Game Theorists

When is a barrel roll not a barrel roll? When it's in Star Fox. Thursdays, we separate the fact from the fiction in some of your favorite video games.

Is Pokemon racist? We're covering everything from religion and world history to opera, Norse mythology, and 90s fashion to find out!

This week, it's a 5v5 match of Legendary proportions. Which champions in the League of Legends would win based on their real-world lore? Will good or evil triumph?

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Are Pokemon battles gaming's equivalent of a blood sport? Does the series teach neglect towards animals? And is Team Plasma, the self-proclaimed Pokemon Liberators, the true heroes of the Poke-verse?

Scientific brainwashing. Animal brutality. Racism?! For such an adorable game, Pokemon sure is controversial. But do the haters have a case here?

(Now on Twitter: @MatPatGT) Human balloons? Explosive decompression? Inflating body parts?

A man who controls electronics with his mind. A camera that fits in your eye socket. A USB drive...in your finger? How close are we to our own Human Revolution?

This week, we're looking at the anatomy of a murder that has rocked the gaming world since 1997. Should Aerith have died based on her wounds? Did she die at all?

Is it scientifically possible to build an underwater city like Rapture? The realism of the game and how it's inspired modern-day Andrew Ryans may Bioshock you.

Terrorist cults, police violence, and sexual crimes are dark themes hidden under Earthbound's happy-go-lucky tone and quirky humor.

Now you're playing with power...armor! Science isn't too far behind Master Chief's tech, but it'll cost you a couple thousand bucks. Find out all about it this week on Game Theory!

Deadly octopi, spitting snakes, bizarre fruit, and a war America has kept buried in its past all factor in this week as we pinpoint Hudson's ADVENTURE ISLAND.

Your voices have been heard! As thanks for supporting the show, we're looking at topics you've requested and submitted from the first nine episodes.

Pull out your AK-47 and rip off your shirt 'cause we're diving headfirst into 80s action flicks to discover the roots of Duke Nukem and the reasons why the character "doesn't really work in 2011."

This week we unravel the truth about Kirby's Epic Yarn and its role in an up-and-coming counterculture war. Every Monday, we separate the fact from the fiction in some of your favorite video games.

We're putting Joker, Poison Ivy, and the rest of Arkham's criminals on the Freudian couch to diagnose their mental disorders. But are they really crazy or better off in jail?

Fry it, stuff it, put it on your wall--I'm on a cross-country trip thinking about roadkill and Frogger. But what secrets could this Atari and arcade classic hold? Find out on Game Theory!

It's science meets Sonic! Is Sonic the fastest thing alive? What the heck is an echidna? And does anyone really remember Espio the Chameleon or Storm the Albatross?

Can you rip out a human heart? Be poisoned with a kiss? Frozen and shattered? Find out as we explore the cute and cuddly world of MORTAL KOMBAT!

We're looking at ancient cultures, mysterious landmarks, and beautiful women as we save the world in ILLUSION OF GAIA.

Take the plunge into the sewers with Mario as we cover everything from alligators under New York to albino pot in this second episode of Game Theory.

This inaugural episode looks at what, if anything, the RPG masterpiece Chrono Trigger can teach us about the science of time travel.

Inspired by the "Tangential Learning" episode of gaming series EXTRA CREDITS, I've started a video series that looks into learning a wide range of topics through the filter of video games.

Link Larkin demonstrates his adeptness at making women (and men?) swoon while listing off famous couples in the song "It Takes Two."

What better time to break into a love song than during a prison break? That's how heartthrob Link Larkin rolls.

Housemates, friends, adopted brothers, and (practically) identical twins separated at birth, Stephen Mir (AKA Huck Finn) and Matthew Patrick (AKA Tom Sawyer) join forces as Roger and Mark to sing

This song, originally intended to be sung to a mirror, is much more amusing when used to encourage (or force) audience members to join the fun. Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser.

Sebastian tries to convince his therapist that he isn't guilty for the tragic incidents that occurred during his 10th birthday party, specifically the stroke suffered by the party's clown, Mr.

Jeff, tortured by the literal and figurative monsters of his conscience, confronts the image his ex-lover, finally finding the right words to express what he has never been capable of saying before.