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Overthinking Games
Overthinking Games is a podcast about what video games can teach us. We look at video games through an educational and critical lens.
Episodes
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Ep 98: Grossness
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Ep 97: Kaite and Sethisode: Summer Break!
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Ep 96: Pacifism Retrospective
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Ep 95: Tutorials
Tutorials and Hooks Dempsey, Seth, and Katie (she lives!!) tackle tutorials and pedagogy, and discuss the difference between the moment that makes you keep…
Overthinking GamesEp 94: Death
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Overthinking GamesEp 93: Warhammer
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Overthinking GamesEp 91: Religion
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Overthinking GamesEp 91: Outer Space
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Overthinking GamesEp 90: DLSS 5
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Overthinking GamesEp 89: Community Support
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Overthinking GamesEp 88: Is Gaming a Waste of Time?
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Overthinking GamesCatisode 87: Mewgenics
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Overthinking GamesEp 86: Techno-Nihilism
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Overthinking GamesEp 85: Literary Lenses for Video Games w/Jake from the Pre-Order Bonus Podcast
Thanks to Jake from the Pre-Order Bonus Podcast for joining us! Find the Pre-Order Bonus Podcast where ever you get podcasts. Send us an email with your…
Overthinking GamesEp 84: RogueLike vs RogueLite
RogueLike vs RogueLite Criteria The episode wherein Professor Seth gives us a primer on what ACTUALLY constitutes a roguelike, with the sole intention of…
Overthinking GamesEp 83: Skate Story creator Sam Eng Interview
Here is our interview with Skate Story creator Sam Eng. overthinkinggamespodcast@gmail.com Find us on: Youtube Apple Podcasts Spotify Tik Tok/Instagram Bluesky…
Overthinking GamesEp 82: Sequels
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Overthinking GamesEp 81: New Years (2026) yay!
What are our plans for the new year? Yay 2026!! Email us at: overthinkinggamespodcast@gmail.com Find us on: Youtube Apple Podcasts Spotify Tik Tok/Instagram…
Overthinking GamesEp 80: AI in Games
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Overthinking GamesEp 79: 12 Games of Christmas
12 Games of Christmas Oh GOTY Games, Oh GOTY Games, how lovely are your pixels! Join the four of us as we discuss the GOTY awards- sure, the “real” ones, but…
Overthinking GamesEp 78: Nature vs Nurture
Nature vs. Nurture This episode evolved like a Pokemon. What started as “what makes for a game with mass appeal for kids and adults, or non gamers and gamers?”…
Overthinking GamesEp 77: Coping
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Overthinking GamesEp 76: Limitation of Video Games
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Overthinking GamesEp 75: Agency
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Overthinking GamesEp 74: Adaptations
Adaptations With more and more movie and TV show adaptations of video games, join us as we dig into what is lost or gained when games are adapted to the big…
Overthinking GamesEp 73: Quitting
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Overthinking GamesEp 72: Morality Systems
Morality Systems This week, we discuss morality systems in games: from the simplest, binary choices in Bioshock, to the non-linear, complex, and unpredictable…
Overthinking GamesEp 71: Gambling
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Ep 70: Empathy and Games
Empathy and Games Maybe it’s just because Seth and Katie teach teenagers, but it seems that there’s a bit of a crisis of empathy…”back in my day, I could put…
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Ep 69: Sex and Relationships
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Ep 68: Solitude vs. Isolation
Loneliness Join us as our loneliness diminishes because Brett, of Lore’d to Death, joins the whole gang for a regular episode of Overthinking Games! We discuss…
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Ep 67: Happy Silksong Day!!!
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Ep 66: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (with @ranran.words)
We finally talk about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Check out Ran's Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ranran.words?_t=ZT-8zXGsP3jqY3&_r=1
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Ep 65: Teleological Thinking
This week, Katie picked yet another topic she didn’t really understand well, and maybe we all will understand it a smidgeon better by the end. Maybe……
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Ep 64: The Switch 2 and the idea of Value
This week, Dempsey and Katie play shoulder advocates on either side of Seth’s quandary: should he get a Nintendo Switch 2? This existential question leads us…
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Ep 63: Environment and Setting
This week, Dempsey’s real-life action adventure game called “being a documentarian” leads us into dark, claustrophobic caves, wide open worlds, environmental…
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Ep 62: Mental Health
What do Celeste, The Binding of Isaac and Hellblade have in common? Interesting approaches to talking about mental health, of course! This week we get into the…
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Ep 61: Waiting
Waiting sucks! Except for when it…doesn’t. Why can waiting for an upcoming, scheduled release feel like Advent (thank Seth for that one), but waiting for…
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Ep 60: The Last of Us (and Philosophy) with Nicholas Crawford
In this special episode, we miss Seth, and Dempsey and Katie are joined by Nicholas Crawford, philosopher and author of the upcoming book, "Where We've Made it…
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Ep 59: Gender
Games and Gender This week, we circle back round to a topic that continues to be a font of curiosity and conversation: games and gender! Are games gendered?…
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Ep 55: Switch 2 Direct
Nintendo Direct Welcome to Overthinking Games, a…current events podcast??? Nah, not really, but this week, we give it a shot because we needed to discuss the…
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Ep 54: Character Creation
This week's topic was suggested by Seth's girlfriend, thanks for your great idea! This week, we discuss character creation- do aesthetics matter? (hint: yep…
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Ep: 52 Bigger Number Better Person
Bigger Number, Better Person This week, we discuss our tried and true mantra of "bigger number, better person," its role in video games, and how it ties into…
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Ep 51: Procedural Generation
The One Where We Forgot the Topic Was Procedural Generation Welcome to this week’s episode, where Katie brings a topic she doesn’t know much about, and…
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Ep 50: Life Lessons w/ @thegamingcaffe
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Ep 49: Accessibility w/ Rob
This week, we are joined by special guest Rob Jonas, a vocational rehabilitation counselor, the original 3rd member of Overthinking Games and rehabilitation…
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Ep 48: Simulation
Record Dec 6th, 2024 Simulation This week, we discuss simulation in games; when is it fun, when is it tiresome? Why do we love to simulate eating and petting…
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Ep 47: GOTY 2024 Happy New Year!
It's our favorite time of year when we recap the greatest (and a few of the least great) games we played this year! Our GOTY list runs the gamut from new…
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Ep 46: Gaming with Non Gamers
This week, we discuss gaming with nongamers; the joys, the pitfalls, and perhaps a system of progression to help nongamers join our ranks…One of us! One of us!…
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Ep 45: Games We Can’t Quit Playing
This episode, we discuss what makes for a game you can’t quit playing. Whether it’s Warzone, RuneScape, or Slay the Spire, there are games we’ve put hundreds…
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Ep 44: Status and Gaming
This episode, we discuss the Game Awards, social status, and how good it feels to be in the know. In our Honorable Mention section, Dempsey tells us all about…
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Ep 43: Inspiration and Video Games
Inspiration and Video Games "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working,.." - Picasso This episode, we talk about the intersection between video games…
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Ep 42: Inscryption (Full Spoilers)
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Ep 41: Halloween 2024
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Ep 40: Spoiled About Spoilers
Spoiled About Spoilers Can the fervent cry of “no spoilers!” go too far? Is it when our desire for novelty and discovery outweighs our desire for communal…
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Ep 39: Detroit: Become Human w/ The Gamers Drink
Special guest Josh, @TheGamersDrink, joins the crew to deep dive into Detroit: Become Human! This episode is full of spoilers! If you haven’t played it yet…