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Letters from the Editors

Unwinnable Monthly, April 2021

By David Shimomura and Stu Horvath • April 15th, 2021

Big doings on the party boat this month! Oh, and all the normal magazine stuff too!

World Tour

Spain

By Oluwatayo Adewole • April 2nd, 2021

Things get messy on this trip to Spain, really messy.

Revving the Engine
A picture of a sports car in the game Automation

Under the Hood

By Ben Sailer • April 1st, 2021

The beauty of having a dream, and making it so, and then having thousands of others make their dreams within your dream.

Forms in Light
A man being carried through the streets on a litter.

Parasites

By Justin Reeve • March 30th, 2021

The real parasites are always the capitalists.

Here's the Thing
a Hygogg type mobile suit from Mobile Suit Gundam

Getting Back to Gunpla

By Rob Rich • March 29th, 2021

I really like building and customizing Gundam model kits.

Collision Detection

Controlling the Narrative

By Ben Sailer • March 26th, 2021

Why the hell would anyone play two-player sports videogames by themselves?

Self-Insert
A word cloud of tags to describe Sheriff Stilinski.

Sheriff Stilinski’s Name is John

By Amanda Hudgins • March 25th, 2021

Stiles Stilinski’s name is definitely, unambiguously John. OK?

Letter to a Heroine
A character from Bloodborne sitting ominously in a chair.

Lady Maria

By Melissa King • March 24th, 2021

Ave Maria!

Always Autumn
A drawing of the rapture.

Post-Post-Apocalyptic: Come Along with Me

By Autumn Wright • March 23rd, 2021

What comes after what comes after the world ends?

Feature Excerpt

Dungeons and Comrades: The Capitialism Catharsis of Going Under

By Andrew Kiya • March 19th, 2021

“Disrupting” is great if by that you mean smashing up corporate hell.

Feature Excerpt
Painting of two people gathering potatoes.

Car Rides and Crooning: Bridging the Gap with A Woman’s Heart

By Christine M. Estel • March 18th, 2021

Music has a certain power to bridge the general divide.

Excerpt Feature
A poster of two people guarding against Morlocks.

Eugenics from Morlock to Shoggoth: The Origins of Cosmic Racism

By Noah Berlatsky • March 17th, 2021

What horror lies in the heart of men?

Letter From the Editor

Unwinnable Monthly, March 2021

By Stu Horvath • March 12th, 2021

Spring is here, maybe. The March issue of Unwinnable Monthly is here, definitely.

This Mortal Coyle
Arthur Morgan drinks with Lenny at a bar.

Drinking With Arthur Morgan

By Deirdre Coyle • March 12th, 2021

One more couldn’t hurt, right?

Letter to a Heroine

Mercy

By Melissa King • March 11th, 2021

You are not looking well.

Collision Detection
A futuristic city at night with skyscrapers.

Cyberpunkland and the Full Service Dystopia Simulator of Tomorrow, Today

By Ben Sailer • March 10th, 2021

A free dystopian browser-based game like Cyberpunkland should be a silly diversion. But considering recent events, it feels bizarrely prescient instead.

World Tour
A blindfolded wedding couple.

Australia

By Oluwatayo Adewole • March 9th, 2021

Throw something on the barbie, Tayo’s going down under!

Rookie of the Year
A black and white photo of the Chrysler Building at night.

Silence is Golden

By Matt Marrone • March 9th, 2021

Ten bucks if you can solve the mystery. Or don’t.

Another Look
Lightning from Final Fantasy 13.

Digital Distractions

By Yussef Cole • March 8th, 2021

Yussef finds Lightning for the first time. Gets lost along the way.

Forms in Light
An outpost in Red Dead Redemption 2

Wealth and Poverty

By Justin Reeve • March 5th, 2021

A tale of haves and have nots on the frontier.

Here's the Thing
An anime character smoking a cigarette.

FLCL, 17 Years Later

By Rob Rich • March 5th, 2021

Rob takes another look at FLCL, a brief anime series he used to love, and reflects on how different the whole thing feels almost two decades later.

No Accounting for Taste
Donald Rumsfeld speaking from the Pentagon press room.

Oddly Familiar

By Adam Boffa • March 4th, 2021

A documentary from 2013 offers the chance to rethink some recent conversations in US politics.

Self-Insert
A painting where a woman is attempting to escape the charm of a man.

Regency Era AU

By Amanda Hudgins • March 3rd, 2021

At somepoint, it is always Omegaverse, isn’t it?

Try Reading...
A man staring forward.

Urasawa’s Biggest Series

By Harry Rabinowitz • March 2nd, 2021

Naoki Urasawa is kind of a big deal.

Revving the Engine
A robot person wielding a weapon.

Creature in the Well: Between the Known and the Unknown

By Melissa King • March 2nd, 2021

“Every aspect of gameplay is a teaching moment”

The Beat Box
A man with gold teeth within concentric circles.

Noteworthy Hip Hop – February 2021

By Noah Springer • March 1st, 2021

Hey you guys! Noah is doing album roundups again!

Feature Excerpt
A green and a pink inkling staring at each other with menace.

We Found Love in a Chatless Place: Community through Silent Multiplayer

By Emma Kostopolus • February 26th, 2021

Painting in a world where no one has mouths but they must speak.

Feature Excerpt
Videri String Quartet

Videogame Chamber Music

By William Dowell • February 26th, 2021

“One Winged Angel” is plenty haunting to start but then you hear the string quartet version. Find out what goes into that.

Letter From the Editor

Unwinnable Monthly – February 2021

By Stu Horvath • February 14th, 2021

February sure is long for the shortest month, right? Pass the time with the new Unwinnable Monthly.

Try Reading...

50 Years Later, Superman Defeats the Klan Again

By Harry Rabinowitz • February 10th, 2021

Superman punching Nazis, chucking Klansmen and standing up for diversity has never been this good.

Heaven from the Other Side

By Yussef Cole • February 8th, 2021

Blasphemous serves as an aesthetic exploration of the mind of the devout.

Letter to a Heroine

Mei

By Melissa King • February 5th, 2021

“News stories don’t always have to be major, they just have to matter.”

World Tour

France

By Oluwatayo Adewole • February 4th, 2021

A discussion on cycles of violence.

Rookie of the Year

More Songs About Bob and Judy

By Matt Marrone • February 3rd, 2021

Did David Byrne invent Twin Peaks? Matt thinks so.

Here's the Thing

No Man’s Sky vs. Cyberpunk 2077

By Rob Rich • February 2nd, 2021

The edgelords never get what they want, do they?

Forms in Light

Marble Madness

By Justin Reeve • February 1st, 2021

Marble, marble, everywhere. Why is it all white and shiny?

The Beat Box

RIP MF DOOM

By Noah Springer • January 29th, 2021

Just remember ALL CAPS when you spell the man name.

Revving the Engine

Torchlight III: Relight the Torch

By Jason McMaster • January 28th, 2021

A little time, some love and some Diablo DNA and what do you get?

Always Autumn

Loxahatchee Boys

By Autumn Wright • January 27th, 2021

There is a queerness to winter in Florida.

Collision Detection

In Videogames, Everybody’s Working for the Weekend

By Ben Sailer • January 26th, 2021

Work sucks, I know.

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