concludes their discussion on ARGs, this time with Augmented Reality Games.
Ether One
Diversity
The second part of Extra Credits' six-part look into the 1918 flu pandemic.
Too Big to Fail
Episode 200
EH75
EHL7
The team begins a two-part series on the much-debated topic of game addiction, properly referred to here as "game compulsion". Features guest artist Hyunwoo "Mac" Ko.

Lamming Mills, British Columbia

ESF2
The team discusses how animation in video games is different from that in film, and how Punch Out!! manages to work with this.
The team concludes their month-long discussion of Choice in video games.
EH155

Namtumbo and Mtwara, Tanzania.

Psychological Horror
Last Stands and Changing Fortunes
EH208
Moving Forward
Land of the Rus
The first part of Extra Credits' 5-part look into the events of the South Sea Company.
The second of a three-part look into discussing Western RPGs and JPRGs.
The fourth part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into the First Crusade.
Video Games and Choice
The Death of Oda Nobunaga
The team discusses some basic story principles as they apply to games.
EH104
Missile Command is deconstructed to demonstrate how games can express an idea using only their mechanics.
This week, we start discussing religion in games. Finally.
The team concludes their series on design problems in the US political system. Gerrymandering and filibustering are discussed.

Advocacy, Training, and Empowerment

Propaganda Games

Average high: 19.9 m³/s

Bladiator
Sink the Bismarck
The team enjoys some speculation on Sony's PlayStation 4.
EH121
EH139
Enemy Mind
The team explains why settling on a story before you've started your game may be a bad idea.

Rance III

COL

RPG Combat Systems
Letters from the Trenches
Zombies

Jackson Central

The team returns to the subject of game compulsion and its causes.

World Touring Car Championship

E.S.Kathir

Arsenal of Democracy
The sixth part of Extra Credits' six-part into the history of paper money.
Ireland
This week, we talk about the importance of protagonists in the horror genre.
Potemkin, Catherine's General, Advisor, and Lover
The MMORTS
The Council of Nicaea
The first part of Extra Credits' two-part look into Kamehameha the Great.
The team discusses some of the positive impact the gamer community has on the world, including gaming charities and charitable events.
The fourth part of Extra Credits' five-part look into Sun Yat-sen.
Learning from Other M
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The team talk about the current revival in roguelike RPGs.

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The team talks some more about the used games issue.
The Pride of Germany
The Myth of the Gun
The team discusses how challenging it is to introduce others to video games, and offers some tips for how to successfully do so. Erin Siegel returns as guest artist.
The second part of Extra Credits' six-part look into the Viking expansions. Part 2 focuses on Rollo.
Before Imperium
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This week, we explain why games shouldn't be constrained exclusively to "Fun".
The Serpent-Riders
The Foundation of Everything
ARGs
The team talks about the current state of the MMO genre and where it may go in the future.
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The Punic Wars Begin
NOT a Security Episode
A Kidnapping in London

Charity, Civil Society, and Non-profit

The Atlantic Wall

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The term "gamer" and the problems associated with its current usage are discussed.

Tito T. Tubigan

Indian

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You Know Nothing, John Snow
Not a Babysitter
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Dong Nai F.C.

Shirika la Msaada wa Kijamii Tanzania

Video Games and Facing Controversy
Black '47

Rance II: Hangyaku no Shōjotachi

Greece

This week, the team finally gets around to talking about the trouble with power creep. Features guest artist Scott DeWitt.
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As a continued look at sexual diversity in games, the team discusses how to design strong female characters.
Justinian's Comet
The Sharp Mind of John Blunt
Risk of Rain
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The Role of Avatars
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Expanding on the previous gamification discussion, the team elaborates on how education could specifically benefit.

Location

June 2009

The Final Fall
Game Addiction, Pt. 1
Crowdfunding

Tiller Badi

The second part of Extra Credits' 5-part look into the events of the South Sea Company.
Digital Rentals and the Online Arcade
Leavings and Returns
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The second part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the kingdom of Majapahit.

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*Movers and Shakers Award at MAAC 24FPS International Animation Awards 2015

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The sixth part of Extra Credits' six-part look into the 1918 flu pandemic.
Extra Credits' discussion of the "Human Cycle" of The Martian Chronicles.
The second part of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the Zulu Empire.
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Open World Design
Extra Credits' look into Urbino and Federico da Montefeltro

Wisdom Tree

The Collapse of the Carolingian Empire - Echoes of History
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The team continue their discussion on games and education, and emphasise the importance of seeing the consequences of one's choices.
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Ise-Nakagawa

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The Brothers Gracchi Lies

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The team continues to discuss how to design an immersive and interesting quest, drawing on some prime examples.
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The team lays out some basic guidelines for designing a game on touch devices.

