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All Episodes

Overthinking Games — 94 episodes

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Ep 94: Death

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Ep 93: Warhammer

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Ep 91: Religion

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Ep 91: Outer Space

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Ep 90: DLSS 5

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Ep 89: Community Support

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Ep 88: Is Gaming a Waste of Time?

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Catisode 87: Mewgenics

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Ep 86: Techno-Nihilism

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Ep 85: Literary Lenses for Video Games w/Jake from the Pre-Order Bonus Podcast

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Ep 84: RogueLike vs RogueLite

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Ep 83: Skate Story creator Sam Eng Interview

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Ep 82: Sequels

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Ep 81: New Years (2026) yay!

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Ep 80: AI in Games

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Ep 79: 12 Games of Christmas

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Ep 78: Nature vs Nurture

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Ep 77: Coping

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Ep 76: Limitation of Video Games

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Ep 75: Agency

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Ep 74: Adaptations

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Ep 73: Quitting

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Ep 72: Morality Systems

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Ep 71: Gambling

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Ep 70: Empathy and Games

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Ep 69: Sex and Relationships

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Ep 68: Solitude vs. Isolation

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Ep 67: Happy Silksong Day!!!

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Ep 66: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (with @ranran.words)

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Ep 65: Teleological Thinking

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Ep 64: The Switch 2 and the idea of Value

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Ep 63: Environment and Setting

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Ep 62: Mental Health

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Ep 61: Waiting

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Ep 60: The Last of Us (and Philosophy) with Nicholas Crawford

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Ep 59: Gender

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Ep 58: (We still miss Katie) and Blue Prince

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Ep 57: (We Miss Katie) and Tediousness

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Ep 56: SideQuests

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Ep 55: Switch 2 Direct

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Ep 54: Character Creation

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Ep 53: How to Combat Winter Doldrum

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Ep: 52 Bigger Number Better Person

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Ep 51: Procedural Generation

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Ep 50: Life Lessons w/ @thegamingcaffe

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Ep 49: Accessibility w/ Rob

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Ep 48: Simulation

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Ep 47: GOTY 2024 Happy New Year!

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Ep 46: Gaming with Non Gamers

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Ep 45: Games We Can’t Quit Playing

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Ep 44: Status and Gaming

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Ep 43: Inspiration and Video Games

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Ep 42: Inscryption (Full Spoilers)

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Ep 41: Halloween 2024

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Ep 40: Spoiled About Spoilers

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Ep 39: Detroit: Become Human w/ The Gamers Drink

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Ep 38: A Year of Podcast

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Ep 37: Time Well-Wasted?

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Ep 36: Mini Games

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Ep 35: Subversion

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Ep 34: Tend and Befriend

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Ep 33: Physical vs. Digital Games

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Ep 32: Dev Interview with "Potions: A Curious Tale"'s creator Renee Gittins

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Ep 31: The Long and Short of Game Length

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Ep 30: Video Game Clones

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Ep 29: Platformers (But Mainly Celeste) with @FierceAxolotl

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Ep 28: Likes, Lites and Dislikes

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Ep 27: Indie vs. AAA Games with @cgdannyb

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Ep 26: Bad Games

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Ep 25: Data Driven Gaming

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Ep 24: (Un)healthy Gaming

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Ep 23: Listener Letter

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Ep 22: Escapism and Video Games

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Ep 21: GOTY 2023 (But Make it Overthinking Games-Style)

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Ep 20: World Building with Brett from Lore’d to Death Podcast

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Ep 19: Video Game Preservation

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Ep 18: Gaming News Media

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Ep: 17 God of War with @gamersdrink

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Ep 16: Existential Horror

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Ep 15: Overthinking Horror w/ Nick from Smashing Game Time

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Ep 14: Co-op Gaming

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Ep 13: Skill Checks

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Ep 12: Achievement Design With Smart Goals

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Ep. 11: Violence and Video Games

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Ep. 10: Interview with Josh GUITARofolo

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Ep. 9: The Master's Pupil Dev. Pat Naoum, Interview

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Ep. 8 Break Week: Games on the Go

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Ep 7: What Games Teach Us About Thinking

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Ep 6: The Beginner's Guide is Amazing

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Ep 5: Video Games and Literacy Standards

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Ep 4 Break Week: What Video Game Music Means To Us

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Ep 3: Different strengths in RPGs and the Classroom

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Ep. 2: How Darkest Dungeon (and secretly Celeste) Teach Us About Failure

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Ep 1: Bloom's Taxonomy and Video Games