The Burnt Offering Our Turf By Stu Horvath • August 27th, 2012 Stu Horvath waxes nostalgic over the lost cultural grit of New York City.
Raymond Chandler’s Farewell, My Lovely By Cara Ellison, Jenn Frank and Stu Horvath • August 6th, 2012 Unwinnable’s Pulp Book Club returns with Cara Ellison, Jenn Frank and Stu Horvath digging into Raymond Chandler’s Farewell, My Lovely. Read the book? Join the discussion!
The Burnt Offering Pain and Play By Stu Horvath • July 20th, 2012 Stu Horvath looks back on his recent wisdom teeth ordeal and the games that got him through it.
Batman on Vinyl By Charles Francis Moran VI and Stu Horvath • July 18th, 2012 Chuck Moran and Stu Horvath spend an hour with Pat Longo learning the aural history of the Batman theme.
The Spanish Prisoner By Stu Horvath • July 16th, 2012 Stu Horvath opened his email this morning to find a message from Captain James T. Kirk.
Dashiell Hammett’s Red Harvest By Cara Ellison, Brian Taylor and Stu Horvath • July 2nd, 2012 Cara Ellison leads gumshoe Brian Taylor and flatfoot Stu Horvath in a discussion of Dashiell Hammett’s hardboiled classic, Red Harvest. Got something to say about it? Join in the fray!
The Burnt Offering Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? By Stu Horvath • June 25th, 2012 Stu Horvath’s earliest memories are of vacations – and monsters.
E3 2012: Endless Violence By Brian Taylor and Stu Horvath • June 15th, 2012 Brian Taylor monologues on E3 and the culture of videogame violence.
E3 2012: Dishonored By Stu Horvath • June 13th, 2012 Stu Horvath was awash in blood and death during the Dishonored demo at E3 2012. He loved every splatter of it.
E3 2012: Give Us a Minute By Stu Horvath • June 8th, 2012 We need a little more time to figure out what the hell we just went through at E3 2012.
The Burnt Offering Unfairy Tales By Stu Horvath • May 21st, 2012 Stu Horvath introduces Villains Week with a call to honor our inner bad guy.
Things are Getting a Bit Unreal By Stu Horvath • May 18th, 2012 Stu Horvath saw Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4 and wrote about it for Wired.
The Burnt Offering Forking Paths By Stu Horvath • April 27th, 2012 Stu Horvath ponders how he sees himself, and how the world sees him. And you.
Geek Flea 3: After Action Report By Stu Horvath • April 5th, 2012 Unwinnable debriefs on Geek Flea 3 and thanks everyone involved.
Bikini Rock Bottom By Stu Horvath • April 5th, 2012 Unwinnable learns that there is more to running a flea market than just setting up tables and selling junk.
A Week of Enlightenment: GDC 2012 By Stu Horvath • March 5th, 2012 If there is a summer camp for the videogame industry, it is GDC (even if it takes place in the beginning of March).
Mourning the Non-Existent By Stu Horvath • January 27th, 2012 Ezio Auditore is dead. Why is that so upsetting? Stu Horvath turns to Umberto Eco for answers.
Requiescat in Pace By Stu Horvath • January 26th, 2012 Stu Horvath examines the fictional life, and death, of Ezio Auditore da Firenze, one of the protagonists of the Assassin’s Creed series.
A Silver Lining of Sorts By Stu Horvath • January 25th, 2012 Stu Horvath continues his meditation on death and looks to find meaning and purpose after loss.
An Inoculation Against Grief By Stu Horvath • January 24th, 2012 Stu Horvath muses on grief, euthanasia and Far Cry 2.
Death and Gaming By Stu Horvath • January 23rd, 2012 Stu Horvath explains how videogames, and his friends, helped him deal with the death of his father.
Conan the Delirious Comedian By Stu Horvath • December 5th, 2011 Arnold Schwarzenegger says “exactly” so many times in the commentary track for Conan the Barbarian, Unwinnable thought it would make a great drinking game. We all got alcohol poisoning.
Superheroes for Hospice By Stu Horvath • December 2nd, 2011 Unwinnable is a big fan of Superheroes for Hospice, a comic book charity sale that supports hospice care in New Jersey.
A Digest to Digest To – Thanksgiving 2011 By Stu Horvath • November 24th, 2011 Now that you’re done with that turkey dinner, dig into these Unwinnable stories to feed your brain!
Raiders of the Lost Media – Wired’s Relic Wranglers By Stu Horvath • November 10th, 2011 Stu Horvath talks to Chris Baker about Wired’s new Relic Wranglers project.
The Ecology of the Troll By Stu Horvath • November 10th, 2011 Stu Horvath is thinking about changing professions from editor-in-chief to troll hunter.
Drake’s Disappointment – Uncharted 3 Reviewed By Stu Horvath • November 8th, 2011 Stu Horvath goes on an adventure with Nathan Drake and wishes he’d stayed home instead.
Tentaclii Break By Stu Horvath • October 31st, 2011 Stu Horvath enjoys David Haden’s blog devoted to H.P. Lovecraft, his work and his legacy. Stop by and get your eldritch on.
Love Break By Stu Horvath • October 4th, 2011 Paul Graham’s essay “How to Do What You Love” is exactly what you need to read, right now.
Only the End of the World Again – Rage Reviewed By Stu Horvath • October 4th, 2011 Stu Horvath goes to the Wasteland one more time to see if John Carmack’s latest first-person shooter, Rage, holds up to the hype.
Fire Break By Stu Horvath • September 30th, 2011 Anything thing that combines classic videogames and playing with fire is OK in our book. Check out Brusspup’s gaming illusion made of votive candles. Yup, votive candles!
Preconception Break By Stu Horvath • September 29th, 2011 Read Michael Abbott’s post ‘Games aren’t clocks’ on Brainy Gamer. It is well worth your time!
Madvillainy Break By Stu Horvath • September 28th, 2011 Madvillain will get in your head and stay there all day, laying down master plans for world domination.
Unwinnable Geek Flea 2 – Tomorrow! By Stu Horvath • September 23rd, 2011 Like Unwinnable? Live in North Jersey or the New York metropolitan area? Geek Flea 2 is Saturday – come on down!
Heartbreak and Loss – Gears of War 3 Reviewed By Stu Horvath • September 20th, 2011 Stu Horvath is plunged into a deep depression by Gears of War 3…and loves every second of it.
Pippin Barr Break By Stu Horvath • September 13th, 2011 Have we mentioned that Unwinnable likes quirky, experimental videogames, preferably with philosophical and existential underpinnings?
Bastion of the Future: Greg Kasavin Interviewed By Stu Horvath • September 9th, 2011 Greg Kasavin, creative director at Supergiant Games and writer of Bastion, talks about the shape of the industry, digital distribution and the future of the video game as art.
Paratext Break By Stu Horvath • September 9th, 2011 Exactly what you would expect from a freelance librarian: Unwinnable highly recommends Brian Taylor’s weekly column, Paratext, over at Joystick Division.
Watching Nations Fall By Stu Horvath • September 8th, 2011 Stu Horvath talks to David Luehmann, executive producer of Trion’s forthcoming MMO RTS End of Nations.
