How Wolfenstein II Lost Its Head Over Toxic Masculinity By Elijah Beahm • July 17th, 2018 Shooters are directly linked with the precise sort of violent, cold, rage that toxic masculinity brings about; especially with id Software’s games resting as a vanguard of heavy metal.
War on Words: Mobile v. Handheld By David Shimomura • July 17th, 2018 It’s why the recent trend to enforce the artificial barrier between “mobile” and “handheld” is so tenuous and dangerous.
Human Chess Shots Fired By Don Becker • July 16th, 2018 Is New York shaping up as the battleground for the biggest battle in wrestling since the Monday Night Wars 20 years ago?
Here's The Thing 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!
No Accounting For Taste The (Sort Of, But Not Really) Radical Politics of Infinity War By Adam Boffa • July 16th, 2018 To see the radical message in Avengers: Infinity War, all we have to do is ignore everything about it.
Florence and Collaborative Play By Daniel Schindel • July 13th, 2018 This was a deeper connection; the two of us were actively involved in an act of creation, the kind of authorship of a story that only a video game can provide.
Destiny 2’s Quiet Moments Do the Story’s Heavy-lifting By Yussef Cole • July 13th, 2018 While much of Destiny 2’s narrative is delivered to the player in bombastic cutscenes, its strongest storytelling can be found in the game’s margins, through the quieter mutterings and conversations of its non-playable characters.
The Heavy Pour Our Town By Sara Clemens • July 13th, 2018 Nothing says summer like mystery, and the point-and-click adventure Unforseen incidents stirs up half-remembered recollections of murder cases and childhood towns.
Mixed CDs, Stolen By Amanda Hudgins • July 13th, 2018 14 disks in their slimline cases, carefully handwritten descriptions of each song — no more than 2 per artist. 100 songs.
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.
