Traces Ghost Stories By Diego Nicolás Argüello • October 23rd, 2020 In fact, you could consider it an anthology of sorts – one on my relationship with horror games, and on ghost stories. I’ll let you decide if they’re fictional or not.
The Beat Box Noteworthy Hip Hop – October 2020 By Noah Springer • October 21st, 2020 Last year, I was overwhelmed by all the quality drops over the full season, and this year, September 25 seemed to mark the beginning of the season with an amazing selection of releases I just can’t do justice.
Feature Excerpt Dungeons & Dollhouses By Orrin Grey • October 20th, 2020 I’m not going to claim that society didn’t yet have those concepts, but I hadn’t been exposed to them. I came up in small towns in the Midwest; gender norms were pretty rigid.
Feature Excerpt A Friend at the End of the World By Adam Goodall • October 20th, 2020 But what space do you and your camera occupy in this city? You’re far from an observer, an outside eye; rather, Faulkner positions the player as a site of tension in this world falling apart.
Feature Excerpt Death is Not the End By Nicholas Straub • October 20th, 2020 The inhabitants of the Dark Souls universe seek a hero to rekindle the first flame, for without it, they believe, all life will cease. But they are wrong.
Letter From the Editor Unwinnable Monthly – October 2020 By Stu Horvath • October 15th, 2020 This issue is packed!
No Accounting for Taste Patterns in the Ivy By Adam Boffa • October 9th, 2020 What can city-building games tell us about climate change?
Here's the Thing Alone in Duskers By Rob Rich • October 8th, 2020 Rob reminisces about his favorite roguelike, which is also one of his favorite horror games.
Forms in Light Architectural Improvisation By Justin Reeve • October 7th, 2020 A look at the repurposed architecture of Metro: Exodus.
The Heavy Pour With Friends Like These: A Wasteland Verse of TrickyPixie83 By Sara Clemens • October 6th, 2020 “I take damage, I take damage!”