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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Episode 176: In A Gunny Sack behind The Bus Boy
The Overthinkers tackle videogames, including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
“The numbers all go to eleven…It’s one louder.”
Happy Spinal Tap Day, everyone.
Open Thread for November 11, 2011
Happy 11/11/11 day, Overthinkers! Crank it up. Real quick blitz this week, because I’m exhausted: Billy Crystal hosting the Oscars; the passing of hip hop legend Heavy D; Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar Hoover biopic and Tarsem Singh’s Clash of the…
Episode 48: The Futility Condition
Sheely and Wrather consider the latest episode of Gossip Girl and take all the robots apart.
The Odds are Never in Your Favor: Pareto Efficiency in The Hunger Games
Keeping people poor makes them easier to control. Controlling people makes it easier to keep them poor.
We ARE out of touch with America: OTI’s POPULAR Popular Culture Survey Results
What shows are OverthinkingIt.com readers watching? Why? We didn’t know so we decided to ask them. Here are the results from our popular culture survey.
The Musical Talmud: “Party Rock Anthem” by LMFAO
Episode 175: It’s a pirate ship. It should be watertight.
The Overthinkers tackle Tower Heist.
Open Thread for November 4, 2011
Apply this Open Thread to affected surfaces, then rub counterclockwise to begin exfoliation. Avoid mucous membranes! Before we get to the media, here’s a reminder: Today is your last chance ever to order one of our adorable, artisanal OTIs Holiday…