Friday, Oct 06, 2006

Correct history's mistakes, or add in your own. Looking for a game to satisfy your craving for historically accurate warfare? Muzzy Lane's Making History: The Calm & The Storm aims to deliver, with strategic gameplay involving military and economic management during World War II.

Wednesday, Sep 20, 2006

Consortium of High Schools Looks to the Future with MAKING HISTORY® Multiplayer Strategy Game

Tuesday, Aug 22, 2006

Games are an oustanding vehicle to engage students... and teachers are begining to put them to good use. An analysis of gaming in schools in the UK and the US by Marco Visscher

Monday, Aug 21, 2006

Alan Turing, widely considered the father of modern computer science, was also responsible for one of the greatest intelligence coups of World War II. He devised an electromechanical system, know as the bombe, to define the settings for Germany's Enigma Cipher. His work gave the Allies access to valuable military and diplomatic communications.

Tuesday, Aug 15, 2006

Germany's Luftwaffe used two types of fighters in the Battle of Britain. The Messerschmitt Bf109E was a fast and nimble plane; its range, however, was just over 400 miles, so it had limited applications. The Messerschmitt Bf110C was designed as a fighter escort for long-range bombers, but it was slow and hard to maneuver.

Friday, Aug 11, 2006

Muzzy Lane is taking pre-orders for MAKING HISTORY: The Calm and the Storm 2.0. The product will begin shipping in September.

Tuesday, Aug 08, 2006

Galeazzo Ciano was Mussolini's son-in-law. He was appointed Italy's Foreign Minister, but demoted to Ambassador to the Vatican for opposing the war. At the Fascist Grand Council meeting in 1943, Ciano voted to oust Il Duce. Hitler restored Mussolini and Ciano became a German prisoner. He was shot in Verona in January, 1944.

Tuesday, Aug 08, 2006

MAKING HISTORY: The Calm & the Storm v.2.0 is nearing release. Stay tuned for details of this exciting launch.

Thursday, Aug 03, 2006

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor was not a complete success in that the three aircraft carriers assigned to the U.S. Pacific Fleet were not damaged. They were not in port on December 7. The Enterprise and Lexington were delivering planes to Wake and Midway Islands, and the Saratoga was in Washington for repairs at the Bremerton Naval Yard.

Wednesday, Jul 26, 2006

More than twice as many Soviets died in World War II than all other major nations combined.