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Making a historically accurate videogame: how Warhorse took on the task in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Deliverance 2, how did the team of developers at Warhorse Studios balance historical accuracy with the demands of gameplay?
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Did Catherine the Great really have sex with a horse?
It is well overdue that this particular rumour about Russian empress Catherine the Great is sent to the glue factory ...
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Michelangelo: the Renaissance polymath who transformed Western art
Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the ...
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Do you know the correct date of Magna Carta? Here’s why you might be wrong
Could we have been commemorating the wrong date of Magna Carta all along? Speaking on an episode of the HistoryExtra podcast, ...
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The JFK assassination attempt you’ve never heard of
What might have happened if JFK never made it to the US presidency? In December 1960, one man plotted to make that a reality.
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Why is a mythical catfish to blame for earthquakes in Japan?
Japan is no stranger to earthquakes. Located on the Ring of Fire, a seismically active area around the edge of the Pacific Basin, the country experiences around 2,000 quakes every year and around 20 ...