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A screenshot from The Case of the Golden Idol, featuring a bell tower wreathed in climbing ivy, a surprised man in a wig and ascot, a woman in mourning with a lace veil, a pinheaded man with small John Lennon glasses, and an ominous gravestone that reads "Sebastian Cloudsley 1733 - 1786"

A Tale of Two Relics

By Madison Butler • January 13th, 2023

Comparing and contrasting 2022’s The Case of the Golden Idol and 2018’s Return of the Obra Dinn. 

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Moody, two-color pixel art depicts the rigging of a ship at sea during a full moon.

The Chaos Detective

By Daryl Li • August 24th, 2022

The Return of the Obra Dinn supports a detective fantasy by casting the player into the role of textual interpreter who seeks to organize the chaos into coherent solution.

Figure it Out

By Jeremy Signor • December 5th, 2018

Return of the Obra Dinn uses gameplay lines more synonymous with tabletop deduction games than traditional videogames.

Letter from the Editor

Unwinnable Monthly – August 2022

By David Shimomura • August 19th, 2022

WARNING: Contains New Columnist!!!

The Fail Cycle

Looking Back While Moving On

By Declan Taggart • September 29th, 2020

Family lives for nostalgia, but it’s not saying that things used to be better in the good old days.

The Best Games of 2018

By Team Unwinnable • December 31st, 2018

Too…many…games…

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