Tom Scheinfeldt

Tom Scheinfeldt

Tom is Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Connecticut. He writes about history, technology, digital humanities, design, higher education, and (sometimes) politics.

"Geek List"—History Board Games

BoardGameGeek.com users debate the question, "What are the best games that teach History?"  Visit their self-styled Geek List for an expanding, annotated inventory of commercial history-themed board games.  Highlights include

Family History

Found on the floor of the United States Senate: James Inhofe (R-OK) explores his family history.

Profiles in Courage

In Mario Through the Years, GameDaily offers readers a several-thousand-word biography of Mario, twenty-six year veteran of Nintendo gaming, star of more than 100 games, and stalwart defender of Pauline's virtue

Matchstick Titanic

The BBC reports on Welshman Mark Colling's efforts to build a 19ft-long matchstick model of Titanic.  The article also includes a slideshow of Mr. Colling's earlier models, among them

Building Histories

I wanted to post this before a new issue came out, but alas I didn't make it in time.  In case you missed it, the May 21st New York Times Magazine