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A screenshot from the videogame Silent Hill: Homecoming, featuring the main protagonist, Alex Shepherd, with his mother, Lillian Shepherd.

Fragile Traditions

By Phoenix Simms • January 9th, 2026

Porcelain as a material metaphor is a way to emphasize not just legacy, but the hands-on and time-consuming craft that creates objects of precious worth.

Don't Stop Believing
A still from the movie The Royal Hotel shows main characters Hanna and Liv standing in front of a retro car in a parking lot. Hanna stares somewhere past the viewer while Liv is turned away, gazing in another direction.

How Art Helped Me in 2025

By Elijah Beahm • January 8th, 2026

We might not even realize it as it happens, but what we engage with shapes us.

Past Presence
A screenshot of a pixelated living room from the game Whisper of the House, a cozy organization and puzzle-solving game.

Indie Sampler 2025

By Dr. Emily Price • January 6th, 2026

Was this just an excuse to demonstrate how many indie games I played this year? Anyway.

Exploits Feature

Every Character Creator Is A Fight With Identity That I’m Losing

By Branden Lizardi • January 2nd, 2026

A pixelated mirror.

A cropped version of key art for the game The Old King's Crown with the name stylized as if hammered in metal in the middle over rolling green fields, ruins, plants, and a blond haired hero in a leafy crown

Inspired Wonder: The Old King’s Crown is a Game Created of Chance and Circumstance

By Luis Aguasvivas • December 22nd, 2025

As I learned its rules and played in its brutal world of decaying decadence and factional opportunism, I entered a state of jamais vu.

Letter from the Editor

Unwinnable Monthly – December 2025

By David Shimomura • December 19th, 2025

“Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.” – Mary Shelley

Here's the Thing
Two firefighters try to extinguish a fire in a controlled parking lot environment.

“But She’s Got a New Hat!”

By Rob Rich • December 17th, 2025

It’s not a new pattern of behavior or anything, but Rob is… just… so sick and tired of seeing “company bad” one week and then “new thing from company!” the next.

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