The Game OverThinker

Is there such a thing as thinking TOO HARD about anything, even games? The Game OverThinker will find out. My first attempt at video-game audio-blogging.

Sexual politics, gender-roles in gaming and goddess-imagery in the Mario series; plus infantile boob-jokes.

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Have you heard this business about military FPS titles supposedly being the new hobby of choice for "patriotic" consumers? The OverThinker has, and he's got something to say about it.

Does gaming culture treat it's female characters as sex-objects? YES. Here's some why, some how and some things that can be done about it.

What makes gaming's most infamous zealots act... like they act? The OverThinker seeks out the answer...

The OverThinker ponders the claims of racist imagery in Resident Evil 5, the response to N'Gai Croal's criticism of the game, looks at racial stereotypes in video games. All this AND preposterously-dated ethnic jokes!

Mario Kart Wii geography sends The OverThinker off on a tangent. Also: Corrections, explanations and cheescake.

In which The OverThinker most-emphatically DOES NOT review one of the biggest games of 2008.

The OverThinker remembers an industry's disasterous collapse and wonders in gaming is heading for the same fate.

In which The OverThinker would like Gamers and Feminists NOT to kill eachother over Sony's "Fat Princess."

The Game OverThinker's first actual game review.

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It's EXACTLY what it sounds like.

The OverThinker boots up the Virtual Fireplace and talks about Holiday Game Shopping. Fans, send this one to those you think need it.

'Little Big Planet' was supposed to be the masterpiece that turned things around for the PS3... turns out they only got the masterpiece part right. Was this an unfortunate fluke, or a symptom of something bigger and more troubling?