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Eyeing Elsewhere
A master chocolatier stands behind a kitchen workstation lecturing to contestants on the reality show "School of Chocolate."

A Different Reality

By Phillip Russell • January 26th, 2022

Unlike more standard reality television fare, School of Chocolate shows there is drama to be found in the struggles of learning new things.

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A close-up portrait of Green Lantern Sojourner “Jo” Mullein, wearing futuristic green goggles and her Green Lantern uniform. Green beams of light shine from her ring. She is smirking.

A New Kind of Green Lantern Story

By Harry Rabinowitz • January 25th, 2022

A murder mystery at its core, Far Sector interrogates the idea of a peaceful society while delivering on action, intrigue, style and heart.

Revving the Engine
Four people patrol dystopian city streets at night, pistols drawn.

Mean Streets: Project Haven

By Ben Sailer • January 24th, 2022

Watch the trailer for Project Haven and you might assume you’re seeing something from a large studio. Its actual origin story is rooted in humble beginnings.

Feature Excerpt
The top of a towering spire disappears into stormy, swirling clouds.

Become Cursed: Doubt

By George Umbarger • January 21st, 2022

Slaying uncertainty via an unusual in-Spire-ation.

Feature Excerpt

Children of the Night

By Alma Roda-Gil • January 20th, 2022

Vampires, blood libel and Midnight Mass.

Letter from the Editor
A crucifix

Unwinnable Monthly – January 2022

By David Shimomura • January 18th, 2022

It’s time for our January issue! We’ve got new friends for you!

Here's the Thing
A screenshot from Animal Crossing: New Horizons shows a cutaway view of a small house on a beach. The interior of the house is decorated in bright colors and several animals are gathered inside and out.

Nintendo Has No Idea What It’s Doing

By Rob Rich • January 13th, 2022

Rob thinks Nintendo still has no idea what it’s doing when it comes to online services and functionality.

Forms in Light
Ad adventurer wearing a leather backpack holds a torch aloft in a subterranean cave, illuminating an eerie winged statue with the body of a human and the head of a large predator cat.

Ashes to Ashes

By Justin Reeve • January 12th, 2022

Take some time to poke around the rooms of House of Ashes when you aren’t being chased by vampires and you’ll be richly rewarded.

The Heavy Pour

I Know You Are but What Am I?

By Sara Clemens • January 10th, 2022

Little Sara sends a message to an old pal.

Self-Insert
Four people in casual clothing stand in a hallway, two of them have guns drawn and pointed out of frame.

Ultra-Long

By Amanda Hudgins • December 31st, 2021

Long fanworks are interesting both for their clear amount of dedication to the craft and how much of an outlier they actually are.

The Beat Box
Two colorful, cartoonish portraits of two men, one wearing a Detroit Lions baseball cap and the other bald with a full beard. A serpentine dragon coils between them.

Noteworthy Hip Hop – December 2021

By Noah Springer • December 29th, 2021

Noah takes a stab at putting his fingerprints on the 2021 hip hop canon with a look at some favorite albums from the year.

Revving the Engine
Three astronauts in space suits are posted on a scaffolding set on the surface of a rocky planet. A giant red planet sets on the mountains behind them.

Surviving the Near Future in Phobos Subhuman

By Ben Sailer • December 27th, 2021

There can be something especially empowering about feeling as though you can shape and survive whatever is around the next corner.

Feature Story
A woman with short tousled hair looks straight ahead at the viewer, smiling a smirky half-smile.

The Unbearable Lightness of Deathloop

By David Shimomura • December 23rd, 2021

In the moment it is easy to love Deathloop but, upon reflection, it feels as though it was barely even there.

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The Sixties That Weren’t, or, How Psychonauts 2 Forgets Politics

By Christian Haines • December 22nd, 2021

Double Fine’s videogame Psychonauts 2 draws on the experimental energies of the 1960s only to mute that decade’s political fervor.

Feature Excerpt
An angled shot of a laser-lit, futuristic shop called "Citiadel Souvenirs."

This Is My Favorite Shop in the Citadel

By Emma Kostopolus • December 20th, 2021

The ethics of Mass Effect roleplay.

Letter from the Editor
Commander Shepard wearing a Santa hat and looking magnanimous.

Unwinnable Monthly – December 2021

By David Shimomura • December 16th, 2021

It’s the last Month(ly) of the Year!

Here's the Thing
A transforming robot toy known as a Tobot, currently in its robot form.

Why I Love Tobot Toys

By Rob Rich • December 10th, 2021

Rob’s been happily collecting transforming robot toys for several years but has a particular fondness for a certain Korean toy line.

Forms in Light
A dingy, dilapidated street in 18th-century Paris.

Parisian Purification

By Justin Reeve • December 9th, 2021

Paris was the city of muck and mud long before it became the city of lights, and it really isn’t pretty in Assassin’s Creed Unity.

Another Look
A blocky gray and black Nintendo Entertainment System console from the late 80s.

Better Late than Never

By Yussef Cole • December 7th, 2021

On always being a few steps behind in a never-ending videogame console race.

