Exploits 2010 – 2019 By Stu Horvath • December 1st, 2020 Do not party like it’s 2019. Wear masks. Be socially distant. Stay home.
This Mortal Coyle The Forest Spirit By Deirdre Coyle • December 1st, 2020 “I would be grateful to see the forest come to life.”
Letter to a Heroine Fire Keeper By Melissa King • November 30th, 2020 Will you continue to guard the flame? Will you return to as it always has been?
Chivalry & Sorcery By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • November 30th, 2020 Chivalry and sorcery and…dinosaurs?
I Played It, Like, Twice... I Played It, Like, Twice…Darkness of Unusual Size By Orrin Grey • November 27th, 2020 If Descent is what we’ve all come to expect from a modern high fantasy D&D-alike, then Massive Darkness is its lo-fi sword-and-sorcery equivalent.
Revving the Engine Enter the Void: Solar Ash By Sara Clemens • November 25th, 2020 Unwinnable chats with Alx Preston about the follow-up to Hyper Light Drifter.
Feature Excerpt Keep Calm with a Cup of Coffee By Katiee McKinstry • November 24th, 2020 Katiee McKinstry chats with developer Andrew Jeremy about the joys of chilling out in coffee shops.
Feature Excerpt Oishi: The Yakuza and the Koan By George Umbarger • November 24th, 2020 What’s the Yakuza series have to do with Zen Buddhism? More than you think!
Holiday Gift Guide 2020 By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • November 23rd, 2020 Let us help you find the perfect tabletop gaming gift to put under your holiday centerpiece of choice (or right on the shelf if the holidays aren’t your bag).
Always Autumn Sagittarius By Autumn Wright • November 22nd, 2020 “Every time I describe a city I am saying something about Venice.”
Letter From the Editor Unwinnable Monthly – November 2020 By Stu Horvath • November 19th, 2020 Find out what’s behind the demon skull!
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • November 16th, 2020 Grab your axe, smear some mud on your clothes, strap on some desperation and delve with us into the grim and perilous Old World.
Casino games: Desktop vs Mobile By Alan Smithee • November 15th, 2020 We are now at a time where people no longer need to go to actual casinos before they can enjoy the thrill of gambling.
Special Features and Bonuses to Look for On Famous Online Games By Alan Smithee • November 15th, 2020 Humans like being rewarded for whatever they do.
Mark Sable on Miskatonic By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • November 9th, 2020 Author Mark Sable introduces us to his new comic series Miskatonic, where cosmic horror and noir collide!
Forms in Light Some Things Last Some of the Time By Justin Reeve • November 3rd, 2020 Why are some buildings taken apart and recycled while others are simply renovated?
Kathryn Hymes on Xenolanguage By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • November 2nd, 2020 This week, we talk with Kathryn Hymes of Thorny Games about Xenolanguage: A Game About First Contact, on Kickstarter now!
Exploits Feature Feminine Flailing By Violet Adele Bloch • November 1st, 2020 It’s a representation of an archetypal feminine body, with little of the grace of that body’s tradition.
Letter to a Heroine Dear Krile By Melissa King • October 28th, 2020 Dear Krile, While you might not get as much attention as your fellow Scions of the Seventh Dawn, you’ll always be my favorite member.
Checkpoint Colin Kaepernick, Madden NFL 21 and the Football Future That Wasn’t By Ben Sailer • October 27th, 2020 After punting on social justice for years, Electronic Arts recently patched Colin Kaepernick back into Madden NFL 21. Don’t rush to pat them on the back.
Revving the Engine Robot Champions: Fight! For Your Life! By Stu Horvath • October 26th, 2020 We seldom have a clear view on how difficult it is to make videogames. Partly this is our own fault – most folks will always suspect that making games isn’t “work” the same way that digging ditches is.
Ravenloft Campaign Setting By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • October 26th, 2020 Dare you face the perils of the demi-plane of dread?
Traces Ghost Stories By Diego Nicolás Argüello • October 23rd, 2020 In fact, you could consider it an anthology of sorts – one on my relationship with horror games, and on ghost stories. I’ll let you decide if they’re fictional or not.
Casting Deep Meteo “To Steady the Box” By Levi Rubeck • October 22nd, 2020 We are meant to consider that this ability to compress their feelings into a box and hoist it themselves until their arms go numb is a kind of strength.
Feature Excerpt Dungeons & Dollhouses By Orrin Grey • October 20th, 2020 I’m not going to claim that society didn’t yet have those concepts, but I hadn’t been exposed to them. I came up in small towns in the Midwest; gender norms were pretty rigid.
Feature Excerpt A Friend at the End of the World By Adam Goodall • October 20th, 2020 But what space do you and your camera occupy in this city? You’re far from an observer, an outside eye; rather, Faulkner positions the player as a site of tension in this world falling apart.
Feature Excerpt Death is Not the End By Nicholas Straub • October 20th, 2020 The inhabitants of the Dark Souls universe seek a hero to rekindle the first flame, for without it, they believe, all life will cease. But they are wrong.
Vampire: The Masquerade By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • October 19th, 2020 Will we cling to some semblance of our humanity? Or will we tear your face clean off?
Letter From the Editor Unwinnable Monthly – October 2020 By Stu Horvath • October 15th, 2020 This issue is packed!
Thieves’ World By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • October 12th, 2020 Back alleys and dark deeds await in this week’s episode…
I Played It, Like, Twice… Shadows on the Cave Wall: Finding Clues in Scooby-Doo: Betrayal at Mystery Mansion By Orrin Grey • October 9th, 2020 Scooby-Doo and Betrayal at House on the Hill are a match made in some kind of spooky heaven.
No Accounting for Taste Patterns in the Ivy By Adam Boffa • October 9th, 2020 What can city-building games tell us about climate change?
Here's the Thing Alone in Duskers By Rob Rich • October 8th, 2020 Rob reminisces about his favorite roguelike, which is also one of his favorite horror games.
Forms in Light Architectural Improvisation By Justin Reeve • October 7th, 2020 A look at the repurposed architecture of Metro: Exodus.
The Heavy Pour With Friends Like These: A Wasteland Verse of TrickyPixie83 By Sara Clemens • October 6th, 2020 “I take damage, I take damage!”
World Action and Adventure By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • October 5th, 2020 No dragons. No laser rifles. The ultimate tabletop RPG about the real world.
Another Look Tragedy Erased By Yussef Cole • October 5th, 2020 “Bury my mother, pale and slight, bury my father, eyes shut tight! Bury my sisters, two by two, and then when you’re done, let’s bury me too!”
Maybe The Last Of Us Part II Was Trying To Frustrate Us? By Mike Gillis • October 1st, 2020 “Why have I been blindly following instructions to kill these digital characters? Am I… a monster?”
Playing With Shadows in Projection: First Light By Alyssa Wejebe • October 1st, 2020 Unwinnable speaks with Michael Chu, director of Shadowplay Studios, to discuss Projection: First Light’s historical influences, nonverbal approach and more.
