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