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Monthly Archives: February 2009
NY Comic-Con, Day 1: Joker-Jedi Fights Zombies
Open Thread for Friday, February 6, 2009
Best Board Game Ever, Part 1 [Think Tank]
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Cowboys, Communists, and Capitalists in Stoli’s Wild Wild East
The Musical Coding of Pasta Sauce
In which we explore the bizarre underbelly of a recent Bertolli ad, and the strange persistence of an “exotic” melody.
“Superbowl” vs “Super Bowl”: An American Spelling Crisis
Steelers and Steel: Sports Teams and Their Respective Commodities
Overthinking It salutes this year’s Super Bowl champions with some totally unnecessary Excel.
The Puzzling Logic of Conan O’Brien’s Super Bowl Ad
One of the videos that made it into our Super Bowl ad roundup was the Conan O’Brien ad for Bud Light, in which his agent/manager/ambiguous guy in a suit convinces him to make an embarrassing Bud Light Ad by assuring…
Zombie Jamboree: Left 4 Dead’s Winning Formula
For the last six weeks, I have been trying to write something about Valve’s Left 4 Dead, unsuccessfully. This is because our site is about Overthinking stuff, and a post called “OMG ME PWN ZOMBIES!!” would not be appropriate.