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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Video Games on Overthinking It
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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The Second Quest
When classic videogame design collides with modern gamers’ desire for freedom and playability, who (if anyone) really wins?
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The Definitive Fallout
Fallout isn’t just one of the most popular videogame franchises of all time – it’s also one of the most overthinkable. Here’s why.
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Fallout 4: Way Back Home
Most games let you escape from your real life. But if you live in Boston, Fallout 4 offers subtler pleasures.
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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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