Disco Elysium and Finding the Beauty in a Cynical World By Jeremy Signor • November 6th, 2019 Initially unbearably cynical and grim, Disco Elysium asks you to find beauty and redemption in your trash fire of a main character through true role playing.
Bear Bodies By Jeremy Signor • July 10th, 2019 When representing masculine characters, videogames default to chiseled muscles. But those who fancied different body types still had something to latch onto.
Gingy's Corner Tokyo Twilight By Gingy Gibson • June 14th, 2019 Sometimes less is more. Too bad nobody told these guys.
Ferocious Spells, Winding Sigils By Levi Rubeck • June 13th, 2019 Building off similar grunge and noise-rock vibes as Made Out of Babies, Elizabeth Colour Wheel builds out from that frame.
Representing Disabilities: An Evolution in Gaming By Quin Callahan • March 1st, 2019 We’re finally seeing more people with disabilities in games, but casual representation still pales in comparison to those defined by tragic backstories.
Gingy's Corner XOXO Droplets By Gingy Gibson • January 18th, 2019 7 hours of dragging myself through the worst elements of high school that I am never get back.
Hold On By Jeremy Signor • October 17th, 2018 We all need something to hold onto, but what happens when that thing turns sour?
A Bus Full of Dogs in El Salvador By Levi Rubeck • October 11th, 2018 As the world shrinks, Stonebot games shows the value of staying local, thinking big, and defending man’s best friend.
Gingy's Corner The Final Day of Spring By Gingy Gibson • August 31st, 2018 A look into a story about getting to choose your own end and the legacy you leave behind.
In Defense of the Wrong Record By Levi Rubeck • August 30th, 2018 Fans usually reach a consensus on a band’s best work, but what do fans know?
Seize the Sandbox By Levi Rubeck • August 23rd, 2018 I don’t want to craft my own tale in the game, I want to live vicariously through a meticulously arranged narrative.
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.
Rend Wants to get the Team Back Together By Levi Rubeck • May 3rd, 2018 Like Overwatch meets EVE Online crashing into Minecraft, Rend is an MMO sandbox RPG that requires a clan that can work together and evolve to confront not only the other online antagonists, but the toothy bite of the world itself.
Gingy's Corner Gingy’s Corner: The Ghost of Joe Papp By Gingy Gibson • February 23rd, 2018 As a former theater kid, The Ghost of Joe Papp was a trip down memory lane.
Best Board Games We Played in 2017 By Jeremy Signor and Team Unwinnable • January 4th, 2018 These are the board games that impressed the Unwinnable writers the most in 2017.
Josh Melnick – Game of the Year 2017 By Josh Melnick • December 29th, 2017 Writer and game designer Josh Melnick breaks down his top 10 games of the year.
Life Dying Malls and Their Arcade Dreams By Amanda Hudgins • December 11th, 2017 At some point this Victoria’s Secret made the transition to Akiba Arcade, a small Japanese arcade full of rhythm games with large drums and bright boxes of light and sound.
Battle Chasers: Nightwar is a JRPG Without the Filler By Sam Desatoff • November 27th, 2017 In Battle Chasers: Nightwar, all the standard RPG elements are present, albeit in a distilled, no-frills way.
Office of the General Counsel Episode 21 – That Limousine Riding, Jet Flying, Kiss Stealing, Wheelin’ N’ Dealin’ Son of a Gun By Team Unwinnable • November 3rd, 2017 Stylin’ n’ Profilin’.
Three Games to Play This Halloween By Sam Desatoff • October 12th, 2017 Three board games to bring along with you to this year’s Halloween party.
Spilled Ink “Semi-fine Dining” – Ristorante Paradiso By Austin Price • July 5th, 2017 Indeed, what could be more dignified than such an Epicurean lifestyle, unanchored by the heavier emotions, devoted to the pursuit of scrumptious food, high fashion, handsome men and easy pleasure before all else?
Office of the General Counsel Episode 18 – The End of an Era By Team Unwinnable • June 30th, 2017 We’re leaving together, but still it’s farewell. And maybe we’ll come back to earth, who can tell?
Office of the General Counsel Episode 17 – 1 is the Loneliest Number By Team Unwinnable • June 9th, 2017 Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K.
Office of the General Counsel Episode 15 – It’s Just Math, Man By Team Unwinnable • March 8th, 2017 Coding is a language.
Office of the General Counsel Episode 14 – Bored of Directors By Team Unwinnable • February 16th, 2017 Love is in the air.
Legion Reinvents the way WoW Tells Stories By Sam Desatoff • September 15th, 2016 Blizzard has taken the gloves off when it comes to storytelling in their most recent addition to the juggernaut that is World of Warcraft.
The Maturity In Video Game Absurdity By Matthew Byrd • August 22nd, 2016 Games are growing up, and they’re learning it’s okay to poke fun at yourself.
Memories of a Childhood Artifact From 6180 the moon By Jose Cardoso • June 16th, 2016 It’s a big solar system where everyone wants something, and the Moon is caught in the middle.
Ready for the Resolutions 1/2/2015 By Team Unwinnable • January 2nd, 2015 Today in 2004, deep space probe, Stardust, successfully flew past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that eventually were returned to Earth. No, there were no nude space vampires like in the movie Lifeforce.
Last Week’s Comics 12/17/14 By Ian Gonzales, Sal Lucci and Michael Edwards • December 17th, 2014 Ian Gonzales tackles Bitch Planet #1, Sal Lucci looks at Savage Dragon #200 and Michael Edwards dissects Uncanny X-Men Annual #1 in this edition of Last Week’s Comics.
It Belongs In A Museum! By Steve Haske • November 24th, 2014 Steve Haske talks with Jacob McMurray, senior curator of the new Indie Game Revolution exhibit at Seattle’s EMP Museum.
Finding Cullen By Joe DeMartino • November 17th, 2014 Joe DeMartino looks at how EA took a Dragon Age extra and turned him into a fan favorite.
The Burnt Offering From a Great Height By Stu Horvath • July 14th, 2014 Stu Horvath plays The Fall, by Over the Moon Games, re-reads Camus and ponders cognitive dissonance.
Last Week’s Comics 6/25/2014 By Ian Gonzales, Jill Scharr and Michael Edwards • June 25th, 2014 Ian Gonzales reviews The Manhattan Projects #21, Jill Scharr takes a look at The Wicked + The Divine #1 and Michael Edwards thumbs through Silver Surfer #3 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time #1 in this week’s edition of Last Week’s Comics.
This One is for Annie By Stu Horvath • January 31st, 2014 We miss you, Annie Dennisdóttir Wright. Skål.
A Digest to Digest To – Thanksgiving 2012 By Team Unwinnable • November 22nd, 2012 Unwinnable wishes you a happy Thanksgiving and offers up a feast for your brain.
Beginnings By Brian Taylor • July 13th, 2012 Every week, Brian Taylor digs through the Unwinnable archives to bring old gems to your attention. This week’s theme, appropriately, is Beginnings.
Journey into Weird – The Winchester House By Erik Weinbrecht • January 5th, 2012 Erik Weinbrecht gets lost in the Winchester Mystery House.
Adventures in Puppetland By Gia Grillo • January 3rd, 2012 Gia Grillo visits the Hoboken-based puppet shop, Puppet Heap.
A Digest to Digest To – Thanksgiving 2011 By Stu Horvath • November 24th, 2011 Now that you’re done with that turkey dinner, dig into these Unwinnable stories to feed your brain!
