![A simple cute smiley face on a field of white, made up of two dots and a squiggle that looks like a sideways "3."](https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Coyle-1.jpg)
Purrcy from Mystic Mansion
I find myself thinking about how Purrcy fits into the kawaii template of vulnerability and harmlessness. Purrcy does have these visual signifiers. I do want to help him. I am also terrified of him.
![The character known as Gothic Writer from the mobile game Game of Vampires: Twilight Sun, sporting two neat braids and carrying a notebook.](https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Coyle.jpg)
The Gothic Writer from Game of Vampires
Do I love this game, or do I hate it? Am I being a downer because of latent mobile game snobbery?
![The Lyktgubbe from Bramble: The Mountain King, holding a glowing lantern, stoops to talk to a small figure in a dense forest awash with flowers.](https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Coyle.jpg)
The Lyktgubbe from Bramble: The Mountain King
My adult brain feels desperate to chase after lights in the forest, lights I haven’t seen in some time. As a child, I knew better.
![A close-up of Andreja from Starfield, looking suitably goth with black hair, downturned eyes and a soft, elegant expression. She poses behind a spiky metal structure that gives the impression of dead tree branches.](https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Coyle.jpg)
I Married My Goth GF in Starfield but I Feel Nothing
Starfield is Bethesda’s biggest game to date. More to explore, more dialogue options, more NPCs. So why don’t I feel attached to any of the characters?
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Hammer Horror Nightgown Ranking
It’s easy to get lost in the aesthetic pleasures of Hammer’s smooching Draculas and bangin’ 1970s haircuts on 19th century characters; you might gloss over the more ethereal wardrobe choices.
![KJ from Life After Magic, a cool-looking person with a punky bleach-blond haircut (replete with purple streak) a great 'fit, and excellent tattoos. They intimidate me.](https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/07-Coyle.jpg)
KJ from Life After Magic
“There’s a bunch of different subcultures under the punk and goth umbrellas. Doesn’t always have to be about wearing black and being angry.”