Genre Pieces and “The Rules”
Just how important is it that a sci-fi or fantasy movie strictly adhere to its set of “rules”?
Plot on Overthinking It
Episode 186: Wrong Enough to be Human
The Overthinkers tackle Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire and Neil Young’s hatred for music compression.
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The Well-Made (Video Game) Plot, Part 3
One more time on video game plots. This is the last one, I promise.
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The Killing: Death as Denial, Death as Distraction
It turns out I was wrong about The Killing.
The Video Game Plot Scale
They used to challenge your thumbs – now they test your heart, too.
The Well-Made (Video Game) Plot, Part 1
Why is a game not like a potboiler?