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Don't Stop Believing
A screenshot from Dante's Inferno shows a bird's eye view of the inside of a church, portions of which are on fire. At one end, a lone figure stands in a pure white shaft of light, holding a massive blade.

Dante’s Inferno Was Visceral to a Fault

By Elijah Beahm • July 3rd, 2025

Is it possible to be a devil’s advocate when you’re condemning a game on Hell?

Here Be Monsters
DOOM Eternal's Marauder stands staring down steely-eyed at the viewer, horns curved up towards the stormy sky.

The Thinking Man’s Doom: Why The Marauder Rules, Actually

By Emma Kostopolus • July 2nd, 2025

Dark Ages is a sadly watered-down version of the thing I loved most about the controversial Marauder: how much it made me think about how to play.

Exploits Feature

The Softboiled Allure of Kyle Hyde

By David Silbert • July 1st, 2025

Masculinity rarely sees this sort of moral culpability, especially from a white, straight man who is used to shooting a gun.

Hambone Goes to the Library

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • June 30th, 2025

The local library has fantasy books and air conditioning, what else do you need for a great summer?

Mind Palaces
A photograph of turquoise seas under a perfect blue sky, a white-sand beach stretching across the frame.

The Indefinable Allure of a Summer Reading Program

By Maddi Chilton • June 27th, 2025

If a summer reading program hadn’t presented itself to me, I would have gone looking for it anyway, because I am a sucker for this shit.

Past Presence
A screenshot from Cast n Chill shows a pixelated fishing boat with several lines cast into the calm blue sea below it.

Indie Roundup: Winter/Spring 2025

By Dr. Emily Price • June 26th, 2025

You might find something to play while we’re all waiting for Fields of Mistria 1.0 to come out.

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Snake Plissken stands in an apartment stairwell, pointing a scoped handgun at something just offscreen.

Heard You Were Dead

By David Shimomura • June 25th, 2025

Power pushes down on those beneath it. There’s still a war to be won.

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Venom Snake gazes broodingly in profile in key art from Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

I’m Afraid It’s Been… 10 Years: A Phantom Pain Retrospective

By Ryan Wagahoff • June 24th, 2025

It’s difficult to believe from a starfucker like Hideo Kojima, but he really wants his players to be center stage.

12 Years at Sea

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • June 23rd, 2025

Longer than Odysseus’ journey home.

Letter from the Editor

Unwinnable Monthly – June 2025

By David Shimomura • June 20th, 2025

One snake, two snake, boss snake, you snake!

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