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A screenshot from Angeline Era shows a birds-eye view of a rolling green landscape. In the center, a lone figure examines an angelic statue.

Angeline Era vs Videogames

By Dr. Emily Price • January 29th, 2026

In Angeline Era, discursive difficulty leads to meaningful experiences.

Feature Story

Tithonus’ Drone: Myth, Loss and Memory in Phoenix Springs

By KM Nelson • January 27th, 2026

What is the point of a memorial to the dead if there is no one to receive it?

A screenshot from Unbeatable with the lead guitar player character in the center flanked entirely by a field of white

Failing to Fill Space

By Wallace Truesdale • January 23rd, 2026

The tragedy of Space is that it’s never really filled.

Letter from the Editor

Unwinnable Monthly – January 2026

By David Shimomura • January 21st, 2026

Arriving with pizza to room on fire dot gif.

Here's the Thing
A close-up of the character Esquie from the game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a large, imposing figure wearing a distinctive, split-face mask.

Grief and the Importance of Letting Go

By Rob Rich • January 20th, 2026

A trio of disparate games with surprisingly similar themes, and how sometimes the better end game choice is to let things go.

Forms in Light
A screencap from Tears of the Kingdom shows a snowy landscape with rolling hills leading to tall mountains in the distance.

Cartography of the Cold

By Justin Reeve • January 19th, 2026

Pack warm because Tabantha Tundra in particular is hostile to outsiders, and even most newcomers.

Talkin’ About Stuff

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • January 19th, 2026

Catchin’ up on some TV and movies.

A screenshot from How Fish is Made where a low polygon fish is facing another fish and asking So, which is it? Up or Down?

The Threads We Think We’re Holding

By Matthew Wilson • January 16th, 2026

How a 20-minute game about sardines became an existential mirror to reality.

A screenshot from a Madhouse playthrough of Resident Evil VII where a zombie woman is chasting the main character with a shotgun and she's almost got 'em

Revisiting the Madhouse

By J.M. Henson • January 15th, 2026

It feels to me like Madhouse is the intended difficulty.

Casting Deep Meteo
A screenshot from the RPG Sea of Stars shows three characters standing on a rocky cliff edge, overlooking a vast, misty landscape of floating rock formations and water.

Sea of Stars, Pond of Bulbs

By Levi Rubeck • January 15th, 2026

Are we learning our lines to embody a part, or are we bending the world to our whims?

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