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Umiro Is The Relief of Recovering Lost Memories

By Khee Hoon Chan • May 3rd, 2018

In Umiro, seeing the hues of color seep back into the city is more than just the exhilarating thrill of completing another level in a game. It’s the bittersweet relief of recovering a missing memento, of finding something you thought was lost for good.

The Meaninglessness of Maturity in God of War

By David Shimomura • May 2nd, 2018

While the game tries to tell us of heroes come and gone who made war by making peace, we can never do this. It’s good to kill a demon, an escapee from the underworld, a monster. They have no agency and thus we can never reason with them. We can only bring reason to them at the edge of axe.

The Board Soul

You Can’t Go Home Again

By Jeremy Signor • April 30th, 2018

Something built on nostalgia doesn’t have to be stuck in the past as long as it keeps an eye on the future, too.

Wavecrash!! Literalizes the Puzzle Brawler

By Levi Rubeck • April 25th, 2018

Dreams are often only interesting to the dreamer, but occasionally some gold can be dug up from a seemingly random, chaotic assemblage of our brain dumps.

Feature

Humor and the Homicidal Octopus

By Khee Hoon Chan • April 23rd, 2018

Never aggravate an octopus.

Feature Excerpt

The Origins of Assassin’s Creed

By Yussef Cole • April 20th, 2018

Yussef Cole explores the complex relationship between Assassin’s Creed: Origins, Egypt and blackness.

Alcohol and Alienation in Moscone

By Mahli-Ann Butt • April 18th, 2018

Mahli-Ann Butt explores the state of the games industry through discourses around the drinking culture at GDC

This Mortal Coyle

Phase Scout Jess

By Deirdre Coyle • April 18th, 2018

After the world ends, Phase Scout Jess and I meet in an industrial park, attempting to harvest resources from the same dumpster. I’m wearing a Black Flag t-shirt.

Putting a Cooperative Hex on Fascist Scumbags

By Levi Rubeck • April 18th, 2018

Hexadecimate is a poignant reaction to the state of the world that has no false ambitions about singularly smashing the state.

Letter from the Editor

Unwinnable Monthly – April 2018

By Stu Horvath • April 16th, 2018

The April issue of Unwinnable Monthly is out now! Get the grand tour here!

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