Rookie of the Year
A giant, three-pronged space station floats in the dark fathoms of space.

Deep Space Infinity

By Matt Marrone • December 6th, 2021

In the time of television binge-watching, what we really need is a show that goes on forever.

Collision Detection
Crowds of people mill around a bustling and colorful future metropolis.

Rethinking the Post-Apocalypse in Eastward

By Ben Sailer • December 3rd, 2021

Post-apocalyptic stories are often framed as tales of what happens after everything ends. Eastward instead shows how life moves on.

Hyperfixations
Samus, a space explorer in a high-tech space suit, aims her arm cannon offscreen.

On the Death of Samus Aran

By Julie Muncy • December 2nd, 2021

For Samus, her body is her central locus of meaning, the way both in which the world interprets her and in which she, so far as we can tell, interprets herself.

Self-Insert

Soulmate Goose of Enforcement

By Amanda Hudgins • December 1st, 2021

Geese exist to cause trouble. And honk. Or perhaps, help someone find the love of their life.

Another Look
A man and his daughter wearing worn clothing make their way through a train yard.

Solitary Masculinity

By Yussef Cole • December 1st, 2021

The solitary, prepper-style know-how in 2018’s Leave No Trace feels eerily familiar to the masochistic “git gud” approach which has long plagued videogames.

Eyeing Elsewhere
A tiny figure in a flowing cloak stands atop an enormous sand dune, the sun setting directly behind them.

What Lies Beneath The Sand

By Phillip Russell • November 30th, 2021

How deep into Dune is Hollywood willing to dig?

The Beat Box
The bright yellow "W" logo of the Wu-Tang Clan on a dark background.

Noteworthy Hip Hop – November 2021

By Noah Springer • November 29th, 2021

They say if you play Mozart in the womb for your kid, they come out smarter. But what happens when you play them Wu-Tang on their first day of life?

Revving the Engine
A dramatic close-up on a golden roman statue stoically gazing past his extended arm.

Mods & Mythology

By Melissa King • November 24th, 2021

The Australian Writers’ Guild Award-winning and critically acclaimed The Forgotten City had humble beginnings as a Skyrim mod.

Feature Excerpt

Roleplaying Freedom: Joel Rosenberg and White Fantasies of Oppression

By Noah Berlatsky • November 23rd, 2021

Rosenberg’s depiction of liberation is less about those liberated and more about the moral awakening of the white liberator.

Feature Excerpt

Rebels Without a Cause

By Gerry Hart • November 19th, 2021

Watchdogs: Legion could have been a powerful or at least insightful piece of cultural commentary. It’s more like the Kylie Jenner Pepsi advert.

Letter from the Editor

Unwinnable Monthly – November 2021

By David Shimomura • November 15th, 2021

Our November issue is here but also NEW COLUMNIST ALERT!

No Accounting for Taste
Two swordsmen cross blades, each pushing hard against the other.

Music and Memory in Midgar

By Adam Boffa • November 12th, 2021

Final Fantasy VII Remake uses its music to dramatically reshape a familiar story.

Here's the Thing
A videogame screenshot showing the interior view of a car, the steering wheel prominent in the frame.

The Immersive Nature of Tedium

By Rob Rich • November 12th, 2021

Rob talks about why he often enjoys tedium in videogames, and how it can make them feel more immersive.

Forms in Light
A bird's-eye view of rows and rows of tenement houses.

The Best of Worlds

By Justin Reeve • November 11th, 2021

Megacorporations can’t be trusted to pursue any sort of progressive politics.

The Heavy Pour
A bird's-eye view of the 2021 New York Comic Con show floor.

Return with the Elixir

By Sara Clemens • November 10th, 2021

Dispatches from a post-pandemic New York Comic Con.

Another Look

The Real Quake Was The Friendships We Made Along The Way

By Yussef Cole • November 9th, 2021

Razor-sharp precision. Chunky symmetry. Beauty.

Rookie of the Year
A sun, superimposed with a crosshair, sets behind a craggy mountain.

The Summers Wind

By Matt Marrone • November 8th, 2021

Sometimes nostalgia is a gut-punch from the past. Sometimes it’s a nice breeze. More often than not? It’s both.

Collision Detection
A glowing red tunnel entrance leads into a fortress-like building.

Rethinking Retro Remakes With Tunnel B1

By Ben Sailer • November 5th, 2021

We’re in the middle of a retro shooter renaissance. Why not mine the forgotten past for ideas and inspiration?

This Mortal Coyle
A burning, post-apocalyptic landscape.

The Ultimate Apocalypse Team

By Deirdre Coyle • November 4th, 2021

Hunters/Gatherers/MacGyver-ers Assemble!

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A comic book panel showing a labyrinthine cluster of buildings, with a focus on a small figure entering an archway while saying "one more time."

ShortBox Indie Sampler

By Harry Rabinowitz • November 3rd, 2021

When it comes to short, complete comics, the indie section is king.

The Beat Box
A man holds the hand of a young boy and points up towards the top of a tall building.

Noteworthy Hip Hop – October 2021

By Noah Springer • October 31st, 2021

Noah doesn’t review Donda.

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