Eurovision NYC Watch Party: May 14, 2 PM
The next best thing to being in Stockholm.
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Posts by Mark Lee on Overthinking It
Heavy Metal, Urban Planning, Video Games, and the New York Philharmonic’s New Logo
The Oldest Symphony Orchestra in America, or the Hottest Band in the Land?
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Penn Station and the Nine Circles of Hell
Hell as described by Dante’s Inferno is actually a terrible metaphor for Penn Station. But let’s humor the Governor and try to map Penn Station’s sins to the nine circles of hell.
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According to Ziggy: A Quantum Leap Database for Quantum Leap Day
For Leap Day 2016, enjoy a compendium of Ziggy’s wit and wisdom from Quantum Leap.
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Neko Atsume: Cat Collection Game or Silicon Valley Human Resources Simulator?
The cats of Neko Atsume demand lavish on-the-job perks and have no loyalty to their employers… just like Facebook brogrammers.
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Top 5 Overthinking It Posts of 2015
We published lots of great pop culture analysis in 2015, but these are the five biggest hits of the year.
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The Darkest Timeline? Fate and Free Will in “The Man in the High Castle” and “Community”
From Greendale Community College to Nazi Occupied America, everyone must make a choice to weather the storm of randomness, or to fight it.
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NYCC 2015: Cosplayers Are Large. Cosplayers Contain Multitudes.
Is cosplay just geeky dress-up, or is it actually a powerful, authentic pathway to self-actualization? Mark Lee talks to the cosplayers and cosplay vendors at New York Comic-Con to find out.
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NYCC 2015: The Economics of Star Trek
Mark Lee beams up the author of “Trekonomics” to discuss terminal abundance, whether capitalism is part of human nature, and the coming reputation-based economy. Also Riker.
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Towards a Grand Unified Theory of Butt Rock
Because the Body of Rock has many anatomical parts.