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 85: Literary Lenses for Video Games w/Jake from the Pre-Order Bonus Podcast
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Overthinking Games
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Episode 85
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Intro
What we've been playing this week
Jake: Cairn
Seth: Skyrim
Seth: Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
Dempsey: Human Fall Flat
Dempsey: Bloons Tower Defense 6
Topic: What lenses do we use to view games through?
Environmental (Metal Gear Solid 5 and pollution)
Economic (buying indie games over AAA)
Power dynamics
Removing the human perspective from gaming
What can we expect games to say / win states
How we critique games
Outro