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A New York Adventure

By Alyssa Hatmaker • July 12th, 2018

The Blackwell Convergence captures the ambiance and rumble of “old” New York as it tells the story behind one author’s decades-long writer’s block.

Anthony Bourdain, silhouetted by a rising sun

Losing a Friend You Never Met

By Blake Hester • June 8th, 2018

I kept getting excited reading it, thinking maybe soon he’d put out another book. It felt like getting excited for your friends’ bands – you know, the actual good ones – to put out new albums

Epistolary Voicemail

By Levi Rubeck • May 31st, 2018

Enjoying a recent New Yorker online poetry experiment where Natalie Diaz and Ada Limón are explicitly communicating with each other, and we are shepherded on the atmosphere that extends between them.

Poetry at the Crossroads of Self and State

By Levi Rubeck • May 23rd, 2018

Sharif, an American poet whose parents were exiled from Iran, is taking stock of her homes and houses in this and all of her work

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Not Enough Time

By Stu Horvath • May 2nd, 2018

Look, we’re all going to die. The real tragedy is that we’ll leave unread books on the shelf when we do. Or is it?

A Tumultuous Smoke Break

By Levi Rubeck • March 28th, 2018

Emma Kidwell’s Got a Light? gracefully outlines the confusing and powerful internal combustion engine of sentiment, that heavy fire that drives us all to smoking and other activities hazardous to our health.

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The Man of Many Ways

By Kate Gray • March 21st, 2018

Was it Mario who blinded the cyclops or Odysseus? I forget.

Polishing Up the Ol’ Dragonlance

By Levi Rubeck • March 21st, 2018

The War of Souls continues the Dragonlance series’ penchant for a willingness to let its characters fail—to be broken down completely while chasing meaningless power, given the chance for redemption, and convincing the reader when they stand or fall.

A man facing towards a grey, foggy area with a staff and a red cape in the wind. This is the cover art for Raymond A. Feist's book Magician.

Magician, Persona, and the Weight of Nostalgia

By Sam Desatoff • February 1st, 2018

I grew up as a citizen of Midkemia. Here, in this land filled with elves and dragons and ancient magicians who live in a realm apart from time, I came into adolescence and, more importantly, fostered a love for fantasy.

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!

List-O-Mania – November 2017

By Team Unwinnable • December 5th, 2017

Books, music and games to help you pass the time as you get ready for the holidays!

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.

List-O-Rama – October 2017

By Team Unwinnable • October 30th, 2017

On tap for October: tons of great games, music and books.

List-O-Mania – September 2017

By Team Unwinnable • September 29th, 2017

Team Unwinnable’s got some recommendations for ya…

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A panel from the comic My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness. In the middle of the two pieces of the panel it says "Some Differences." On the left hand side it has a picture of a woman concealing her breasts and wearing a pair of small underwear, the text "female body" underneath. The character is clearly excited over this image and she says "Fukken saved." On the right it has a more confused version of the character looking at a picture of a man posing in his underwear with the text "He's totally naked huh"

Unemotional Investments – My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness

By Austin Price • August 30th, 2017

As unsparing as she is in presenting the minutiae of her feelings, Nabi has also constructed a formal shell that prevents her and reader both from actually engaging with the rawest elements of her story.

List-O-Mania – August 2017

By Team Unwinnable • August 25th, 2017

Need something to read, play or listen to? Unwinnable’s got a few dozen recommendations for ya.

The Burnt Offering

Nostalgia Bomb

By Stu Horvath • August 18th, 2017

Nostalgia is the bottomless pit into which we willingly throw ourselves.

List-O-Mania – July 2017

By Team Unwinnable • July 26th, 2017

Stuff that Unwinnable likes in July, 2017.

List-O-Mania, June 2017

By Team Unwinnable • June 27th, 2017

Summer is here, so we have plenty of music, books and games to recommend for your lazy weekends.

List-O-Mania, May 2017

By Team Unwinnable • May 31st, 2017

Another month, another batch of music, book and game recommendation from Team Unwinnable!

List-O-Mania, April 2017

By Team Unwinnable • April 25th, 2017

Need a book to read, a game to play or a playlist to listen to? Unwinnable’s got you covered with our April recommendations.

List-O-Mania, March 2017

By Team Unwinnable • March 30th, 2017

What’s Team Unwinnable playing, reading and rocking out to in March?

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“Every Gundam Time…” – MSG: Thunderbolt Vol.2

By Austin Price • March 1st, 2017

Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt is a tonal mess that knows irony can be used to underpin horror to shocking effect, but has no clue how or when to implement said irony.

List-O-Mania, February 2017

By Team Unwinnable • February 28th, 2017

Winter got your stir crazy? We’ve got plenty of suggestions to distract you.

The Burnt Offering

On Preconceived Notions

By Stu Horvath • February 21st, 2017

How do you create criteria to find more surprises that defy your criteria?

Self-Insert

Lung Flowers

By Amanda Hudgins • February 4th, 2017

Amanda Hudgins examines a strange new disease in the fanfiction community.

Inside the Rebellion Issue – Excerpts

By Team Unwinnable • January 27th, 2017

Catch a glimpse into the rebellious heart of the latest issue of Unwinnable Monthly.

The Downloadable Turnabout

By Jose Cardoso • January 6th, 2017

How should the Phoenix Wright DLC episodes fit into the main story?

Cing’s Chase for a Second Chance

By Jose Cardoso • December 23rd, 2016

Does the ex-Cing developer deliver on a new mystery title?

List-O-Mania, December 2016

By Team Unwinnable • December 22nd, 2016

Every month, Team Unwinnable puts together short lists of recommended music, books and games. Here’s December’s list.

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Serial Experiments Lain, “Listening To The Suicidal Tendencies”

By Austin Price • December 20th, 2016

“What swayed me was how well Lain conveyed the emotions that are attendant with and eventually lead to suicide.”

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Happiness Volume 2, “A Lovely Monstrosity”

By Austin Price • December 14th, 2016

“The horrors in Happiness accumulate slowly…”

List-o-Mania, November 2016

By Team Unwinnable • December 7th, 2016

Every month, Team Unwinnable puts together short lists of recommended music, books and games.

Flavor Text Is The Spice of Videogames

By Khee Hoon Chan • November 18th, 2016

Example: the series of adult novels found in the Elder Scrolls games; who could forget the adventures of the titular “The Lusty Argonian Maid”?

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Blood Blockade Battlefront, or “Fight Nights, Blood City”

By Austin Price • November 18th, 2016

“What Nightow understands is that New York City is a kind of barely contained chaos bursting with wild energy and implicit violence.”

Monster Issue – Theme Recap

By Team Unwinnable • October 28th, 2016

Sink your fangs into excerpts from all the theme stories in the Unwinnable Monsters issue.

How Star Wars Engages The Younger Audience

By AJ Moser • October 18th, 2016

It was a big week for Star Wars, seeing Rogue One trailers and Ahsoka’s new novel.

A Pen In The Dark: The Case For Text Adventure Horror Games

By Matthew Byrd • September 1st, 2016

A lot of horror hounds have maintained that your imagination is scarier than what you see, so let’s jumpstart text adventure horror!

Spilled Ink

Rather an Araki than a Franzen Be

By Austin Price • August 24th, 2016

Sometimes you have to stop worrying about being brilliant. Stop trying to make The Majestic and just make Ace Ventura.

Werewolves These Days

By Michael Edwards • August 23rd, 2016

From Lon Chaney to furry fiends knocking back cold ones, we’re talking all things werewolves.

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