Uncategorized Archives - Unwinnable

In Hi-Fi Rush, Style is Substance

By Ryan Stevens • July 21st, 2023

The hit rhythm-action title’s design decisions all emanate from its central comic booky visual style and its core commitment to its music.

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Screenshot from The Last of Us Part 2 featuring Lev, with a clean-shaven head and leather hoodie, facing Abby with a backpack loaded with a shotgun

This is What I Would Send in if I Applied for the Narrative Designer Job at Frictional

By Edward Smith • February 16th, 2023

Our character has to care about the kid and we have to care that our character cares about the kid.

Halcyon + On + On

A crop of the cover of Oribtal's 30 Something, a collection of greatest hits. A descending series of lines in a circle, mimicking a common computer element indicating that time is passing and the computer is still functioning, if taking its time

Keeping it in the Loop

By Dan Solberg • November 9th, 2022

Electronic duo Orbital celebrate 30 years with a compilation of new tracks, self-reworks, and guest remixes of their classics. It’s more lively than most “greatest hits” albums, but can’t fully buck convention.

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Aimless Protagonists and Complicated Friendships: Videogame Perspectives on Delinquency

By Don Everhart • February 10th, 2021

Ringo Ishikawa and Mae Borowski portray different aspects of delinquency, while Persona 5 uses it only as it’s convenient for the plot and for game mechanics. Each game has a different perspective on relationships as a result.

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Nobodies Watching Wrestling

By Don Becker • February 27th, 2019

Don Becker talks to the Nobodies about commentating on professional wrestling through the lens of the New York drag scene.

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Shots Fired

By Don Becker • July 16th, 2018

Is New York shaping up as the battleground for the biggest battle in wrestling since the Monday Night Wars 20 years ago?

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Has Independent Wrestling Finally Arrived?

By Don Becker • June 22nd, 2018

Cody Rhodes and the Young Bucks sold out the 10,000 seat Sears Center in 30 minutes for their All In event – but what does it mean?

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Rythm is Lava

By Alyse Stanley • April 25th, 2018

Egor Dorichev’s entry Rythm is Lava (typo intentional) stitches together RPG, puzzle, platformer, and rhythm game elements Frankenstein style into an experience as elegant as it is frustratingly complex.

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The Quiet Exclamation of ASMR

By Khee Hoon Chan • April 3rd, 2018

“We don’t really choose our bodies, or the way they fail us, and I feel this is one reason trans people seem to connect with the theme of body horror,” said Soria. “For me, it’s mostly the way I’m seen that feels different from who I am.”

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A ghoulish figure with a gaping mouth and skeleton fingers resting on a table, a speech bubble standing empty next to its gaping maw. The background is in a gentle shade of yellow.

Speed Dating for Ghosts: A New Lease on Death

By Alyse Stanley • February 22nd, 2018

Speed Dating for Ghosts proves that even the afterlife can get boring if you don’t have someone to share it with.