Here Be Monsters Spoopy, Not Spooky: The Intersections of Cozy Games and Horror By Emma Kostopolus • September 4th, 2024 While on the surface they’re fairly dissimilar, there’s pretty substantial evidence that the Venn Diagram of spooky vs. cozy game enjoyers has a large middle section.
Run It Back 1972 By Oluwatayo Adewole • August 30th, 2024 “Filth is my politics” isn’t just a catchy slogan. It’s a recognition that there is no version of us that will be accepted by a moralist fascist society.
Noise Complaint Exploring New Heaven with Inter Arma By Ben Sailer • August 29th, 2024 Richmond-based metal five-piece Inter Arma have long charted their own path between metal sub-genres. On their sixth record New Heaven, they may have transcended simple categorization altogether, and are much more interesting as a result.
Funeral Rites INTERMEDIARY MUND is Equal Parts Absurd Dream and Fantasy Nightmare By Dr. Emily Price • August 23rd, 2024 Unlike his previous work, cartoonist Ben Marra doesn’t see INTERMEDIARY MUND as a form of pulp, or only as adjacent to it.
Feature Excerpt Let People Be Bad at Games By Rob Rich • August 22nd, 2024 Rob is sick and tired of “skill” being used as a metric for whether or not people are qualified to critique, or even enjoy, videogames.
Feature Excerpt How Failing a Speedrun World Record Taught Me To Enjoy Gaming By Mira Lazine • August 21st, 2024 What matters more is experiencing the community behind games, seeing all they have to offer, and just enjoying the ride.
Here's the Thing The Neon Horror of System Shock By Rob Rich • August 16th, 2024 Rob loves the System Shock franchise, despite having limited exposure to it, but the recent remake has turned it into an obsession.
Forms in Light How to Build a Racecar By Justin Reeve • August 16th, 2024 The similarities between a skyscraper and a racecar might not be apparent, but the overall approach in terms of design and construction is largely identical.
Letter from the Editor Unwinnable Monthly – August 2024 By David Shimomura • August 15th, 2024 Sometimes the fastest way to enjoyment is taking the long way around.
Casting Deep Meteo Orchid in Defiant Embrace of Age By Levi Rubeck • August 14th, 2024 The members of Orchid got together, found the weight of the years less cumbersome than they imagined, and in the most pure punk spirit of all said, “Fuck it.”
