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Five soldiers in heavy gear and camouflage fatigues wade through what looks like a pool of fiery lava.

Hell is Other Shooters

By Andrei Filote • February 22nd, 2022

If we organize our play to prepare for the demands of later life, then is it possible to create a new set of values simply by the games that we choose to play?

The Reckless Gender Politics of Call of Duty: Warzone

By Porter Simmons • July 1st, 2020

Warzone resurrects the Gulag.

Musings

Legacy of Brutality

By Blake Hester • June 12th, 2020

You know what they say: Friends that kill together, stay together.

Collision Detection

There’s No Such Thing as a Neutral War Story

By Ben Sailer • January 14th, 2020

Like literally every other piece of media, videogames don’t exist in a vacuum.

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What Makes a Game Trash?

By Van Dennis • August 22nd, 2019

While it’s easy for a game to fall into being trashy, it takes a bit of lucky circumstance for a game to be fully trash.

A smoky, pixelated background with several power lines in the distance. This is a still from Call of Duty 1

Stalingrad was Call of Duty’s Perfect Moment

By Matthew Byrd • May 11th, 2017

It’s always strange to praise such things, but the brilliance of Call of Duty’s take on the Battle of Stalingrad is that it felt decidedly unlike a video game.

Coming Back to Call of Duty

By AJ Moser • September 16th, 2016

What it’s like to return to the battlefield after so much time away.

Call of Dewty: How We Eat Games

By Andrea Ayres • June 7th, 2016

Andrea Ayres digs deep into how food and marketing direct our actions, and how we consume games.

Food Issue – Thoughts Recap Part 2 of 3

By Andrea Ayres, AJ Moser and Rob Rich • June 6th, 2016

Just how do we eat our games, train attack owls and get so bored with Dark Souls II? Unwinnable has all the answers.

The Japan Issue – Thoughts Recap

By Team Unwinnable • February 22nd, 2016

Our regular columnists remains as eclectic as ever in the February issue, covering everything from The Muppets to the 2016 presidential campaign trail.

Ghost in the Machine: Call of Duty: Black Ops 3

By James Murff • November 13th, 2015

“Black Ops 3 barely feels like a Call of Duty game at all, and that’s something really special.”

Stop and Smell the Roses

By Edward Smith • August 26th, 2013

Ed Smith enjoys a little R&R in videogames.

The Little Things

By Mitchell Bowman • June 4th, 2013

Mitchell Bowman finds a gem amid some increasingly tiresome first-person shooters: Earth Defense Force 2017.

Pellet Tracers

By Michael Rousseau • December 13th, 2012

Michael Rousseau plays paintball and the FPS is never the same again.

HaloSibs

By Richard Clark • November 28th, 2012

Richard Clark wants to go to the mutliplayer where everyone knows his name.

To the Games I Will Never Finish: A Love Letter

By Cara Ellison • November 19th, 2012

Cara Ellison tries to unravel the painful, tangled thread connecting her romantic relationships and videogames.

The Videogame Criticism You Don’t See

By Marjorie Jensen • September 13th, 2012

Marjorie Jensen has kept videogames at arm’s length because even though violence isn’t contagious, it isn’t appealing either.

Of Men and Monsters – A Look at Historical/Fictional Mash-Ups

By Kenneth J. Lucas • March 1st, 2012

Ken Lucas takes a look at historical figures who are zombie killers, vampire hunters and demon slayers.

Don’t Buy Videogames On Black Friday

By Gus Mastrapa • November 25th, 2011

Gus Mastrapa opts out of Black Friday. You should, too.

The Future History of Games Journalism

By Gus Mastrapa • November 4th, 2011

The future of videogame journalism begins now – Gus Mastrapa reports from the future.

Unlistenable Episode 13 – Cutting Room Floor

By Team Unwinnable • May 15th, 2011

Uniwnnable presents: Unlistenable Episode 8: Tales from the Cutting Room Floor!

Dr. Strangenoob (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Hate the Online FPS)

By Don Becker • March 10th, 2011

Don isn’t very good at FPS games and it hurts his enjoyment of any first person shooter game

Activision Uber Alles

By Stu Horvath • June 15th, 2010

Stu Horvath infiltrates the Activision preview event at E3

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