Tiny Death Star and Operant Conditioning
How the Star Wars mobile game conditions you to spend money.
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Un-Chronicling Riddick: A Non-Linear Analysis
Analyzing Riddick’s moral and behavioral consistency through the lense of asymptotic stability
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Do the Hunger Games Actually Work?
Do the Hunger Games actually work to control the citizenry of Panem? Or do they just fan the flames of revolution?
Abort the Mission! Individuals vs. Institutions in “White House Down” and “Olympus Has Fallen”
“White House Down” and “Olympus Has Fallen” share a lot of plot points, but one in particular tells us a lot about how Americans see individuals versus institutions.
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One For The Money, Two For The Money
How much of our favorite TV storylines can be reduced to one simple explanation?
The Ship of Theseus and the Toronto Maple Leafs
If a sports franchise changes its name, moves cities, and turns over its entire roster, is it still somehow the same team?
The OTI Holiday Gift Guide 2013
Here’s some suggestions for your holiday gift list from the writers at Overthinking It.
The Lawful Good: A Defense
Think characters have to be dark to be interesting? Think again. All hail the Lawful Good.
From Gettysburg to Area 51: A Study on Presidential Speechmaking by Presidents Lincoln and Whitmore
The President’s speech from Independence Day, reconsidered in light of the Gettysburg Address’s 150th anniversary.
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Overthinking It Popfixers, Episode 4, “It’s a Me, Mario!”
The panel considers Koopa kidnappings, union insurance and the virtue and vice of one-man armies in this all-new, all-Mario episode.
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