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Pilot: Monster Manual II

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • July 8th, 2018

The debut episode of The Vintage RPG Podcast! Stu and John discuss Monster Manual II for first edition Dungeons & Dragons, the Big Trouble in Little China board game and much more!

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Praying

By Amanda Hudgins • July 2nd, 2018

“You had better hope that a higher power is ready to someday forgive you, it says, because I am not.”

Unwinnable Monthly – June 2018

By Stu Horvath • June 18th, 2018

The June issue of Unwinnable Monthly brings you features on Gorogoa, the Blackwell games, the SNES port of Doom and much more!

When the Pros Take Over

By Michael Tresca • July 18th, 2018

Will the professional polish of Dungeons & Dragons streaming shows create an unexpected hurdle for new players getting into the game?

Daughters Split Open Their Satanic Chrysalis

By Levi Rubeck • July 18th, 2018

This country has had no shortage of crusty street preachers, split-lip soothsayers crawling across glass-littered asphalt to cough up a truth few are brave enough to bear.

Frau Engel, a blonde woman with a scarred face and a Nazi uniform, leans deeply towards the camera.

How Wolfenstein II Lost Its Head Over Toxic Masculinity

By Elijah Beahm • July 17th, 2018

Shooters are directly linked with the precise sort of violent, cold, rage that toxic masculinity brings about; especially with id Software’s games resting as a vanguard of heavy metal.

War on Words: Mobile v. Handheld

By David Shimomura • July 17th, 2018

It’s why the recent trend to enforce the artificial barrier between “mobile” and “handheld” is so tenuous and dangerous.

Human Chess

Shots Fired

By Don Becker • July 16th, 2018

Is New York shaping up as the battleground for the biggest battle in wrestling since the Monday Night Wars 20 years ago?

Here's The Thing

Getting Lost in Lost in Space

By Rob Rich • July 16th, 2018

Is the new Lost in Space yet another shining example of a classic franchise reboot that works? Hell yeah it is!

Magazine Columns

Covers Gallery

dissecting the world

The Burnt Offering

Stu Horvath

too much analysis?

The Heavy Pour

Sara Clemens

finding deeper meaning

Another Look

Yussef Cole

fictional companions, goth concerns

This Mortal Coyle

Deidre Coyle

Games on the Shelf

Backlog

Gavin Craig

Streaming Documentaries

Documentary Sunday

Megan Condis

Ridicule and Reverence

Rookie of the Year

Matt Marrone

A Monthly Soapbox

Here's the Thing

Rob Rich

Games and Ennui

The McMaster Files

Jason McMaster

Games and World History

Checkpoint

Corey Milne

Best of Unwinnable

Actually, it’s about Ethics in Shilling Videogames

Monday, May 11th, 2015

We are all in marketing.

The First Step

Wednesday, December 10th, 2014

Combine game conventions with Iñupiaq themes of change starting with one person, and Never Alone forces us to confront our ability to affect change for the better.

The Town that Takes All

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

“We’re literally about to go through Hell.”