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Conflagration and Surrender
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Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž

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"Gamer"
Technobabble
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The lies, omissions, glossings-over, and corrections of Extra Credits' five-part look into the Mali Empire.
The team addresses a common claim that advancing games as an art means making them less fun. Features guest artist Annelie "Gab" Kretzschmar.
An Empire of Water
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The lies, omissions, glossings-over, and corrections of Extra Credits' five-part look into the history of non-Euclidean geometry.
The third part of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the Zulu Empire.

Kintetsu 7000 series trainset on the Keihanna Line

The first part of Extra Credits' four-part look into the First Opium War.

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Trolling Justinian
The second part of Extra Credits' two-part look into the Polish defense during World War II. Sponsored by World of Tanks.

November 2016

A Most Terrible Possibility

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Designing for Youth
The Illusion of Choice
The team talks about what makes Spec Ops: The Line so great . Guest art by Arvydas.
Games You Might Not Have Tried #6

Los Doctos , La U de Sucre , El equipo Estudiantil

The Hero's Journey
Eyeball to Eyeball
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Mark of the Ninja

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The History of Science Fiction - Pseudo-Science
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Railway point, former town

Khan of All Mongols
The third part of Extra Credits' 5-part look into the events of the South Sea Company.

Tanzaniae Socialis Adiumentum Fundationis

Why Games Do Cthulhu Wrong
The team discusses proper pacing and its influence on game design. Features the brief return of Allison Theus.
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Depth vs. Complexity
Authentic Combat in Games

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The first part of Extra Credits' two-part look into the search for a cure for tuberculosis. Sponsored by the Child and Teen Checkups program of the Minnesota Department of Health.
The first part of Extra Credits' four-part look into the hunt of the Bismarck. Sponsored by Wargaming, creator of World of Warships.

Cover of the paperback edition

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Tanzanya Sosyal Destek Vakfı

This week, the team list some under-appreciated titles from the beloved 16-bit era. Includes Starflight, E.V.O.: Search for Eden, Warsong, Shadowrun]], Terranigma, Uncharted Waters: New Horizons, Inindo: Way of the Ninja, and U.N. Squadron.
The second part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into the Byzantine Empire and the reign of Justinian.

China

The Iron Outlaw
The first part of Extra Credits' three-part look into the Cuban Missile Crisis. Sponsored by DomiNations.
A Man of Great Ideas
The Singularity
King's Field: The Ancient City
The third part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into Suleiman the Magnificent.
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This week, the team discusses a major bandwidth problem we're about to run into.
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The first part of Extra Credits' two-part look into the Polish defense during World War II. Sponsored by World of Tanks.
The Lonely One
The fourth and final part of Extra Credits' four-part look into the First Opium War.
The team talks about how to make good stealth games.

Proinsias Stagg

The third part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into the events of the Sengoku period. Battle of Anegawa, Asakura clan, Sugitani Zenjubō, Ishiyama Hongan-ji War, Ikkō-ikki, Mount Hiei, Sōhei, Enryaku-ji, Sieges of Nagashima
The fourth part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the history of non-Euclidean geometry.
The team lists off a few more interesting games you may not have looked into yet. Includes Thomas Was Alone, Tokyo Jungle, Home, Mark of the Ninja, FTL, Natural Selection 2, Commander: The Great War, Kerbal Space Program, The Unfinished Swan.
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Counter Play
The third part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the Mali Empire. Part 3 focuses on the reign of Mansa Musa.
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Ampere Beach and Ampere Rock in Dipaculao

Gamifying Education
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The third part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Simón Bolívar.
A Bombing in Wuchang
Emergence
The Empire of Mali - Lies
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Sackville Gardens

The second part of Extra Credits' two-part look into Hiawatha. Sponsored by DomiNations.
This week, the team discuss how games can convey meaning through mechanics alone. Shannon Meissner returns as guest artist.
History of Writing - The Alphabet

Ambassador of China to Syria

This week, we are reminded once again that Mailbags are a thing we do.
Leviathan

Private

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Washington State Department of Ecology

Extra Credits' discussion of the comparison of Satan of Paradise Lost to Frankenstein's monster.
Enriching Lives
The Martian Chronicles - A Dying Race

Lincoln County Courthouse (Stanford, Kentucky)

The second part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into Suleiman the Magnificent.
Keep Beating The Drum
This week, we explain why you don't see more game demos being released.
The Woes of Constantine
Barebones Economy
The team talk about how building a game around players actively making a decision and seeing the results of such affects gameplay.
Control of the Eastern Front
Microtransactions

The Reichstag building with the Victory Column on the Königsplatz, c. 1900

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The Wheel and the Rod
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The first part of Extra Credits' five-part look into the Irish potato famine.

Cincinnatian Hotel

The fifth part of Extra Credits' 5-part look into the events of the South Sea Company.
Extra Credits' look into the history of the formation of the alphabet.
Extra Credits' discussion of "The Million Year Picnic" in The Martian Chronicles.
Mailbag #5
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This medieval tower of the Kroměříž Castle was capped by a decorative drum and spire during the Baroque renovation in the 17th century.

