video games Kingmakers, a game about going back in time with modern weapons Grant St. Clair

short films Knights and Relationships is an intimate epic fantasy short film coming from X-MEN '97 storyboard artist Sam Tung Thom Dunn

History Vintage video shows Gothic armor was surprisingly flexible Grant St. Clair

History Medieval castle toilets doubled as assassination shafts Popkin

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law The Knights of Ni demand a Medicaid disbursement Rob Beschizza

History Knight vs samurai: which warrior would win in combat? Ellsworth Toohey

literature 10,000 historical children's books free to explore in digital archive Ellsworth Toohey

California teenage girl becomes youngest American knighted by Pope Ellsworth Toohey

video Darth Maul's new show will be about how boring the Empire is Grant St. Clair

Games Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 gets first DLC Grant St. Clair

History History's most catastrophic costume party, hosted by a mad king who thought he was made of glass Ellsworth Toohey

haunted attractions Medieval torture museum in Malta turns horror into unexpected family fun Popkin

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

politics Trump not technically saying he'll refuse to accept election results—he just won't accept them and has explained why Rob Beschizza

animation Inside the struggle to unionize the animation industry Thom Dunn

medieval studies University professor is also a medievalist meme master Jennifer Sandlin

News Watch "Hardware Wars" in HD Jason Weisberger

Comic Books Someone finally asked Chris Claremont about Professor X's weird sexy photograph collection Thom Dunn

police A short, squat, useless Robocop comes to NYC Ruben Bolling