The Game OverThinker

The Obligatory New Year's Wish-List Episode. Enjoy!

The OverThinker on the mysterious Shigeru Miyamoto patent that's sent the gaming world into a fit of worried anticipation. ALSO: Order of Ecclesia love and uncomfortable Shanoa fixation.

Believe it or not, The OverThinker DOES have his issues with the House of Mario. Here they are.

The OverThinker begins a two-part examination on the fate of Sonic the Hedgehog. Up first: A warts-and-all look at the history of the franchise, from it's 90s Golden Age to the it's sad state today.

The OverThinker offers up his entirely unofficial, likely impractical and almost-certainly innebriated reccomendations for bringing the Sonic franchise back to life - including gameplay changes, character eliminations and an outline of a theoretical full-on continuity reboot.

The Resident Evil 5 trailer caused a racial ruckus. The game's actual RELEASE was supposed to calm the storm. It didn't. It's time to ask the hard questions about race in the gaming world.

The OverThinker on bad control schemes and overly-complicated controllers in general.

When it comes down to it, which games will we REALLY remember?