Episode 545: Ralph Breaks The Internet: A Really Proustian Movie
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle “Wreck It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet.”
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The 2018 Overthinking It Holiday Gift Guide
Our annual holiday gift guide for the Overthinker in your life, with gift ideas ranging from smart games to fun books to a giant T-Rex costume.
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Episode 509: Consider Yourself a Hero
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle “Ready Player One,” both the book by Ernest Cline and the movie by Steven Spielberg.
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Episode 497: Look on my Works, Ye Mighty, and Have a Good Time!
On the Overthinking It Podcast, it’s Vegas, baby! We discuss Las Vegas, gambling, and the decoupling of incentive structures from narrative structures.
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Episode 456: Fighter Pilot, Space Commander, Mass- Murdering Plumber
On the Overthinking It Podcast we ask who has designed our wasted time, and how and why they’ve done it.
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What Type of Gamer am I?
Gamer Culture as a social and economic category is defined in some stiflingly narrow ways. This is a problem. Here’s why.
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Press A to Continue: Video Games and Challenging Art
Is playing a video game that keeps killing you similar to the experience of continuously trying to read James Joyce?
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Episode 419: Pokemon: The War of All against All
On the Overthinking It Podcast we consider the technological and social phenomenon of Pokemon Go, and wonder whether any of our pets have had a secret life.
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Existentialism at the End of the World
Fallout Shelter, Walking Dead, and the failed absurdism of postapocalyptic fiction
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Overwatch: What SHOULD be the Play of the Game?
The Overwatch “Play of the Game” – is it a highlight? Or an individual accomplishment? We Overthink the hottest 15 seconds in video games.
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