Episode 930: Confusing Mario Odyssey with the Actual Odyssey
On the Overthinking It Podcast, Mario and Peach go on a cosmic trip that defies all story logic.
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Episode 922: Ram Against the Wall for 15 Minutes Straight
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we reflect on 12 years of Mario Kart 8 and the generation that has known only one Kart.
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The Mushroom Industrial Complex: The Dark Economy of Princess Peach’s Mushroom Kingdom
Sure, Bowser seems like a bad egg. But are his attempts to kidnap the sitting head of state the main thing keeping the Mushroom Kingdom’s economy afloat? You say “evil tortoise wizard,” I say “job creator.”
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The Art of Narrativizing
How do you add a story where no story was ever intended?
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Thalassophobia
Think there aren’t many opportunities to be afraid of giant floating alien heads? Then you must not play many video games.
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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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Open Thread for February 19, 2010
An Open Thread on the J.K. Rowling plagiarism lawsuit, Shutter Island and the 20th anniversary of Super Mario Bros 3.
But Thou Must: Video Games and the Categorical Imperative
Immanuel Kant played rail shooters; Jeremy Bentham played sandbox games.
Who’s the greatest living portrayal of an Italian American?
O Captain my Captain!
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Shrooms of Power: Who Really Rules the Mushroom World?
How widespread is the Toadstool dynasty?
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