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Overthinking Games

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.

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Episodes

98 episodes

  1. Ep 98: Grossness 57:00
  2. Ep 97: Kaite and Sethisode: Summer Break! 50:43
  3. Ep 96: Pacifism Retrospective 49:33
  4. Ep 95: Tutorials 1:16:59
  5. Ep 94: Death 1:09:26
  6. Ep 93: Warhammer 1:07:37
  7. Ep 91: Religion 1:11:36
  8. Ep 91: Outer Space 1:11:30
  9. Ep 90: DLSS 5 1:02:13
  10. Ep 89: Community Support 1:11:59
  11. Ep 88: Is Gaming a Waste of Time? 1:03:13
  12. Catisode 87: Mewgenics 58:45
  13. Ep 86: Techno-Nihilism 1:17:07
  14. Ep 85: Literary Lenses for Video Games w/Jake from the Pre-Order Bonus Podcast 1:10:15
  15. Ep 84: RogueLike vs RogueLite 1:06:30
  16. Ep 83: Skate Story creator Sam Eng Interview 1:06:22
  17. Ep 82: Sequels 1:08:53
  18. Ep 81: New Years (2026) yay! 1:00:27
  19. Ep 80: AI in Games 1:18:30
  20. Ep 79: 12 Games of Christmas 1:32:55
  21. Ep 78: Nature vs Nurture 1:01:42
  22. Ep 77: Coping 1:06:04
  23. Ep 76: Limitation of Video Games 1:10:34
  24. Ep 75: Agency 1:07:42
  25. Ep 74: Adaptations 1:00:14
  26. Ep 73: Quitting 1:10:16
  27. Ep 72: Morality Systems 1:01:57
  28. Ep 71: Gambling 1:14:40
  29. Ep 70: Empathy and Games 1:12:54
  30. Ep 69: Sex and Relationships 1:09:40
  31. Ep 68: Solitude vs. Isolation 1:09:00
  32. Ep 67: Happy Silksong Day!!! 1:05:10
  33. Ep 66: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (with @ranran.words) 1:02:02
  34. Ep 65: Teleological Thinking 1:00:15
  35. Ep 64: The Switch 2 and the idea of Value 1:00:40
  36. Ep 63: Environment and Setting 1:01:23
  37. Ep 62: Mental Health 1:14:12
  38. Ep 61: Waiting 1:11:10
  39. Ep 60: The Last of Us (and Philosophy) with Nicholas Crawford 1:06:42
  40. Ep 59: Gender 1:20:25
  41. Ep 58: (We still miss Katie) and Blue Prince 1:22:37
  42. Ep 57: (We Miss Katie) and Tediousness 1:12:52
  43. Ep 56: SideQuests 1:12:00
  44. Ep 55: Switch 2 Direct 2:15:51
  45. Ep 54: Character Creation 1:08:04
  46. Ep 53: How to Combat Winter Doldrum 1:06:05
  47. Ep: 52 Bigger Number Better Person 1:18:07
  48. Ep 51: Procedural Generation 1:07:58
  49. Ep 50: Life Lessons w/ @thegamingcaffe 1:15:49
  50. Ep 49: Accessibility w/ Rob 1:20:20