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Revving the Engine

Torchlight III: Relight the Torch

By Jason McMaster • January 28th, 2021

A little time, some love and some Diablo DNA and what do you get?

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A Smaller World

By Jason McMaster • May 10th, 2020

With everything that’s going on, Jason’s found that his favorite Twitch streamers have helped make things a bit easier and the world a little smaller.

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Chasing Ephemeral Highs in Escape from Tarkov

By Jason McMaster • April 8th, 2020

A.K.A. Turning to virtual worlds to feel alive when the real one doesn’t cut it.

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Ghosts in the Machine

By Jason McMaster • February 4th, 2020

What happens to our digital life when we die?

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The Dreamers of the Dreams

By Jason McMaster • January 14th, 2020

Jason says goodbye to the architect behind one fondly remembered virtual bastion.

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The Mundane and the Sublime

By Jason McMaster • December 6th, 2019

In Death Stranding, you can measure your progress by what you have built and contributed to the world.

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1994 via the Year 40,000

By Jason McMaster • October 9th, 2019

Gladius accomplished the near-impossible: transforming Jason from a critic into a fan again.

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The Rose Colored Galaxy

By Jason McMaster • September 10th, 2019

There are points when playing Rebel Galaxy Outlaw that Jason loses track of, not where he is, but when he is.

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Putting the “U” in Trauma

By Jason McMaster • July 12th, 2019

In the vein of Dwarf Fortress and Rim World, Barotrauma players make their own stories. And an uncanny number of them end in death.

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When Building a Banana Republic, Morality Isn’t Exactly a Priority

By Jason McMaster • May 3rd, 2019

Tropico 6 has a lot of personality, so long as you don’t mind getting your hands dirty.

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The Rules

By Jason McMaster • March 30th, 2019

Mental illness can make a person obsessive, which – as Jason finds – makes it nearly impossible to dislike games.

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Mooncrash’s Slow Burn Delivers

By Jason McMaster • February 7th, 2019

Jason rarely doubles back to play a game’s DLC. But Prey’s Mooncrash is worth the trip.

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RimWorld and the Iffy Prospect of Early Access

By Jason McMaster • November 13th, 2018

RimWorld is one of the handful of games Jason considers to be the best of this decade, a game many people tried to create but failed – the Dwarf Fortress-like.

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The Deal

By Jason McMaster • August 14th, 2018

New life in the McMaster household brings with it a somber remembrance of friends past.

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What Parts Remain?

By Jason McMaster • March 30th, 2018

Life really sucks and hurts most of the time, but if we cut out and manage all the bits that make us feel, what parts remain?

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Through the Ages

By Jason McMaster • February 1st, 2018

Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization is a wonderful game Jason McMaster never wants to play again.

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Gloomhaven

By Jason McMaster • January 3rd, 2018

I can’t wait to get back to Gloomhaven.

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The Pain is in the Remembering

By Jason McMaster • November 27th, 2017

As a child, I didn’t know where to put that sadness and anger. That’s why I didn’t expect my reaction to Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus.

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Destiny 2 Nails It

By Jason McMaster • October 27th, 2017

Destiny 2 is pretty good, it turns out.

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What’s Old is New Again

By Jason McMaster • October 12th, 2017

XCOM never stopped being great.

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The Slow Quiet Mortality of the Long Dark

By Jason McMaster • September 5th, 2017

Jason’s been killed by Nazis, mystical beasts and the hordes of hell, but this is the first time he’s ever been afraid of the snow. 

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Stimulants and Gaming

By Jason McMaster • June 6th, 2017

The McMaster Files took a sample product from a PR flack and had to figure out something to write about it…

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The Spoiler Game

By Jason McMaster • May 10th, 2017

To stream, or not to stream?

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Zombicide: Black Plague

By Jason McMaster • February 23rd, 2017

Tired of zombies? Don’t hold it against Zombicide: Black Plague – there’s way more to it than hordes of the undead.

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Far Harbor

By Jason McMaster • February 10th, 2017

Fallout 4‘s Far Harbor may be impossible to play, thanks to Jason’s memories of the real Bar Harbor.

Persistence of T.I.M.E.

By Jason McMaster • January 12th, 2017

What might sound like an old Quantum Leap episode is the entire crux of the game – jumping back in time to make sure things go the way they should.

Fear in a Handful of Cards

By Jason McMaster • January 5th, 2017

“You’re trapped in your parlor. The door is gone. Outside you hear the skittering of… things. Things you can’t comprehend.”

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Kumite

By Jason McMaster • November 25th, 2016

“When I say survival, I mean making your way through a virtual world where you need to seek shelter and to eat and sleep. There are a few games that, as always, stand out.”

It Takes Character

By Jason McMaster • September 15th, 2016

Unwinnable is giving away copies of the Machines of War bundle for Heroes of the Storm!

The McMaster Files – Episode 4: Rod Humble

By Jason McMaster • January 15th, 2016

Jason McMaster is joined by Rod Humble from ToyTalk to discuss EverQuest and The Sims.

One Last Flight

By Jason McMaster • November 19th, 2015

We configured and set up the rig and the copy of X-Plane I had purchased. Then we sat in that small room and I watched my dad fly.

Unwinnable Presents: The McMaster Files – Episode 2: Tim Stellmach and Chris Siegel

By Jason McMaster • September 15th, 2015

Jason McMaster talks to former Looking Glass developers Tim Stellmach and Chris Siegel about their new project Underworld Ascendant.

Unwinnable Presents: The McMaster Files – Episode 1: Derek Smart

By Jason McMaster • July 15th, 2015

Welcome to The McMaster Files! In the debut episode, Jason talks to Derek Smart of Battlecruiser and Line of Defense fame!

Unwinnable Presents: The McMaster Files – Assassin’s Creed Unity

By Jason McMaster • November 11th, 2014

The McMaster Files makes fun of Assassin’s Creed Unity while flying through the air with the greatest of ease.

Unwinnable Presents: The McMaster Files – The Evil Within

By Jason McMaster • October 15th, 2014

In the debut episode of The McMaster Files, Jason and Chuck Moran dissect the trailer for The Evil Within. With humor, not knives.

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