Episode 368: The Crisis of Infinite Mr. Cleans
The overthinkers tackle narrative as marketing, and why you should never, ever believe “Our Story.”
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Literature on Overthinking It
Modern-Day Saints: Trigun and The Brothers Karamazov
In its focus on the essence of moral behavior, Trigun has startling parallels to Dostoevsky’s novel, The Brothers Karamazov.
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Underthinking It: AP English Portmanteau Names
For when you’re writing high-class slashfic.
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The Unoriginal Writer’s Daughter Revisited
Why is every book named The Such-and-Such’s Wife?
The Well-Made (Video Game) Plot, Part 1
Why is a game not like a potboiler?
Episode 29: Inception to Bone
Sheely and Wrather examine how Tony got his groove back.
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Reading by the Rules
To read about Choose Your Own Adventure Books, click here.
Pixar’s Up: Paradise Lost at Paradise Falls
What goes Up must come down.
Paper or Plastic, Mr. Updike?
Guest writer Trevor Siegler offers a personal appreciation of literary giant John Updike, who died Tuesday.
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All Work and No Play: Own It Today!
A while ago, I wrote a review of the book Jack Torrance writes during The Shining. Now Overthinking It reader Phil Buehler has kicked things up a notch by actually producing the book.
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