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 94: Death
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Overthinking Games
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Episode 94
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Intro
What we've been playing this week
Dempsey: Mixtape
Dempsey: Astroneer
Seth: Runescape
Seth: Vampire Crawlers
Seth: Demon Bluff
Seth: Sol Cesto
Seth: Titanium Court
Brett: Sekiro
Brett: Froggy Hates Snow
Topic: Death
Can games emulate death?
VR and haptic feedback suits
Detroit Become Human locking you out of the game if characters die
Helldivers, Demon Souls, and how death is incorporated into the lore
Fail states being necessary in games
Would the Dark Souls games be the same without death?
Honor mode in Baldur's Gate 3
Closing thoughts and outro