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The second part of Extra Credits' two-part look into Mary Seacole.
Catherine the Great Lies
Great Northern War - Lies

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Squaring the Circle
Race in Games
The Final Conquering Years
Julie d'Aubigny - Duelist, Singer, Radical
Extra Credits' discussion of the founding of the science fiction genre with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

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Growing With Our Heroes
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Order More Coffins
The sixth and final part of Extra Credits' 6-part look into the Byzantine Empire and the reign of Justinian.
The lies, omissions, glossings-over, and corrections of Extra Credits' six-part look into the 1918 flu pandemic.
Difficulty in Games
The Skinner Box
The first part of Extra Credits' six-part look into the 1918 flu pandemic.
The team entertains ourselves by pondering the question: "Should we fund a real-life Xcom?"

Fondation de soutien social de la Tanzanie

Choices vs Consequences
Toxicity

March

A Bold Front to Fortune
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The first part of Extra Credits' 4-part look into the Battle of Kursk. Sponsored by Wargaming, creator of World of Tanks.

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Confluence: with the Swabian Rezat in Georgensgmünd to form the Rednitz

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Location of La Loche

The team continues their talk about Spec Ops: The Line this time with spoilers.
Map of the Blue Death

Governing body

The Rivalry of Blood Brothers
The team goes over another list of games that are either underrated or worth learning from. Includes Rock of Ages, The Dark Meadow, Xotic, Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale, Dungeon Defenders, Triple Town, King Arthur II: The Role-playing Wargame, PoxNora, Realm of the Mad God, and Dear Esther.
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The third part of Extra Credits' six-part look into the history of paper money.

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Frank Kinard

合肥新桥国际机场

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Part 3 of the series on collectable games, focusing on the positive aspects of the genre.

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Kintetsu Railway

Social Media in Gaming
This week, the team tackles the rampant bullying, misogyny and hate speech that occurs within the gaming community.
From Swineherd to Emperor
The Future of MMOs
Sound Design
The Diablo III Marketplace
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Minecraft Generation
Suleiman the Magnificent Lies
Metroid: Other M is deconstructed to analyze its shortcomings, especially as pertains to gender roles.
The sixth part of Extra Credits' six-part look into Genghis Khan.
The July Crisis
The Conclusion of the Second Punic War
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Regional District

When Difficult is Fun
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The Wrath of Shaka Zulu
Extra Credits' look into Cheng I Sao.
This week, we talk genres and some game design theory.
Following up on previous episodes on collectable games, the team recommends some interesting collectable games on mobile and tablet platforms. Includes Fantastica, Tyrant Unleashed, Puzzle & Dragons, Puzzle Trooper, Dragon Era, Quiz RPG: The World of Mystic Wiz, Rev Ersi Quest, Injustice: Gods Among Us , Order & Chaos Duels, and Assassin's Creed: Recollection.
Games You REALLY Might Not Have Tried
The Gold Standard
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The second part of Extra Credits' look into the overall history of sci-fi. Part 2 focuses on H. G. Wells.
The second part of Extra Credits' four-part look into D-Day. Part 2 focuses on the British forces and Operation Bodyguard. Sponsored by Wargaming.
Trade Deficits and the Macartney Embassy

Kroměříž Castle

Talks about the uncanny valley in relation to video games.
The Good We Do
The lies, omissions, glossings-over, and corrections of Extra Credits' six-part look into the Viking expansion.

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Consoles Are the New Coin-Op
The team speculates that consoles are speculated to be going the way of the obsolete arcade, and why this may not be a bad thing.
Ludus Florentis
The team examines the pros and cons of the loot system design in Firefall.
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The team takes a close look at one of the game industry's less-appreciated roles: the producer. Features guest artist LeeLee Scaldaferri.
The fourth part of Extra Credits' four-part look into D-Day. Part 4 focuses on the German defenses and the Atlantic Wall.
The team expands their list of recent video games worth mentioning, but often forgotten. Daniel Floyd additionally takes over art duties for this episode. Includes Outland, Terraria, Kingdom of Loathing, Metro 2033, Depths of Peril, Monday Night Combat, Trenched, OGame, World of Tanks, The Cat and the Coup, Earth Defense Force 2017, Panzer Corps, Runespell: Overture, Catherine, Monster Hunter, Bastion, and The Stanley Parable.

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The team discusses why Candy Crush had been phenomenally successful compared to other Bejeweled-style match 3 games.

Karamat

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The third part of Extra Credits' six-part look into the history of quantum computing. Part 3 discusses the debates between Einstein and Bohr at the 1927 Solvay Conference.
The Great Crusade
A Lion Takes the Throne
The Final Act
Defeat is Not Surrender
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The Fate of Princes
JR16
The team familiarizes themselves with an often-ignored game genre, hidden object games.
Black Saturday
JR3
Why the Vita Failed
Becoming a Bushranger
ER3
Peter the Hermit
The team does a horror monsters episode.
The History of Writing - Where the Story Begins
Digital Resale
Portal: Test Chambers
Admiral Yi Lies