Here Be Monsters Feeding the Cartoon Gators: Cult of the Lamb and Moral Disengagement By Emma Kostopolus • May 30th, 2025 Everybody has some angry, sad, anxious and ultimately violent shit they want to work out.
Past Presence Fear of Failure in Many Nights a Whisper By Dr. Emily Price • May 29th, 2025 This is a game about desire. Wishes are made and accepted to be granted. If they’re not, by definition, you failed.
Feature Story Solidarity Forever By David Shimomura • May 28th, 2025 Each of us has to stay in this long enough to build the future for the writers and producers who will come after us.
Feature Excerpt What Does It Take to Appreciate Turbo Kid (2024)? By Jay Weaver • May 27th, 2025 All art ought to be celebrated, and the Wasteland welcomes all.
Letter from the Editor Unwinnable Monthly – May 2025 By David Shimomura • May 22nd, 2025 Pour one out and one for yourselves.
Nonhuman Meditations Distinguishing Nonhumans as Imagined by Humans By Alyssa Wejebe • May 16th, 2025 ChatGPT and Midjourney have nothing without actual humans to extract from.
Forms in Light Tears of the Technocracy By Justin Reeve • May 14th, 2025 The connection between technology and corruption found in Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild couldn’t be clearer.
Dialogue A Dialogue with Nick Capozzoli By Autumn Wright • May 13th, 2025 “[M]ake fun of the video game industry at your own peril because whatever stupid thing is happening to us in that moment, it’s going to happen to you in about, say, a year and a half’s time.”
Noah's Beat Box My Deep, Dark, Terrible Secret By Noah Springer • May 12th, 2025 Something I rarely share. Something only those closest to me know.
Casting Deep Meteo An Insult to Life Itself By Levi Rubeck • May 9th, 2025 “We humans are losing faith in ourselves.”