3 Sizzling Fast CPUs for Gaming By Brent Hale • April 16th, 2019 One of the things that most gamers struggle with when pricing their build is how much to spend on the CPU.
Letter From the Editor Unwinnable Monthly – April 2019 By Stu Horvath • April 16th, 2019 In the April issue, Unwinnable explores the politics of Godzilla, the hidden commentary of Pikuniku and so much more!
This One Isn’t About Difficulty By Malindy Hetfeld • April 15th, 2019 Is the discussion about game difficulty really about difficulty, or is it more about who we serve when we make player skill a game’s main selling point?
GURPS By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • April 15th, 2019 GURPS! No, I didn’t just belch, that stands for Generic Universal Role Playing System, from Steve Jackson Games, our main topic this episode. We also talk Cyclades and Pendragon. Have a listen!
So the Katana is Back By Levi Rubeck • April 11th, 2019 Like black clothes and classic jams, some things never go out of style, and we might as well just pin ninjas to the list now and forever.
Checkpoint Observations of the Void By Corey Milne • April 11th, 2019 Corey Milne recently made it to the center of Elite Dangerous’ galaxy, and it’s smooth sailing. Well, other than that whole nasty business with the black hole…
Collision Detection Ace Combat 7 Wants the Context of War Without its Baggage By Ben Sailer • April 10th, 2019 Even in an arcade game like Ace Combat 7, borrowing from real-world war narratives makes the whole “escapism” thing…awkward.
GDC 2019 Sure Was a GDC By Davis Cox • April 9th, 2019 Another year, another GDC, another marathon of nonstop people, talks, games, drinks, networking, drinks, business cards, and possibly more drinks.
This Mortal Coyle Drea By Deirdre Coyle • April 8th, 2019 For someone who constantly jokes about dying, the chance to date a ghost carries its own morbid comfort.
Here's the Thing What the Resident Evil 2 Remake Got Wrong By Rob Rich • April 6th, 2019 The recent remake of Resident Evil 2 is fantastic, but Rob feels like its biggest fumble is being ignored.
Baba Is You Rules By Jeremy Signor • April 3rd, 2019 By letting you manipulate the implicit rules of its world, Baba Is You reveals how underlying assumed rules shape how you play games.
Backlog Whose Apocalypse? By Gavin Craig • April 2nd, 2019 While wandering through Far Cry: New Dawn’s unplausible dystopia, Gavin Craig sees it as just one ending in a cycle as old as time.
Red Box By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • April 1st, 2019 This week, we’re talking about the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set, the iconic red box. We also chat about the Mixtape Massacre board game and the indie TTRPG distro/publisher Exalted Funeral.
Another Look Alone at the End of the World By Yussef Cole • April 1st, 2019 Why developers continue to make post-apocalyptic games is well studied. Yussef Cole instead examines why players like himself love returning to their ruined worlds.
The McMaster Files The Rules By Jason McMaster • March 30th, 2019 Mental illness can make a person obsessive, which – as Jason finds – makes it nearly impossible to dislike games.
Unmissable: Episode 4 By Sara Clemens and David Shimomura • March 28th, 2019 It’s all about games on this week’s episode of Unmissable!
The Sax Always Brings Me Back By Levi Rubeck • March 28th, 2019 Angel Du$t fooled the old fans by daring each to hate this laser-beam of everything they’ve ever worked towards.
Hypnospace Outlaw Finds the Horror in Viruses By Jeremy Signor • March 26th, 2019 An eerie tribute to the early days of the internet, Hypnospace Outlaw reveals the hidden hell of computer viruses.
Feature Excerpt Donut County and the Boisterous History of White Guilt By Jason Dafnis • March 26th, 2019 The quirky indie game makes a statement on gentrification, capitalism, and – in the raccoon BK’s character – the weaponization of racial guilt.
Feature Excerpt Replaying Deus Ex In An Age of Conspiracy Theorists By Mark Hill • March 26th, 2019 Nineteen years after its release, Deus Ex’s story reveals its age far more than its clunky graphics ever could.
Feature Friday Nights in the Hostile Environment By Rob Haines • March 20th, 2019 British developer PanicBarn’s Not Tonight offers a Brexit-flavored critique of the past ten years of the hostile environment.
Resident Evil 2 Brings the Original Game Design Back From The Dead By Ethan Horn • March 20th, 2019 The game rebuilds the notion of why being stuck in police station during a virus outbreak is a terrifying prospect by increasing the number of verbs available.
Rethinking Action with Devil May Cry 5 By Jeremy Signor • March 20th, 2019 Though very much a Devil May Cry game, 5 hints at a new future for the character action genre.
James Lowder Interview (Plus Call of Cthulhu Goodies) By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • March 18th, 2019 We chat with Chaosium executive fiction editor and RPG industry vet James Lowder. We also discuss the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set and Chaosium’s Lovecraft for Beginning Readers series.
Unmissable: Episode 3 By Sara Clemens and David Shimomura • March 13th, 2019 Yussef Cole sits in to discuss The Favourite, Sunshine vs. Event Horizon, Destiny and more!
Searching for Souls in Reverie By Jeremy Signor • March 13th, 2019 What exactly makes a Dark Souls-like experience? And do we do games a disservice by searching for it?
Collision Detection Tidying Up the Old Videogame Collection By Ben Sailer • March 13th, 2019 Sometimes, stuff’s just gotta go. Even if you loved it.
The Heavy Pour Beat It By Sara Clemens • March 12th, 2019 You know what makes an otherwise interesting game unplayable? Casual racism.
Revving the Engine Someday You’ll Return By Stu Horvath • March 11th, 2019 There is something lurking in the forests of the Czech Republic…
Another Look Art School, Demystified By Yussef Cole • March 11th, 2019 With Art Sqool, Yussef deals with his academic FOMO.
Checkpoint Armadillo Burning By Corey Milne • March 10th, 2019 You can’t go back. Not even in Red Dead Redemption 2.
Here's the Thing Resident Evil Outbreak Was Good, Actually By Rob Rich • March 9th, 2019 With a remake of Resident Evil 2 finally becoming a reality, Rob thinks back on one of the more underrated (and extremely under-appreciated) games in the series.
Backlog Partial List of Reasons for Writing a List in Place of a Column By Gavin Craig • March 7th, 2019 People love lists. See: the entirety of the internet.
New Street Fighter for Old Hands By Levi Rubeck • March 7th, 2019 A lot of games try to replicate, if not exactly duplicate, the inherent friction and flow of what’s splayed on screens, but not Street Fighter Exceed.
Far Cry: New Dawn’s Only Compelling Feature is Blowing Things Up with Stu By David Shimomura • March 6th, 2019 None of Far Cry: New Dawn feels like it’s meant to be experienced with another person. It’s especially not meant to be experienced with someone who is a decidedly chaotic force such as myself.
The Shonen Flowmotion of Kingdom Hearts III By Jeremy Signor • March 5th, 2019 Kingdom Hearts III succeeds at putting you in the driver’s seat of a shonen anime fantasy.
This Mortal Coyle Rose By Deirdre Coyle • March 5th, 2019 Just let players bang the robot, Todd Howard.
Spelljammer By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • March 4th, 2019 Vintage RPG sails the stars of Spelljammer.
Feature Excerpt A Legacy of Movement By Khee Hoon Chan • March 1st, 2019 Doom may have defined the first-person shooter, but Mirror’s Edge made it flow.
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.
