Heavy Metal, Urban Planning, Video Games, and the New York Philharmonic’s New Logo
The Oldest Symphony Orchestra in America, or the Hottest Band in the Land?
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Posts by Mark Lee on Overthinking It
Penn Station and the Nine Circles of Hell
Hell as described by Dante’s Inferno is actually a terrible metaphor for Penn Station. But let’s humor the Governor and try to map Penn Station’s sins to the nine circles of hell.
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According to Ziggy: A Quantum Leap Database for Quantum Leap Day
For Leap Day 2016, enjoy a compendium of Ziggy’s wit and wisdom from Quantum Leap.
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Neko Atsume: Cat Collection Game or Silicon Valley Human Resources Simulator?
The cats of Neko Atsume demand lavish on-the-job perks and have no loyalty to their employers… just like Facebook brogrammers.
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Top 5 Overthinking It Posts of 2015
We published lots of great pop culture analysis in 2015, but these are the five biggest hits of the year.
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The Darkest Timeline? Fate and Free Will in “The Man in the High Castle” and “Community”
From Greendale Community College to Nazi Occupied America, everyone must make a choice to weather the storm of randomness, or to fight it.
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NYCC 2015: Cosplayers Are Large. Cosplayers Contain Multitudes.
Is cosplay just geeky dress-up, or is it actually a powerful, authentic pathway to self-actualization? Mark Lee talks to the cosplayers and cosplay vendors at New York Comic-Con to find out.
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NYCC 2015: The Economics of Star Trek
Mark Lee beams up the author of “Trekonomics” to discuss terminal abundance, whether capitalism is part of human nature, and the coming reputation-based economy. Also Riker.
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Towards a Grand Unified Theory of Butt Rock
Because the Body of Rock has many anatomical parts.
Do Killer Robot Inventors Watch Killer Robot Movies?
How do two computer science nerds spend a week contemplating the nature of artificial intelligence without ever referencing Skynet or HAL 9000?