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mymodernmet.com
daily.jstor.org
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2183944 > Heheh > > His name was... Snorri. > > Heheh
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
yalereview.org
theconversation.com
History has often been shaped by chance and luck. One of the blockbuster films of the past year, “Oppenheimer,” tells the dramatic story of the development of the atomic bomb and the physicist who headed those efforts, J. Robert Oppenheimer. But despite the Manhattan Project’s success depicted in the film, in his latter years, Oppenheimer became increasingly worried about a nuclear holocaust resulting from the proliferation of these weapons. Over the past 80 years, the threat of such nuclear annihilation was perhaps never greater than during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1967517 > It's just 10 minutes, but very enlightening.
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1934302 > Video is over 2 hours long and goes over 1970s history of D&D and other tabletop RPGs inspired by D&D during this time. > > Here's the description: > > >Just one year after the publication of Dungeons & Dragons, four other games debuted and helped define the new genre that would come to be called "Role-Playing Games." Learn about Boot Hill, Tunnels & Trolls, En Garde!, and Empire of the Petal Throne in this video: who created them and why, the game mechanics they used, and their legacy in shaping the future of roleplaying games for decades into the future. > > ---- > > Enjoy, y'all. > > Listen to it while you're doing other things, ig > > I *highly* recommend subscribing to this channel, even if you're not going to watch or listen to the video, as he does other more shorter videos, and it's always nice listening to the history of D&D and tabletop RPG games from someone that worked on them during his prime. > > Welp, again, enjoy.
www.theroot.com
www.medievalists.net
