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The Burnt Offering

Grab Bag

By Stu Horvath • July 5th, 2019

Stu has a handful of thoughts on everything from The Name of the Rose to dungeon synth.

Episode 10 – Black Mirror

By Sara Clemens and David Shimomura • July 4th, 2019

Topher Grace’s best performance, Miley + Nine Inch Nails 5ever and, uh, would VR sex even actually work?

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A Review of Pluto TV Commercials

By Amanda Hudgins • June 10th, 2019

Trapped in a world of re-runs of Forensic Files and World Poker Tour, I found myself drawn to one particular thing: the commercials of Pluto TV.

DC’s TV Universe Represents Queer Heroes Like Marvel Won’t

By Kenneth Shepard • June 7th, 2019

Avengers: Endgame is not the queer representation mainstream superheroes need, but DC’s TV universe is full of the heroes queer fans deserve.

Unmissable – Episode 8

By Sara Clemens and David Shimomura • June 5th, 2019

Game of Thrones is over, so let’s have Stu Horvath on to discuss it, even though he didn’t watch the show.

Rookie of the Year

Not. Today.

By Matt Marrone • May 23rd, 2019

Fact: Arya Stark is the most badass character in the history of television.

Episode 7 – Game of Thrones

By Sara Clemens and David Shimomura • May 22nd, 2019

Winter is here!

The Devil is Only Human After All

By Pascal Wagner • May 20th, 2019

Depictions of Satan fluctuate depending on the media, but they all touch a part of our subconscious.

Rookie of the Year

That Olivia Colman Look

By Matt Marrone • May 11th, 2019

Unmissable: The Official Unwinnable Podcast forgot one important role in their chat about Olivia Colman: She’s the chick from Numberwang.

No Accounting for Tastes

Which Theme Goes With Everything?

By Adam Boffa • May 5th, 2019

A journey to find a specific Street Fighter II theme that matches his childhood memories leads Adam down an SFII rabbit hole.

Unmissable: Episode 5

By Sara Clemens and David Shimomura • April 15th, 2019

It’s part one of a Jordan Peele double header!

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Consensual Violence

By Amanda Hudgins • April 8th, 2019

Blood sports are an active brutality on the lives on the participants, a grotesque display of physicality and punishment that leaves them pummeled on the side of the road.

Luke Perry, illuminated by a broken diner sign, looks direct at camera.

Luke Perry was Riverdale’s Best Idea

By Harry Mackin • April 2nd, 2019

The story of Fred Andrews is, thanks to Riverdale’s framing, is in some small part the story of Luke Perry.

Unmissable: Episode 2

By Sara Clemens and David Shimomura • February 28th, 2019

Hey, it’s our second episode! Yussef Cole pulls up a chair.

Unmissable: Pilot

By Sara Clemens and David Shimomura • February 6th, 2019

Hey, we finally have a podcast!

Just let Reigen be sexy already

By Kris Ligman • January 29th, 2019

Mob Psycho 100’s beloved con-man got a visual facelift in the anime, but what makes him a good character hasn’t changed.

What The Good Place says about game design

By Kris Ligman • January 22nd, 2019

If you’ve run a game for eons and all of a sudden not a single player was making it to the end goal, is that your fault or theirs?

Best of 2018

The Best TV of 2018

By Team Unwinnable • December 27th, 2018

True to the Unwinnable brand, the shows on the Best TV of 2018 list are lovely, dark and deep.

The Weird World of Neon Genesis Evangelion Spinoffs

By Malindy Hetfeld • December 17th, 2018

Neon Genesis Evangelion stands out as a series that used spinoffs to open up some more opportunities to market something, anything to fans, while potentially hurting the source material in the process.

A skull-faced man behind two very excited men who are looking at walls of boys love comics.

The Radical Positivity of Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san

By Kris Ligman • November 19th, 2018

I’ve been thinking a lot about radical positivity. About how, in a world full of objectively horrible things and an even greater volume of subjective nastiness, the most defiant act is to be kind.

