Reader, I Buried Him: Jane Eyre’s Battles with Monsters
What do a vampire, a zombie, and a werewolf tell us about how society’s fears have changed over three centuries?
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Zombies on Overthinking It
P-Zombies, Zero-Sum Videogames, and the Problem of Free Will
How does “The Walking Dead” solve the conundrum of narrative vs. freedom in games?
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Keys to Your Brains: Plants vs. Zombies vs. Operant Conditioning
Plants vs. Zombies 2, and the psychology of “grinding” in casual video games.
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Episode 260: Take the Zombie Challenge
The Overthinkers tackle World War Z, talking about both the Brad Pitt movie and Max Brooks’s book.
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Episode 229: For Certain Definitions of Vampire
The Overthinkers tackle Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2, having of course not seen it.
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Overthinking the New Fall Season: American Horror Story vs. The Walking Dead
[Spoilers ahoy! — Ed.] American Horror Story would never have gotten picked up were it not for the massive success of The Walking Dead. Actually, maybe that’s not true… it was conceived by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk of Glee … Continued
New York Comic-Con 2011: #ZombifyWallStreet
I spotted this clever t-shirt on the convention floor at New York Comic-Con: It did draw a laugh from me, but why stop there? Let’s subject the shirt’s assertion to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn’t deserve: is it possible … Continued
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Zombie Miscellany: Music and Post-Apocalyptic Racism
A few last points to wrap up our week-long consideration of The Walking Dead.
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Bellum Omnia Contra Zombies: The Walking Dead and The Social Contract
To this war of every man against every man, this also in consequent …
Overthinking Zombies
The Overthinkers consider their brains’ love of those who love brains.
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