Checkpoint A Glance Back By Corey Milne • May 17th, 2018 Corey Milne, an Irishman, looks at the portrayal of Irishness in videogames.
Backlog Quick Takes By Gavin Craig • May 17th, 2018 Gavin reveals a perhaps troubling obsession with mobile games in a short survey of what he’s been playing lately.
Unwinnable Monthly – May 2018 By Stu Horvath • May 17th, 2018 Team Unwinnable locked Stu in the janitor’s closet this month, just long enough to bring you a Mass Effect theme issue.
E-soterica Exploring Spaces in These Indie Platformers By Khee Hoon Chan • May 15th, 2018 In most platformers, we waffle a little, and then take a leap of faith from one scaffolding to the next, and perhaps over a deadly pit of lava and spikes.
Revving the Engine Research and Destroy By Stu Horvath • May 9th, 2018 Unwinnable chats with Impossible Industries about their forthcoming action/strategy game Research and Destroy.
How One of the Best 16-bit Soundtracks was Lost to Time By Zach Newcastle • May 9th, 2018 An increasingly popular narrative is that of the tortured auteur. A singular genius performing tireless alchemy to produce art beyond our mortal comprehension. But I’ve grown tired of that story, I don’t want any more heroes.
Boyfriend Dungeon Weaponizes Cuddles By Levi Rubeck • May 9th, 2018 Boyfriend Dungeon wears a dating sim on its sleeve but bears a dungeon crawler as its beating heart.
Geralt of Rivia, Anthropologist By Khee Hoon Chan • May 8th, 2018 Like a cultural anthropologist, Geralt uncovers more about this universe through these contracts, keenly and patiently listening to villagers as they share their joy and woes.
E-soterica Fans Have Spoken, and They Want a Knuckle Sandwich By Alyse Stanley • May 4th, 2018 When the frenetic gameplay of WarioWare, the dark humor of Fargo, and the aesthetic of Dragon Ball and Pokémon combine, Knuckle Sandwich emerges unscathed from the explosion, sunglasses lowered.
Rend Wants to get the Team Back Together By Levi Rubeck • May 3rd, 2018 Like Overwatch meets EVE Online crashing into Minecraft, Rend is an MMO sandbox RPG that requires a clan that can work together and evolve to confront not only the other online antagonists, but the toothy bite of the world itself.
