Overthinking Games

By Overthinking Games

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Episodes: 78

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Overthinking Games is a podcast about what video games can teach us. We look at video games through an educational and critical lens. 


Episode Date
Ep 78: Nature vs Nurture
Dec 15, 2025
Ep 77: Coping
Dec 11, 2025
Ep 76: Limitation of Video Games
Nov 30, 2025
Ep 75: Agency
Nov 24, 2025
Ep 74: Adaptations
Nov 17, 2025
Ep 73: Quitting
Nov 10, 2025
Ep 72: Morality Systems
Oct 20, 2025
Ep 71: Gambling
Oct 12, 2025
Ep 70: Empathy and Games
Oct 05, 2025
Ep 69: Sex and Relationships
Sep 28, 2025
Ep 68: Solitude vs. Isolation
Sep 22, 2025
Ep 67: Happy Silksong Day!!!
Sep 18, 2025
Ep 66: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (with @ranran.words)
Sep 07, 2025
Ep 65: Teleological Thinking
Sep 03, 2025
Ep 64: The Switch 2 and the idea of Value
Aug 16, 2025
Ep 63: Environment and Setting
Aug 08, 2025
Ep 62: Mental Health
Jun 23, 2025
Ep 61: Waiting
Jun 17, 2025
Ep 60: The Last of Us (and Philosophy) with Nicholas Crawford
Jun 04, 2025
Ep 59: Gender
May 26, 2025
Ep 58: (We still miss Katie) and Blue Prince
May 20, 2025
Ep 57: (We Miss Katie) and Tediousness
May 12, 2025
Ep 56: SideQuests
May 04, 2025
Ep 55: Switch 2 Direct
Apr 25, 2025
Ep 54: Character Creation
Mar 24, 2025
Ep 53: How to Combat Winter Doldrum
Mar 19, 2025
Ep: 52 Bigger Number Better Person
Mar 06, 2025
Ep 51: Procedural Generation
Feb 23, 2025
Ep 50: Life Lessons w/ @thegamingcaffe
Feb 17, 2025
Ep 49: Accessibility w/ Rob
Feb 11, 2025
Ep 48: Simulation
Jan 20, 2025
Ep 47: GOTY 2024 Happy New Year!
Jan 06, 2025
Ep 46: Gaming with Non Gamers
Dec 29, 2024
Ep 45: Games We Can’t Quit Playing
Dec 15, 2024
Ep 44: Status and Gaming
Dec 05, 2024
Ep 43: Inspiration and Video Games
Nov 24, 2024
Ep 42: Inscryption (Full Spoilers)
Nov 16, 2024
Ep 41: Halloween 2024
Oct 31, 2024
Ep 40: Spoiled About Spoilers
Oct 22, 2024
Ep 39: Detroit: Become Human w/ The Gamers Drink
Sep 01, 2024
Ep 38: A Year of Podcast
Aug 13, 2024
Ep 37: Time Well-Wasted?
Jul 08, 2024
Ep 36: Mini Games
Jun 29, 2024
Ep 35: Subversion
Jun 09, 2024
Ep 34: Tend and Befriend
Jun 02, 2024
Ep 33: Physical vs. Digital Games
May 12, 2024
Ep 32: Dev Interview with "Potions: A Curious Tale"'s creator Renee Gittins
May 05, 2024
Ep 31: The Long and Short of Game Length
Apr 29, 2024
Ep 30: Video Game Clones
Apr 20, 2024
Ep 29: Platformers (But Mainly Celeste) with @FierceAxolotl
Apr 01, 2024
Ep 28: Likes, Lites and Dislikes
Mar 17, 2024
Ep 27: Indie vs. AAA Games with @cgdannyb
Mar 03, 2024
Ep 26: Bad Games
Feb 11, 2024
Ep 25: Data Driven Gaming
Feb 05, 2024
Ep 24: (Un)healthy Gaming
Jan 28, 2024
Ep 23: Listener Letter
Jan 21, 2024
Ep 22: Escapism and Video Games
Jan 15, 2024
Ep 21: GOTY 2023 (But Make it Overthinking Games-Style)
Jan 07, 2024
Ep 20: World Building with Brett from Lore’d to Death Podcast
Dec 11, 2023
Ep 19: Video Game Preservation
Nov 20, 2023
Ep 18: Gaming News Media
Nov 05, 2023
Ep: 17 God of War with @gamersdrink
Oct 30, 2023
Ep 16: Existential Horror
Oct 16, 2023
Ep 15: Overthinking Horror w/ Nick from Smashing Game Time
Oct 08, 2023
Ep 14: Co-op Gaming
Sep 17, 2023
Ep 13: Skill Checks
Sep 10, 2023
Ep 12: Achievement Design With Smart Goals
Sep 03, 2023
Ep. 11: Violence and Video Games
Aug 27, 2023
Ep. 10: Interview with Josh GUITARofolo
Aug 13, 2023
Ep. 9: The Master's Pupil Dev. Pat Naoum, Interview
Aug 06, 2023
Ep. 8 Break Week: Games on the Go
Jul 23, 2023
Ep 7: What Games Teach Us About Thinking
Jul 09, 2023
Ep 6: The Beginner's Guide is Amazing
Jun 26, 2023
Ep 5: Video Games and Literacy Standards
Jun 12, 2023
Ep 4 Break Week: What Video Game Music Means To Us
May 22, 2023
Ep 3: Different strengths in RPGs and the Classroom
May 18, 2023
Ep. 2: How Darkest Dungeon (and secretly Celeste) Teach Us About Failure
May 08, 2023
Ep 1: Bloom's Taxonomy and Video Games
Apr 29, 2023