Collision Detection Between Progress and Pragmatism in Democratic Socialism Simulator By Ben Sailer • July 9th, 2020 This game offers an opportunity to explore the policy possibilities of a progressive presidency in America. But underneath its colorful cartoon aesthetic lies a surprising degree of subversive power.
Musings The 120-Hour Goodbye By Blake Hester • July 7th, 2020 Persona 5 Royal provided Blake an escape from quarantine. But even in imaginary worlds, all good things come to an end.
Feature Excerpt Digital Phantasmagoria By Phantom • July 6th, 2020 On the art of DataErase – glitch witch, anime porn historian and DIP switch devil.
Bloodlines Suspending the Drop By David Shimomura • July 6th, 2020 Let the beat build and build forever.
Tunnels & Trolls By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • July 6th, 2020 Dungeons and dragons are too complicated. Let’s take a look at Tunnels & Trolls.
The Reckless Gender Politics of Call of Duty: Warzone By Porter Simmons • July 1st, 2020 Warzone resurrects the Gulag.
I Played It, Like, Twice… Clack Clack Clack: Searching for Rules in Vast: The Mysterious Manor By Orrin Grey • June 30th, 2020 If it has animated skeletons, Orrin’s all about it.
Bloodlines A Long Time Ago: A Star Wars Story By David Shimomura • June 29th, 2020 Being a lightsaber duelist isn’t like riding a bike.
Experiencing World War Z During a Pandemic By Evan Dennis • June 26th, 2020 World War Z suddenly feels extremely relevant.
Wrestling Giants: Morality and Player/Character Relationships in Red Dead Redemption 2 By Gerry Hart • June 25th, 2020 The plot carries Arthur Morgan’s body along, but the player’s control his psyche.
Mazes and Monsters By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • June 25th, 2020 We watched Mazes and Monsters so you don’t have to. Please don’t watch Mazes and Monsters.
Bloodlines The Long, Slow Process of Animal Crossing By David Shimomura • June 22nd, 2020 Plodding on and on.
Letter From the Editor Unwinnable Monthly – June 2020 By Stu Horvath • June 17th, 2020 Hey, Unwinnable is ten years old!
Musings Legacy of Brutality By Blake Hester • June 12th, 2020 You know what they say: Friends that kill together, stay together.
Here's the Thing Difficulty is Hard By Rob Rich • June 11th, 2020 A lot of people who play games love a challenge, but Rob posits that designing a good challenge is a challenge in and of itself.
Revving the Engine Endling: Extinction is Forever By Stu Horvath • June 10th, 2020 “It’s definitely not a Disney movie.”
Forms in Light Architecture of the Pharaohs By Justin Reeve • June 10th, 2020 An introduction to the structures of Egypt’s Pharaonic Period by way of Assassin’s Creed: Origins.
The Fail Cycle Gaming 21 Times Slower By Declan Taggart • June 9th, 2020 What titles can an ancient netbook even run? Left with no other gaming PC, Declan finds out.
Collision Detection Redefining the Race By Ben Sailer • June 9th, 2020 The future of virtual and real-world racing are becoming increasingly intertwined. Could the two someday become one and the same?
This Mortal Coyle Gerry from Graveyard Keeper By Deirdre Coyle • June 8th, 2020 I mean, really now, who hasn’t wanted to be friends with a talking, alcoholic skull?
Another Look Software Object Crossing By Yussef Cole • June 8th, 2020 Animal Crossing’s villagers are carefully calibrated to fall somewhere between comforting, digital companion and glorified gashapon capsule.
Back to the Future: Dice Through Time By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • June 8th, 2020 Great Scot! We’re talking with Chris Leder, lead designer of the Back to the Future: Dice Through Time board game.
Feature Excerpt Still Fallen: The Delicious, Open World Mystique of Fallen London By Khee Hoon Chan • June 5th, 2020 Failbetter Games’ impeccable prose has kept this browser game alive for a decade now.
Feature Excerpt Everyone’s Already in Jail: Astral Chain, Freedom Wars, and Social Control By Don Everhart • June 5th, 2020 While the main characters in one game are police and in the other they are prisoners, there isn’t much difference in the rhythms of their lives.
Casting Deep Meteo Final Fantasy VI’s Nightmares in the Round By Levi Rubeck • June 4th, 2020 Sometimes the best stories are the ones that sneak up on you.
Bloodlines Corona Standard Time By David Shimomura • June 1st, 2020 Time isn’t even a flat circle anymore.
Sales Of Board Games Have Soared During The Pandemic – Here’s Why By Alan Smithee • May 28th, 2020 According to University of Pittsburgh researcher Zachary Horton, board games are experiencing a renaissance.
The Growth and Adaptation of Samuslikes By Don Everhart • May 26th, 2020 Samus Aran, videogames’ own Strong Sci-Fi Female Protagonist, echoes through the medium just like the design of Super Metroid.
Greyhawk By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • May 25th, 2020 We journey to Greyhawk, one of the first RPG campaign settings, and Gary Gygax’s own.
Bloodlines Evil Genius is a Rotting Colossus By David Shimomura • May 25th, 2020 Let old things die, kill them if you have to.
I Played It, Like, Twice… Well, We Warned You: Playing Horrified During a Pandemic By Orrin Grey • May 22nd, 2020 Everything about Horrified echoes the Universal films in ways that will make fans of the original monster franchises grin.
Community Will Always Grow By Anthony McGlynn • May 21st, 2020 “People hate the steel sky, the slums…but I don’t. How could I? All that passion, all those dreams, flowing and blending together into something greater…”
Doom Eternally Better By Stephen Wilds • May 20th, 2020 Doom Eternal goes a long way to ensure players of every ability can tackle the hordes of Hell.
Killer By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • May 18th, 2020 The RPG most likely to get someone to call the cops on you.
Revving the Engine Omno: In Search of Awe By Stu Horvath • May 14th, 2020 Omno seemed to want to wander, to find adventure, to “be awed by the world around him.”
There is no Why, Only Escape By Levi Rubeck • May 14th, 2020 GTFO is a brutal, unforgiving, and niche experience.
