Episode 663: I Don’t Wanna Be a Terminator
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle some questions about game design and donkey sauce.
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Episode 562: If Winter is Coming, Can Spring Be Far Behind?
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle the changing of the season from winter to blockbuster, with the “Avengers” and “Game of Thrones” finales immanent.
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Serial and the Fiction of Objectivity
What is the actual mission of the Serial Podcast? And has the show gotten better or worse at fulfilling this mission in Season 2?
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Episode 356: Jump into The Vortex
The Overthinkers and special guest Lenny Jacobson tackle “Big Time in Hollywood, FL,” comedy, tragedy, and talent.
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Episode 339: Serial: Are You Allowed to be Entertained?
The Overthinkers tackle the ethics of storytelling in “Serial” and “Into The Woods.”
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Rewriting the Future: Retroactive Continuity as Marketing
When is changing the past the right decision? When it’s profitable.
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Episode 297: I’m Gonna Write a Bad Story that People Will Hate!
The Overthinkers tackle television that wants you to figure it out, and what makes a satisfying Series Finale.
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Episode 287: There Only Had to Be One Scarface
The Overthinkers tackle The Wolf of Wall Street, the moral responsibility of movies, and the Greatest Dogecoin Heist of 2013.
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Gamechangers: transforming genre conventions into storytelling possibilities
Turning tropes into plot points in “House,” “Cabin in the Woods,” and “Rogue Legacy”
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Episode 246: Monkeychlorians
The Overthinkers tackle Oz The Great and Powerful and The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.
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