Plugged

Heh. "Extra Credits," one of those shows what uses lots of big words, gave "The Game OverThinker" a plug at the top of t...

Episode 43: "Double Trouble"

UPDATE: As of 9/13/11 this video is at THIS LINK Deal with it, chief!

MobileDev.1.upload.@utopost.security.652.v.ep43.

low sig. no bars. dont no time. do not bleve him. do not let win. not lose hope --TGO

NEW EPISODE Coming Soon

Alright, I know, I let it go longer than a month again. But this time there's an explanation. A good one. I can't really say too muc...

BREAKING NEWS: Spike VGA's Dominated By American Games, Shooters and Fan-Service! ALSO: Water Wet, Grass Green!

I'm sorry, but Music Games should not be qualified for a "best soundtrack" award. They don't let a Greatest Hit's comp...

Episode 42: "Worst Person"

update: as of 9/13/11 this video is at THIS LINK What, did you think the new show meant the old warhorse was getting back-burnered? HELL NO...

"The Big Picture"

And here we are. The innaugural episode is about "Halo."

NEW SHOW debuting tomorrow at The Escapist!

Big news, everybody! I've got a BRAND NEW video series making it's debut at The Escapist tomorrow: "The Big Picture." I...

and the fandom rejoiced

Independent filmmaker Eddie Lebron, whom you may remember from the pretty-solid feature length  "Mega Man" Fan-Film last year, ha...

Every NES Game Ever in 15 Minutes

If it turns out there's no heaven, and instead just a longer-form loop of THIS... I think I'd be okay with that. Happy 25th, old fr...

Awesome kid and awesome family make awesome Metroid halloween costume

Hat-tip: KOTAKU Joe DeRosa, age 11, wants to be Samus Aran - the armor-suited lead character from the "Metroid" video-games - for ...

The NES is Silver today

25 years ago today at FAO Schwarz in Manhattan NY, the first Nintendo Entertainment Systems went on sale in the United States. Home video-ga...

Podcast Interview (Armchair Thinkers)

Chris and Kyle, aka "The Armchair Thinkers," had your's truly as their guest on the Podcast this week. I thought it went prett...

EPISODE 41: "The Revolution"

UPDATE: As of 9/13/11 this video is at THIS LINK

Bawl of Reach

Alright, so to answer a few readers who kept asking, I finally managed to rent "Halo: Reach" over the weekend. No, it's not ge...

Brave and Bold, indeed

Oh, look, a video-game trailer... I haven't been able to gauge what the general "fan-culture" reaction has been to "Batma...

Jason Isaacs sells you a "Castlevania" game

"Castlevania: Lords of Shadow" is setting itself up to be 2010's other divisive direction-change for a longstanding NES-spawn...

Texting of The Bread

Below, the trailer for "Texting of The Bread" - a new mobile game that marks ScrewAttack.com's first foray into game developme...

Guys...

Look, I appreciate and am grateful for people posting and linking the show throughout the web, but can I ask a small favor? When you do, can...

EPISODE 40: "Heavens to Metroid!"

update: as of 9/13/11 this video is at THIS LINK Because YOU demanded it!!! Remember: ALL NEW Game OverThinker episodes appear EXCLUSIVELY o...

BUMP

The "Extra Credits" folks graciously did me the honor of giving "Episode 33: Building a Better Gamer" an (unsolicited)...

Give "Other M" a shot

Alright, I don't generally use the "OverThinker" blog for anything but important stuff or new episodes, but I really want to j...

Everybody watch this NOW

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/extra-credits/1961-Free-Speech

Episode 39: "The Emperor Has No Clothes"

update: as of 9/13/11 this video is at THIS LINK hard link HERE

Extra Credits

Daniel Floyd has been all over the web for a number of years now, consistently putting out magnificient game-commentary content that you rea...

Episode 38: TGO's SGC 2010 Panel!

And now, belatedly, the highlights and big moments from my first ever live panel hosted at this year's ScrewAttack Gaming Convention ove...

SGC 2010 "Video Game Celebrity"

Thanks to ScrewAttack G1 "NovaSpec" for posting a video that I didn't think anyone had taped the whole run of, which more-or-l...

Game OverThinker in SGC2010 TOP TEN!

Hey gang! ScrewAttack.com has their Top 10 Moments recap of SGC 2010 up at GameTrailers, and my impromptu (and unscripted) "debate...

"Original Gamer" SGC interview

So... it's taking some time to organize stuff for a "me at SGC video, so for now here's an interview that got done there - spur...

SGC 2010

Here's a question I never would've imagined I'd have an answer to: What does it feel like to have beautiful women dressed up lik...

Episode 37: "In Which I Defend Kinect, Sort Of..."

UPDATE: As of 9/13/11 this video is at THIS LINK

I'll see you at SGC!

Nice to finally be able to make this "officially public." I'll be in Texas the weekend of July 4th for the ScrewAttack Gaming ...

Episode 36: "Who's Your Daddy, Mega Man?"

update: as of 9/13/11 this video is at THIS LINK

Watch this MEGA MAN fan-film

Indie filmmaker Eddie LeBron spent something like three years making on a "Mega Man" fan film, the scale and scope of which are pr...

Episode 35: "A Response to Roger Ebert"

UPDATE: As of 9/13/11, this video is at THIS LINK http://screwattack.com/videos/TGO-Episode-35-A-Response-to-Roger-Ebert

Games & Violence with Brian

Hey gang. FYI, Brian Schmoyer - late of the infamous "The Only Thing I Know" video, has turned a conversation he and I had into a ...

Episode 34: "Waggle War"

UPDATE: as of 9/13/11 this video is now at THIS LINK

AWESOME Mario art by middle-school kids

I try not to post anything here but episodes, but this was too cool not to share. This HUGE paper-mache (I think) art installation by studen...

Pax 2010

Because people have been asking: Primarily for financial reasons, I was not able to get a ticket in time (and no, I don't want to buy on...

Episode 33: "Building a Better Gamer"

update: as of 9/13/11 this video can now be found at THIS LINK This one is all about US, guys... but not entirely in a good way. http://scre...

Episode 32: "I Heart Bayonetta"

update: as of 9/13/11 this video is found at THIS LINK

Episode 31: "What's the Difference?"

update: as of 9/13/11 this video can be viewed at THIS LINK http://screwattack.com/videos/TGO-Episode-31-Whats-The-Difference

Interviewed

A little while back, I sat down to be interviewed by Ryan McAskill, aka "The Boston Comedy Examiner," who has now published said i...