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.
Overthinking Games
Ep 75: Agency
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Overthinking Games
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Episode 75
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Intro
What we've been playing this week
Brett: Megabonk
Dempsey Season: A Letter to the Future
Seth: Runescape
Seth: Slay the Spire
Seth: RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike
Seth: Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
Topic: When games give you too much agency
Fallout 4 and Bethesda games in general
Minecraft and Far Cry
Hogwarts Legacy
Dempsey doesn't exist and the developer needs to tell him how to exist within the confines of the game
Does the amount of choices in a game increase its value?
Baldur's Gate 3 and choices matters games
How education is shifting towards giving more agency to students
Learning styles and emotional investment
Pokemon & text-heavy tutorials taking away agency
Death Stranding and monologues
Outro & closing thoughts