Toward a More Perfect Build
What does your custom class – and your attachment to it – say about you?
Video Games on Overthinking It
L.A. Noire and the Video Game Value of Work
Why are video games 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration?
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Episode 176: In A Gunny Sack behind The Bus Boy
The Overthinkers tackle videogames, including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
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The Underserved Market for Video Game Personal Trainers
If you can’t beat ’em, hire one of ’em to teach you what you’re doing wrong.
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 Well-Made (Video Game) Plot, Part 2
Continued from Part 1. You may also want to read Belinkie’s post on the same subject and this older post by Perich. Narrative Exploration vs. Narrative Discovery Let’s say you invite me over to your house. I will wander around … Continued
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Episode 166: Buffering… Buffering… Buffering…
The Overthinkers tackle what’s wrong with movies.
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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?
Episode 147: How Did It Make You Feel when You Got Hit by The Kobold?
The Overthinkers tackle RPGs with special guest Zack Johnson of Kingdom of Loathing.
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