Letter From the Editor Unwinnable Monthly – January 2021 By Stu Horvath • January 15th, 2021 Happy new year, gang! Let’s see how Unwinnable is kicking off 2021.
Here's the Thing Why I’m Leaving YouTube By Rob Rich • January 13th, 2021 After almost five years and hundreds of videos, Rob’s calling it quits and it’s all YouTube’s fault.
Forms in Light Bizarre Banality By Justin Reeve • January 12th, 2021 The house in Gone Home is WEIRD.
Collision Detection Countering COVID-19 Disinformation in Five Minutes or Less with Go Viral! By Ben Sailer • January 8th, 2021 Separating fact from fiction on the Internet and in the media is more difficult than ever. In the middle of a global pandemic, the consequences are potentially lethal. Could a simple browser game be part of the solution?
Letter to a Heroine Fischl By Melissa King • January 7th, 2021 Was it lonely, being left in your library by yourself? I was lonely like you once, too.
This Mortal Coyle Joy Johnson-Johjima from Monster Camp By Deirdre Coyle • January 6th, 2021 If I overheard someone talking about a bookish goth who listens to Rumours on repeat too much, I’d assume they were talking about me.
Self-Insert Rarepairs By Amanda Hudgins • January 5th, 2021 Their pairing often isn’t just not canon – it’s so far off the beaten path that other writers maybe don’t even see it themselves…
World Tour Germany By Oluwatayo Adewole • January 4th, 2021 Bring out your beers and your bratwurst, and let’s get going! On tap: Herzog’s Aguirre and Wenders’ Wings of Desire.
Rookie of the Year 365 Days of Halloween By Matt Marrone • December 29th, 2020 Practically every time we saw Phoebe Bridgers in 2020, she was wearing a full-body skeleton costume.
Try Reading... A Year at a Comics Store By Harry Rabinowitz • December 28th, 2020 If you ever encounter a good bookseller, be nice to them. Okay? Okay.
Traces Marching On By Diego Nicolás Argüello • December 23rd, 2020 “I am the end. Do you understand? This world, and this tapestry, I would devour. It is my purpose.”
Noteworthy Hip Hop Rediscovering 24-Carat Black By Noah Springer • December 22nd, 2020 Noah talks to Zach Schonfeld about his new book on the overlooked legacy of funk and soul band 24-Carat Black.
Try Reading... Avatar Forever By Harry Rabinowitz • December 21st, 2020 Writer Gene Luen Yang understands exactly what made Avatar great, and continues the magic in comic book form.
Always Autumn Winter’s Wind By Autumn Wright • December 21st, 2020 If death is inevitable in Outer Wilds, then so is Timberhearth.
Revving the Engine Adios: Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long By Stu Horvath and David Shimomura • December 18th, 2020 Unwinnable talks to Doc Burford about his forthcoming game Adios, a melancholy game about a pig farmer who won’t dispose of the mob’s bodies any more.
Feature Excerpt Birth of Masculine Bodies By Zsolt David • December 17th, 2020 Press button to move legs.
Feature Excerpt Who Firewatches the Firewatchers By Caroline Delbert • December 17th, 2020 Marshall played Firewatch and thought being a firewatcher sounded good, so he volunteered.
Letter From the Editor Unwinnable Monthly – December 2020 By Stu Horvath • December 15th, 2020 Volume 7 comes to a close. Find out what treasure this issue contains!
The Fail Cycle Fight or Flummoxed By Declan Taggart • December 15th, 2020 Declan wrestles with a puzzle game…
Forms in Light Formal and Vernacular Architecture By Justin Reeve • December 14th, 2020 The game world in Breath of the Wild is filled with interesting architecture
Collision Detection On Videogames, Accessibility and the Winter From Hell By Ben Sailer • December 10th, 2020 Videogames are more accessible than ever thanks to increased digitization. Facing what will be the harshest winter in a generation, this is a godsend that is easy to miss, but should not be taken for granted.
Rookie of the Year I’m Slowly Cracking Under the Weight of Tap Sports Baseball By Matt Marrone • December 9th, 2020 Now I live in fear that my favorite player of all time will show up in a mystery box.
Here's the Thing It’s Okay To Let Stuff End By Rob Rich • December 8th, 2020 Rob posits that, in a lot of instances, it’s better to let the stories and characters we love end rather than drag things out so long they become boring or just plain bad.
Another Look Crowded Apocalypse By Yussef Cole • December 7th, 2020 “A vibrant wasteland, a sparkling new way to experience a dull old formula.”
No Accounting for Taste Leap of Faith By Adam Boffa • December 4th, 2020 When game industry realism and creative ambition collide.
Self-Insert Tagging By Amanda Hudgins • December 3rd, 2020 Tagging fics is both a conversation and a function in fanfiction.
Exploits 2010 – 2019 By Stu Horvath • December 1st, 2020 Do not party like it’s 2019. Wear masks. Be socially distant. Stay home.
The Heavy Pour Christmas Time is Here By Sara Clemens • December 1st, 2020 Fact: There is one single, perfect, perennial Christmas album.
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?
World Tour Brazil By Oluwatayo Adewole • November 27th, 2020 Welcome to this month’s stop on our world tour! Take a break from post-election stress, sip your Cachaça and let’s dive right in to Bacurau.
The Beat Box Noteworthy Hip Hop – November 2020 By Noah Springer • November 27th, 2020 Fresh hip hop for you!
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!
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!
Try Reading... Coven Edition By Harry Rabinowitz • November 13th, 2020 Witchy comic recommendations for our resident hexers.
Here's the Thing On The Legend of Korra and Imperfection By Rob Rich • November 4th, 2020 Korra’s way of bringing some particularly significant character flaws to light through the eyes of their children makes them feel even more like human beings.
