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Letter from the Editor
A shark person standing in front of a field of video monitors.

Unwinnable Monthly – September 2022

By David Shimomura • September 19th, 2022

Welcome to the spoopy season, new columnists await!

Assigned, (De)limited Desire
Label, fashionable hedgehog with sunglasses perched and a clipboard in her claws, stands and admires Trevor's animal crossing character as they're wearing a witch hat, duck mouth, and black dress and taking a selfie

The Dodo Wears Labelle

By Trevor Richardson • August 25th, 2022

Label has her would-be muses dress up to spur her inspiration, but what materially occurs is a transaction of influence.

Letter to a Heroine

Isabelle

By Melissa King • September 28th, 2020

Melissa King appreciates Isabelle from Animal Crossing.

The Heavy Pour

Buddies

By Sara Clemens • August 12th, 2020

Social distancing can be lonely. Animal Crossing makes it a little less so.

Here's the Thing

Three Quick Ones

By Rob Rich • July 14th, 2020

Rob dives into how two series took a step forward in their decades-spanning gameplay formula this year, albeit to varying success.

Another Look

Software Object Crossing

By Yussef Cole • June 8th, 2020

Animal Crossing’s villagers are carefully calibrated to fall somewhere between comforting, digital companion and glorified gashapon capsule.

Collision Detection

Finding Meaning in Animal Crossing’s Weird-Ass World

By Ben Sailer • May 7th, 2020

Animal Crossing: New Horizons has dominated social media since its release. This explainer might help you understand the appeal, or it might not explain anything at all.

Animal Crossing and Queer Agency

By Jeremy Signor • April 2nd, 2020

Animal Crossing gives queer folks the kind of agency they may not have in the real world.

Feature Excerpt

Picking Fruit in Hyrule: Playing Breath of the Wild Like It’s Animal Crossing

By Alyssa Wejebe • February 21st, 2020

If you’re sick of emptying your pockets to Tom Nook and microtransactions, another Nintendo mainstay may be exactly what you’re looking for.

Unwinnable Monthly, February 2020

By Stu Horvath • February 17th, 2020

The February issue of Unwinnable Monthly is here to infect your brain!

Pets Feature

Seven Videogame Chickens, Listed from Least to Most Likely to Kick My Ass

By Melissa King • June 7th, 2019

Look at all these chickens.

Pets Feature

Responsible Petting

By David Shimomura • May 30th, 2019

What could be stressful about running a Twitter account about petting virtual dogs? A lot, apparently.

Unmissable: Episode 4

By Sara Clemens and David Shimomura • March 28th, 2019

It’s all about games on this week’s episode of Unmissable!

Backlog

Quick Takes

By Gavin Craig • May 17th, 2018

Gavin reveals a perhaps troubling obsession with mobile games in a short survey of what he’s been playing lately.

A raccoon standing next to an oversized phone with a speech bubble that reads "Leaf TIckets" displaying how microtransactions work in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

Pocket Camp: An Exercise in Capitalist Banality

By Khee Hoon Chan • December 7th, 2017

And if you’re a bourgeoisie Whale—what videogame companies call their biggest spenders who are willing to drop at least $100 per month on freemium games—well, you’ve exactly the corporate wet dream Nintendo wants to hook in.

Trading Cards with a Fierce Bite

By Jose Cardoso • February 24th, 2017

“The [amiibo card] system feels like DLC schemes used in the mobile environment.”

Animal Crossing is a Cracked Mirror

By Steven Messner • September 3rd, 2015

“Cinders became more than a village. It was a canvas for Brittany and I to paint on together.” Steven Messner and his wife escape with Animal Crossing.

How Videogames Taught Me to Travel

By Michael Fraiman • August 19th, 2013

Michael Fraiman credits his love of travel to his journeys through digital lands.

Giving Back

By Jane Riley • July 15th, 2013

Jane Riley argues the constructive points of Animal Crossing‘s idyllic, community-driven experience.

From the Journal of an Accidental Mayor: Day 24

By Jacob Siegal • June 28th, 2013

Jacob Siegal uncovers the surreal horror of being a public servant in Animal Crossing.

Daily Quests

By Gus Mastrapa • June 14th, 2013

Clean the baby’s bottles? Or sell the oranges in Animal Crossing?

Crossing Off

By Gus Mastrapa • May 24th, 2013

Gus Mastrapa isn’t a list-maker. Thankfully, his wife Alexis is.

Living Room

By Steve Haske • September 30th, 2012

The walls, both physical and virtual, are closing in on Steve Haske.

Unwinnable Presents: Unlistenable Episode 48

By Team Unwinnable • September 24th, 2012

This week the team has Sam Machkovech from The Daily and Steve Haske from A Jumps B Shoots and EGM!

How I Met My Wife

By Gus Mastrapa • April 27th, 2012

Gus Mastrapa explains how Larry Flynt and Pokemon were pivotal in meeting the love of his life.

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