The Well-Made (Video Game) Plot, Part 1
Why is a game not like a potboiler?
Video Games on Overthinking It
Episode 147: How Did It Make You Feel when You Got Hit by The Kobold?
The Overthinkers tackle RPGs with special guest Zack Johnson of Kingdom of Loathing.
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The North American Star League and eSports
There’s a new pro gaming league coming to the USA. But does it finally make StarCraft a sport?
The Awful, Sexist Plot of Starcraft 2
On why it was cruel and unnecessary to humiliate and subdue Sarah Kerrigan.
The Ethics of First-Person Shooters
Is pretending to snipe people good clean fun?
Episode 124: Strangely Apropos
The Overthinkers tackle their veteran status and the release of Unstoppable and Call of Duty, as well as introduce a fun new game.
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What Makes Minecraft So Addictive?
Can I get a golfclap for resisting the “Victory is Minecraft” pun in the title?
The Anti-Americanism of Modern Warfare 2
When you die even when you win, something strange is going on.
But Thou Must: Video Games and the Categorical Imperative
Immanuel Kant played rail shooters; Jeremy Bentham played sandbox games.
Open Thread for November 6, 2009
Welcome to the start of the Christmas shopping season, Overthinkers! Here’s the week gone by: Some Oscar-bait opening this weekend: Precious, a film about a black teenager who rises up from crippling poverty, and The Men Who Stare at Goats, … Continued