Flesh Without Blood By Astrid Budgor • March 22nd, 2019 Alita does not pass as human, either as actor or character, but the film remarkably doesn’t see “human” as the only option…Or, put another way: there is more to life than humanity.
Let the Hero Speak By Levi Rubeck • March 21st, 2019 Fiction finds common ground by showing us the ubiquity of life’s specificities—I may not have lost my hometown, but I can relate to the loss of loved ones.
Feature Friday Nights in the Hostile Environment By Rob Haines • March 20th, 2019 British developer PanicBarn’s Not Tonight offers a Brexit-flavored critique of the past ten years of the hostile environment.
Resident Evil 2 Brings the Original Game Design Back From The Dead By Ethan Horn • March 20th, 2019 The game rebuilds the notion of why being stuck in police station during a virus outbreak is a terrifying prospect by increasing the number of verbs available.
Rethinking Action with Devil May Cry 5 By Jeremy Signor • March 20th, 2019 Though very much a Devil May Cry game, 5 hints at a new future for the character action genre.
Revving the Engine Paradise Lost By Stu Horvath • March 20th, 2019 Unwinnable talks to PolyAmorous Games about their forthcoming game Paradise Lost, a post-apocalyptic game about grief.
A Witness to Assassination – The Story of Major Henry Rathbone By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • March 19th, 2019 The sad tale of the man who tried to capture John Wilkes Booth.
Letter From the Editor Unwinnable Monthly – March 2019 By Stu Horvath • March 18th, 2019 Find out what is inside the March issue of Unwinnable Monthly!
James Lowder Interview (Plus Call of Cthulhu Goodies) By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • March 18th, 2019 We chat with Chaosium executive fiction editor and RPG industry vet James Lowder. We also discuss the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set and Chaosium’s Lovecraft for Beginning Readers series.
Never is that Brief Flash Resented By Levi Rubeck • March 14th, 2019 When a relationship is sent crashing, the unmoored self can be so easily thrashed upon the rocks—it’s necessary to reaffirm that sense of self, to rejoin that once-blended ego.