An Ode to Kathleen Zellner

By Kris Ligman • November 13th, 2018

Making a Murderer‘s Kathleen Zellner is an asshole. I adore her.

Rookie of the Year

I’ve Joined the Blue Rose Task Force

By Matt Marrone • November 7th, 2018

Matt Marrone has a Twin Peaks-related announcement to make.

American Vandal Season Two: The Kids Aren’t Alright

By David Shimomura • November 6th, 2018

American Vandal Season Two tackles both turd and teen vulnerability.

Deep Space Nine is More Important Than Ever

By P.J. Kryfko • November 2nd, 2018

Looking back on Deep Space Nine, it seems ahead of its time, but maybe we’ve just been backsliding.

Backlog

Culture is Not Canon

By Gavin Craig • September 12th, 2018

Star Wars is a case study in how canon can grip a culture, and what happens when fandom turns toxic.

The Heavy Pour

Death Rattles

By Sara Clemens • August 17th, 2018

AMC’s The Terror understands that, sometimes, the Arctic’s silence haunts most of all.

Here's The Thing

Superman’s Disguise isn’t as Silly as You Think

By Rob Rich • August 9th, 2018

Everyone always makes fun of the absurdity of Superman’s “Clark Kent” disguise, but Rob thinks it’s a lot more plausible than people give it credit for.

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Janet, The Good Place and Morality

By Sam Desatoff • August 8th, 2018

The Good Place smartly, and refreshingly, layers a lighthearted comedy on top of the typically grim theme.

Here's The Thing
A scene from the Lost in Space remake.

Getting Lost in Lost in Space

By Rob Rich • July 16th, 2018

Is the new Lost in Space yet another shining example of a classic franchise reboot that works? Hell yeah it is!

The Finest Show on the Air is the World Cup

By David Shimomura • July 12th, 2018

I love sports. I own jerseys, go to games, and desperately seek attention from the other writers at Unwinnable despite their annoyed yawns and fart noises.

Rookie of the Year

A Time To Kill

By Matt Marrone • June 9th, 2018

Where does Dexter Morgan find the time?

Here's The Thing

Why I Love Trigun

By Rob Rich • April 25th, 2018

The mix of comedy and drama in Trigun changed how Rob Rich appreciates stories of all kinds.

Rookie of the Year

Halt and Catch Death

By Matt Marrone • March 29th, 2018

I used to believe I was immune to regret. I wore it like a tacky t-shirt. Now I know I have a virtually endless string of regret. Not bad choices, necessarily. Just so much taken for granted.

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Best of Wrestling 2017

By Don Becker and Kenneth J. Lucas • January 9th, 2018

Was 2017 the best year for wrestling? We give some evidence that it might be.

List-O-Mania – December 2017

By Team Unwinnable • December 26th, 2017

All the stuff that filled Team Unwinnable’s free time this month – now with TV and Movie categories!

Best of 2017

The Best TV of 2017

By Team Unwinnable • December 26th, 2017

We kick off our celebration of the best stuff of 2017 with the debut of a new category: Television!

A purple silhouette against a lighter purple background. This is the silhouette of wrestler Velveteen Dream

How Wrestling is Embracing New Masculinity

By Liam Lambert • December 14th, 2017

As little as five years ago, it’s hard to imagine that a character could tie another man up in the ring ropes, slap him around, and yell “say my name” in his face, and be cheered for doing so.

The Burnt Offering

Stranger Songs

By Stu Horvath • December 6th, 2017

With soundtracks, sometimes too much of a good thing can be terrible. Evidence: the in-your-face 80s soundtrack of Stranger Things 2.

Rookie of the Year

The Last Word on When to Quit

By Matt Marrone • December 4th, 2017

Matt Marrone finds a faint glimmer of hope for Agent Cooper and Laura Palmer in the final Twin Peaks novel by Mark Frost.

Three teenage boys looking shocked on a couch.

American Vandal Feels More Real than True Crime

By David Shimomura • November 20th, 2017

Is the truth worth it and at what cost, especially when exposing it leaves those who sought it with little more than a story to tell.

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