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
84 episodes
Ep 84: RogueLike vs RogueLite
RogueLike vs RogueLite CriteriaThe episode wherein Professor Seth gives us a primer on what ACTUALLY constitutes a roguelike, with the sole intention of proving Katie wrong about Peak.What do YOU think constitutes the criteria for...
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Episode 84
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Ep 83: Skate Story creator Sam Eng Interview
Here is our interview with Skate Story creator Sam Eng. overthinkinggamespodcast@gmail.comFind us on: Youtube Apple Podcasts Spotify Tik Tok/Instagram BlueskyTheme music is copyright free and from:
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Episode 83
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1:06:22
Ep 82: Sequels
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Episode 82
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1:08:53
Ep 81: New Years (2026) yay!
What are our plans for the new year? Yay 2026!!Email us at: overthinkinggamespodcast@gmail.comFind us on: Youtube Apple Podcasts Spotify Tik Tok/Instagram BlueskyTheme music is copyright free and from:
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Episode 81
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Ep 80: AI in Games
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Episode 80
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Ep 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 also the ones that really matter; our personal round up of the best games we pla...
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Episode 79
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Ep 78: Nature vs Nurture
Nature vs. NurtureThis 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?” shifted to “how do people tend to become gamers at all?”Every now and t...
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Episode 78
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Ep 77: Coping
Copingoverthinkinggamespodcast@gmail.comFind us on: Youtube Apple Podcasts SpotifyTik Tok/Instagram BlueskyTheme music is copyright free and from: https://www.youtube.com/...
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Episode 77
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Ep 76: Limitation of Video Games
What video games can't do. overthinkinggamespodcast@gmail.comFind us on: Youtube Apple Podcasts Spotify Tik Tok/Instagram BlueskyTheme music is copyright free and from: http...
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Episode 76
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Ep 75: Agency
Email us at: overthinkinggamespodcast@gmail.comFind us on: Youtube Apple Podcasts Spotify Tik Tok/Instagram BlueskyTheme music is copyright free and from: https://www.youtube.com/@Pixve...
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Episode 75
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Ep 74: Adaptations
AdaptationsWith 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 screen. Dempsey, our resident film expert, has some strong opinions, Katie is exc...
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Episode 74
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Ep 73: Quitting
When do we quit? overthinkinggamespodcast@gmail.comFind us on: Youtube Apple Podcasts Spotify Tik Tok/Instagram BlueskyTheme music is copyright free and from: https://www.yo...
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Episode 73
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Ep 72: Morality Systems
Morality SystemsThis week, we discuss morality systems in games: from the simplest, binary choices in Bioshock, to the non-linear, complex, and unpredictable branches of Detroit: Become Human, morality systems have been a tool used by ga...
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Episode 72
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Ep 71: Gambling
Check out our YouTube!We’ve got more Shorts and content coming your way!Share your thoughts, or suggest a topic for our next episode by sending us an email! overthinkinggamespodcast@gmail.comFind us on: Youtube Apple Podcas...
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Episode 71
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Ep 70: Empathy and Games
Empathy and GamesMaybe 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 myself into somebody else’s shoes! Kids these days…” - Katie as the oldest membe...
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Episode 70
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1:12:54
Ep 69: Sex and Relationships
A very horny episodeoverthinkinggamespodcast@gmail.comFind us on: Youtube Apple Podcasts Spotify Tik Tok/Instagram BlueskyTheme music is copyright free and from: https://www.yout...
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Episode 69
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1:09:40
Ep 68: Solitude vs. Isolation
LonelinessJoin 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 loneliness in videogames; dissect isolation vs. solitude; repeatedly tal...
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Episode 68
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1:09:00
Ep 67: Happy Silksong Day!!!
Its Silksong Day!!! overthinkinggamespodcast@gmail.comFind us on: Youtube Apple Podcasts Spotify Tik Tok/Instagram BlueskyTheme music is copyright free and from: https://www...
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Episode 67
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1:05:10
Ep 66: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (with @ranran.words)
We finally talk about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Check out Ran's Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ranran.words?_t=ZT-8zXGsP3jqY3&_r=1
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Episode 66
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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… Teleological thinking is “means to an end” kind of thinking, and non-teleological thinking is ...
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Episode 65
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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 into the question of “value,” and what it takes for something to be “worth it.”...
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Episode 64
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1:00:40
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 story-telling, and the power of setting in video games.Send us an email with yo...
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Episode 63
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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 weeds about mental health in games, the relationship between player mental hea...
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Episode 62
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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 Silksong incites insanity among its fanbase? Is there a difference between delayed g...
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Episode 61
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1:11:10
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 Dark," a literary apocalypse novel available at Barnes and Noble on October 21st, 20...
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Episode 60
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