I Played It, Like, Twice... They’re Coming Out of the Goddamn Walls: Reliving a Moment with Space Hulk By Orrin Grey • February 28th, 2022 It is difficult, for me at least, to separate the game itself from that dream, solidified by glossy magazine photos of massive Space Hulk boards set up.
The Sleeper Has Awakened: Watching the David Lynch Dune for the First Time in this, the Second Year of the Plague By Orrin Grey • October 14th, 2021 So, nearly forty years later, in a world with a very different cinematic landscape, on the cusp of a new, much bigger-budget adaptation, did I come out knowing that I’ve seen Dune?
Feature Excerpt Imagining the Future in Games By Ruth Cassidy • June 24th, 2021 A vision of tomorrow, today!
Antiracist Cosmic Horror By Noah Berlatsky • April 13th, 2021 A companion to Noah Berlatsky’s March feature story!
Always Autumn Post-Post-Apocalyptic: Come Along with Me By Autumn Wright • March 23rd, 2021 What comes after what comes after the world ends?
Feature Excerpt Eugenics from Morlock to Shoggoth: The Origins of Cosmic Racism By Noah Berlatsky • March 17th, 2021 What horror lies in the heart of men?
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.
Lightsaber Dueling Pack By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • May 4th, 2020 Relive the duel between Luke and Vader over and over again, without breaking a sweat! No lightsaber toy necessary!
No Accounting for Taste Movies Could Be More Boring By Adam Boffa • April 9th, 2020 The Star Wars sequel trilogy is too exciting to be interesting.
Try Reading... New Kid on Earth By Harry Rabinowitz • April 9th, 2020 Space Boy Volume 1 proves that – even eons into the future – moving still sucks.
Feature Excerpt Accepting Death as the Sun Goes Out By Ryan Cooper • April 2nd, 2020 The Outer Wilds’ tragic time-loop helps Ryan Cooper process real-world struggles.
Star Frontiers By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • March 30th, 2020 Join us in the far reaches of known space as we explore Star Frontiers!
The Shadow People By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • March 23rd, 2020 Descend into the depths of the earth to meet The Shadow People!
No Accounting for Taste Lost in Space, Out of Time By Adam Boffa • March 19th, 2020 In Outer Wilds, the clock is always ticking.
Star Wars Galaxy Guides By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • December 9th, 2019 Everyone is talking about Star Wars right now, and so are we! We take a stroll through the 12-volume series of Galaxy Guide sourcebooks for the West End Games Star Wars RPG.
Rookie of the Year Star Trek: The Sex Generation By Matt Marrone • October 8th, 2019 The ladies of the USS Enterprise want to get it on. Badly.
Here's the Thing The Last Unicron By Rob Rich • September 11th, 2019 With the recent announcement of a crowdfunding campaign to create a new, massive Transformers Unicron toy, Rob ponders the reactions and possible reasoning behind it all.
Another Look Evangelion and Endings By Yussef Cole • August 1st, 2019 Twenty years later, what’s it like to watch the anime that made you stop watching anime?
The Devil is Only Human After All By Pascal Wagner • May 20th, 2019 Depictions of Satan fluctuate depending on the media, but they all touch a part of our subconscious.
Feature Excerpt Crack the Network: It’s Called Cyberpunk Not Cybersecurity By Liam Conlon • November 23rd, 2018 While disappointed by Cyberpunk 2077’s announcement to exclude a non-binary option, Conlon thinks it’s necessary to desire more than small kernels of representation.
Deep Space Nine is More Important Than Ever By P.J. Kryfko • November 2nd, 2018 Looking back on Deep Space Nine, it seems ahead of its time, but maybe we’ve just been backsliding.
The Heavy Pour New Gods By Sara Clemens • November 2nd, 2018 New York Comic Con is a monument to hype with amusements deliberately designed to part fans from their money and/or time, but Sara would hate to miss the fantasy.
Backlog Culture is Not Canon By Gavin Craig • September 12th, 2018 Star Wars is a case study in how canon can grip a culture, and what happens when fandom turns toxic.
Another Look Hood Cyberpunk By Yussef Cole • August 7th, 2018 Cyberpunk stories don’t generally want, or need, to change society. It seems, rather, that they’re perfectly content partying in the rubble.
Here's The Thing Getting Lost in Lost in Space By Rob Rich • July 16th, 2018 Is the new Lost in Space yet another shining example of a classic franchise reboot that works? Hell yeah it is!
Feature Excerpt The Mass Effect Issue: At All Costs By David Shimomura • June 6th, 2018 Humanity never needed Cerberus.
Another Look The Mass Effect Issue: Artificial Immortality By Yussef Cole • June 6th, 2018 Mass Effect makes us question our preconceived notions about artificial intelligence.
Feature Excerpt Gods & Astronauts – An Excerpt from Unwinnable Monthly 96 By Oliver Milne • November 1st, 2017 If space is the final frontier for science, how come so many scientists and science fiction writers use the language of religion to describe it?
Checkpoint – Horizons By Corey Milne • July 13th, 2017 Why go somewhere nice when the vast empty nothingness of deep space is calling?
Spilled Ink “Every Gundam Time…” – MSG: Thunderbolt Vol.2 By Austin Price • March 1st, 2017 Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt is a tonal mess that knows irony can be used to underpin horror to shocking effect, but has no clue how or when to implement said irony.
New Year’s Resolution: Introspect Nostalgia to Death By David Shimomura • January 2nd, 2017 Why do we get so thrilled at the prospect of new Power Rangers but are so hurt when we see the trailer?
Carrie Fisher, 1956-2016 By Team Unwinnable • December 28th, 2016 In Carrie Fisher, the world lost more than a princess.
Who is Eleven’s Papa? A Stranger Things Theory By Megan Condis • August 29th, 2016 There are a lot of questions to be answered in the wake of Season 1. Who is Eleven’s papa? Can Steve’s hair get any taller?
Duskers: Finding Love In An Empty Space By Declan Taggart • June 24th, 2016 Have you ever visited a Video Games Therapist?
Hack the Planet: Mainlining Demo By Megan Condis • June 7th, 2016 Wouldn’t it be great if Hollywood was right, and hacking was actually just rollerblading and drinking soda all day?
Historian of the Future: An Interview with Andrew Groen By Megan Condis • May 9th, 2016 Megan had the opportunity to sit down with Andrew Groen, author of Empires of EVE
Building Languages in Games: An Interview with Dr. Jessica Sams By Megan Condis • March 3rd, 2016 From Simlish to Tho Fan to the terrible sounds that Tidus made, Megan and Dr. Sams discuss all parts of fake languages and why they make such a difference.
Laser Kittens: X-Men Meets Internet Cat Videos Meets Table Top By Megan Condis • February 29th, 2016 It’s leap day! Let’s make use of this elusive day by peering into the minds of our kitten overlords.
Downfall Asks: How Do You Want to Spend the End of Days? By Megan Condis • January 18th, 2016 A floating island, falsified data, collaboration and a society about to slide into oblivion.
Accidentally Killing the World With Kindness By Declan Taggart • January 8th, 2016 Just some of the ways that humanity might accidentally shoot itself in the foot
