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Slitherine Bringing Horrible Histories To The PC & Consoles
Posted by Kotaku US Edition at 5:20 AM on August 27, 2008
Horrible Histories is a series of best selling edumacational books that do their best to make learning history fun by focusing on all the most gory, blood-curdling details.
Historical strategy specialists Slitherine — who, confusingly, have nothing to do with that other best selling children's book series — have signed a deal with Scholastic books to create a series of games based on the books and bring them to the PC, Nintendo Wii and DS.
The books lean heavily towards British and European history (well, we have so much more of it) with titles like The Rotten Romans and The Terrible Tudors but former colonies haven't been forgotten with titles such as Revolting Revolutionaries and Westward Wow.
SLITHERINE ANNOUNCES HISTORY WITH ALL THE NASTY BITS LEFT IN [Slitherine]
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Weirdwolf
Posted 6:05 AM 27/8/08
There were some games based on the horrible science books produced a few years back. They were given away on something like a cereal or in some newspaper. I got one for my daughter based around blood.I just had a look to see who it was that made it but couldn't find the disc. I do remember that it was a collection of very bad minigames that my daughter hated.
Weirdwolf
Chewbenator
Posted 5:59 AM 27/8/08
I had "The Groovy Greeks" and "The Vicious Vikings" Fun books.
Chewbenator
Midnightchronicles
Posted 5:55 AM 27/8/08
I have 13 of those books, they were the only books that I wanted to read when I was younger :D...Now I have to go read the boring "Os Maias" from Eça de Queiroz...I don't expect any of you to know what I'm talking about --'.
Midnightchronicles
IrishHalo
Posted 5:50 AM 27/8/08
These were a bit after my time but I did flick through some cousin's ones they are good books, I'd be semi-interested in seeing what they'll do with them
IrishHalo
Pezdispenser
Posted 5:41 AM 27/8/08
How have I never heard of this series? I would have been all over this as a kid.
Pezdispenser
TearsandScreams
Posted 5:39 AM 27/8/08
Ah the books were awesome. I wonder what on earth they're going to do with this? I presume some kind of interactive education game, could make history fun for kids.
TearsandScreams
drunkentyger
Posted 5:34 AM 27/8/08
I love these Horrible histories books... My youngest brother has few himself.
I remember when I felt warm and fuzzy reading about the Rotten Romans when I was a wee lad.
drunkentyger
hamandcheeseUK
Posted 5:30 AM 27/8/08
I used to love reading these books. Not sure about playing a game based on them though..
hamandcheeseUK
Golem29
Posted 5:28 AM 27/8/08
These things got me into History at age 8. I achieved an A in A-Level history 2 weeks ago and got into Uni because of it. These books have my full respect and praise.
Golem29
Lightguy
Posted 5:28 AM 27/8/08
I grew up reading Horrible Histories, those books were awesome.
Lightguy
spoonytrain
Posted 5:23 AM 27/8/08
So its like those terrible History Channel Civil War games?
spoonytrain
Wii-Tard
Posted 7:11 AM 27/8/08
@Midnightchronicles: pretentious, much? Other people do know famous Portuguese novels.
These books and the horrible science books are the only reason I still read today; I'd like to see how they pull the game off without getting 'Wako Jacko Thompson' all hot and bothered though.
Wii-Tard
Wii-Tard
Posted 7:43 AM 27/8/08
@Skuld:That doesn't mean he'll shut up. :)
Wii-Tard
apelaw9
Posted 7:26 AM 27/8/08
Horrible Science was great too, but with less alliteration.
apelaw9
Skuld
Posted 7:25 AM 27/8/08
Uh that link should be this, sorry for not previewing.
Skuld
Skuld
Posted 7:24 AM 27/8/08
@Wii-Tard: [en.wikipedia.org])#Disbarment_proceedings
Those books were great, I had a dozen or so, which my younger sibling has since inherited.
Skuld
Acebuckeye13
Posted 8:04 AM 27/8/08
I loved the Horrible History/science books. I must have read Fatal Forces about 50 times. Shame I lost it...
Acebuckeye13
Xeros606
Posted 7:58 AM 27/8/08
slitherine? did this make anyone else think of harry potter?
Xeros606
Nosignalinput
Posted 8:19 AM 27/8/08
I used to love these books as a kid. In fact I can't really bring myself to get rid of them.
Nosignalinput
Jonn
Posted 9:13 AM 27/8/08
These books were awesome, in part precisely because they weren't afraid to get into the grisly details.
"Pharaoh, the peasants are revolting!"
Jonn
V1L3
Posted 10:24 AM 27/8/08
Never read the books, but I remember the cartoon being one of the funniest kids shows I've seen in years. Admittedly, that's not difficult to achieve these days, but still.
You just can't argue with a cartoon where the male lead is voiced by Billy West.
V1L3
Rajolae
Posted 10:47 AM 27/8/08
how come Ive never heard of these books?
Rajolae
Henway
Posted 8:03 AM 27/8/08
Eddie Izzard: "So I'm from England--it's where history comes from"
Henway
Poo_and_Weeeee
Posted 9:15 PM 27/8/08
Terrible Tudors, salutee!
Poo_and_Weeeee
Jonn
Posted 6:52 AM 29/8/08
@V1L3: There was a cartoon? And I've never heard of it? D:
Jonn