Horrible History Games

horrible history

(Horrible Histories) Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated history books published in the United Kingdom by Scholastic. They are designed to get children interested in history by concentrating on the trivial, unusual, gory, or unpleasant.
(Horrible Histories (2009 TV series)) Horrible Histories is a British children’s television series based on the Terry Deary book series of the same name. The first series was thirteen episodes long, and was broadcast from 16 April to 9 July 2009 on CBBC on BBC One.

games

(game) a contest with rules to determine a winner; “you need four people to play this game”
A single portion of play forming a scoring unit in a match, esp. in tennis
A form of play or sport, esp. a competitive one played according to rules and decided by skill, strength, or luck
(game) bet on: place a bet on; “Which horse are you backing?”; “I’m betting on the new horse”
(game) crippled: disabled in the feet or legs; “a crippled soldier”; “a game leg”
A complete episode or period of play, typically ending in a definite result

horrible history games – Grisly Quiz

Grisly Quiz Book and Gruesome Games (Horrible Histories)

A “Horrible Histories” gift set compromising a “Grisly Quiz Book”, packed full of foul facts and awesome activities, plus everything you need to play four awesome ancient games: The Awesome Egyptians Snake Game – board and counters included: Knucklebones – the ruthless Romans version of Jacks; Ostrakinda – a double-sided coin is used to play this groovy Greek team game; Blindfold Games – the classic Blind Man’s Buff as played by rotten; Roman kids and the groovy Greek favourite Ephedrismos; and a sure-fire family favourite that’s guaranteed to keep boredom at bay during the festive season.

A Brief History of a Nerd

I tried to list all the computers, platforms and languages I’ve dabbled with over the years. I’m sure there are many errors and omissions – there was that weird Research Machines 380Z rack-based machine and BBC Micro that I used in school during the 1980s for starters.. If you meet someone from the UK who claims to be an old-school computer nerd, ask them if they have ever written a Multi User Dungeon game for their school’s BBC Computer network. if they haven’t, they aren’t a real nerd.

Computers have been more than a nerdy hobby for me, since they became an integral part of what I jokingly call "my career".

I started off with a borrowed ZX80 (thanks EvilNick), then finally got my own ZX81. Everyone else was getting a ZX Spectrum around 1982, but I got a Jupiter Ace instead. Then onto the Amstrad CPC series, which lead to a freelance job writing for Amstrad CPC magazine. Then more freelance writing for Amiga Computing magazine, who were kind enough to send me an Amiga. That turned into a real job, and I moved around between different Amiga magazines for a bit.

I first used an IBM PC at university in the late 80s. It had 5 1/4 inch floppy disks, and possibly a version of Windows. At the time I was well versed in the idea of a GUI interface, thanks to the Amiga. I remember thinking "oo.. what a loud keyboard" and "yuck, what a horrible thing DOS is, I don’t think I’ll spend any more time on this nonsense". And I didn’t use one again for years, until I started working for PC Format magazine.

After a period of more freelance writing and self-employed programming work, I discovered the Pocket PC and the Windows CE OS and wrote and sold software. Then I was lured into moving to the US and working for the Evil Empire (no relation to Evil Nick) for a very enjoyable eight years.

Ironically, during that time I discovered I really preferred Macs to Windows, but only in the last year or so have I been able to devote time to programming in the Mac’s native Objective-C. Which brings me back to mobile devices again, as that is what the iPhone uses.

Currently I’m in the UK again, doing some Evil Empire work, but I’m waiting for something else to come up. Maybe iPhone related, who knows?

day 273

One of Michelle’s Christmas presents : the "Rotten Romans" board game, based on the "Horrible Histories" series of books.

horrible history games

History with twice the nasty bits! Want to know: How sniffing your own pee could save your life in the First World War? Why wearing white knickers could get you killed in the Second World War? How a pair of old socks gave away top secrets? The Frightful First World War tells you all the horrors and hardships of the war that was meant to last four months …but ground on for four grim years. The Woeful Second World War gives you the dire details about the worst war ever – from snow-bound cities under siege to fly-infested jungle trenches. Read on for curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and terrible tests …for your teacher! History has never been so horrible!