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A close-up on the Stranger Things character Lucas, his face set in determination.

A Journey Through the Upside Down

By Phillip Russell • October 24th, 2024

Lucas’s reality, much like my own, is flattened when we fail to acknowledge his varied experiences from the rest of the boys.

Feature Story
A still from I Saw the TV Glow shows Owen watching their friend Maddy stare transfixed at a television, both of their faces bathed in the glow from the screen.

Thoughts for Sale

By Oluwatayo Adewole • October 23rd, 2024

I have been struck by how much the prison and the suburb serve the same purpose.

Letter from the Editor

Unwinnable Monthly – October 2024

By David Shimomura • October 18th, 2024

The suburbs, they’ll getcha!

Here's the Thing
Zenless Zone Zero's Nicole, a scantily clad woman with bubble gum pink pigtails, blows a bubble gum bubble of her own while staring down the viewer.

I’m in This Game and I Don’t Like it

By Rob Rich • October 16th, 2024

Rob’s noticed some odd parallels between him and a particular character from Hoyoverse’s Zenless Zone Zero, and it’s not who you’d think.

Forms in Light
Three cacodemons hover above a river of lava in a screenshot from DOOM.

Building Danger

By Justin Reeve • October 16th, 2024

By treating enemies as architectural elements, Doom creates rich and engaging gameplay that goes beyond the static design of its levels.

Noah's Beat Box
A black-and-white portrait of MF DOOM in his silver mad villain mask.

The Anniversary

By Noah Springer • October 15th, 2024

What am I, a 38-year-old with a kid and a full-time job to do, listen to every new artist named Toilet Monster or Fuck Gorilla until I find the one that bangs?

Casting Deep Meteo
A still from the TV show Alone shows a man in a bright red cap standing on riverbank, his figure small against the wilderness.

Alone But For the Harsh Gaze of Doctor Nature

By Levi Rubeck • October 10th, 2024

Everyone with a remote in their hand is an expert, we all feel this way from the comfort of home.

Area of Effect
A screenshot from Venba shows a woman with dark hair fretting over a pot cooking on a stove.

Molokhia

By Jay Castello • October 9th, 2024

I wish I knew my grandmother’s recipes. I wish I hadn’t been taught to be mean to her about them.

Rookie of the Year
Comedian Conan O'Brien onstage at the 2024 Newport Folk Festival.

The Newport Folk Festival Has a New Friend

By Matt Marrone • October 8th, 2024

Conan O’Brien isn’t Pete Seeger or Joni Mitchell, but he did the Newport Folk Festival proud.

Interlinked
A collection of PS3 games displayed spine-out on a shelf.

Out of Reach, Out of Mind

By Phoenix Simms • October 4th, 2024

When you strictly define games as a commercial product you devalue the prominent place games and their rhetoric now have in our current zeitgeist.

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