Exploits Feature Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special By Sara Clemens • December 2nd, 2019 Sara revisits the Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special.
Dungeons & Drawings By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • December 2nd, 2019 This week, we chat about the monster art book Dungeons & Drawings!
Feature Excerpt What Lies Beneath: Subtextual Storytelling Techniques in Videogames By Jeff Spoonhower • December 2nd, 2019 Jeff Spoonhower discusses how stories can be told during gameplay through the use of powerful subtextual audio-visual techniques.
Feature Excerpt Games About Death (Are Stuck In a Rut) By Mark Hill • December 2nd, 2019 Why has the treatment of death in certain indie games become so predictable?
Holiday Gift Guide 2019 By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • November 25th, 2019 This week, we’re getting ready for the holidays and wanted to help give you a leg up on your gifts for your friends and family around the gaming table (and maybe yourself too, let’s be real).
Jim Zub, Part 2: Dungeons & Dragons vs Rick and Morty By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • November 19th, 2019 Part two of our interview with Jim Zub! We chat about his D&D comics, the Dungeons & Dragons vs Rick and Morty box set and learn he does a pretty mean Rick Sanchez impersonation.
Letter From the Editor Unwinnable Monthly – November 2019 By Stu Horvath • November 18th, 2019 Cliches about death, subtextual storytelling and more in this month’s issue of Unwinnable Monthly!
The Rust Monster By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • November 18th, 2019 The Vintage RPG Podcast is now weekly! We celebrate by talking about the Rust Monster (shudder).
Here's the Thing Futurama and Faith By Rob Rich • November 14th, 2019 Rob takes a look at how Futurama (of all things) has managed to approach religious concepts and faith with a surprising amount of profundity.
No Accounting for Tastes WaveRunner 2140 By Adam Boffa • November 13th, 2019 In New York 2140, neoliberalism still reigns supreme. But maybe even this dire prediction is too optimistic.
Forms in Light Function and Fiction By Justin Reeve • November 12th, 2019 Destiny 2 has a more complex relationship with Modernism than its clean-cut buildings would suggest.
Collision Detection How I Learned to Stop Worrying (And Love Being Horrified) By Ben Sailer • November 11th, 2019 Ben hasn’t felt frightened by a game since playing the original Resident Evil two decades ago. However, a brisk run through Outlast changed that, and in the process, helped him rekindle a long-lost love for being scared shitless.
Jim Zub on the Young Adventurer’s Guides By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • November 11th, 2019 This week, author Jim Zub fills us in on everything you want to know about his brand new series of introductory Dungeons & Dragons books.
Musings Concerts Suck, But Landon Tewers Doesn’t By Blake Hester • November 11th, 2019 Blake sees his first concert in four years and it’s…weird.
This Mortal Coyle Alice from American McGee’s Alice By Deirdre Coyle • November 8th, 2019 American McGee’s series seemed like a natural extension of Deirdre’s lifelong Alice in Wonderland obsession.
Another Look Planting Seeds in the Apocalypse By Yussef Cole • November 7th, 2019 Mutazione owes its narrative to those who now survive in spite of colonialism and it’s world-ending tendencies.
The Beat Box Noteworthy Hip Hop – October 2019 By Noah Springer • November 7th, 2019 Just like a white girl’s cup filled with pumpkin spice, Noah’s ears runneth over with great hip hop this month.
The Heavy Pour This Time It’s Personal By Sara Clemens • November 6th, 2019 Sara got to meet Pee-wee Herman at this year’s NYCC and only freaked out a little.
The Burnt Offering Fracas in Freshtovia By Stu Horvath • November 5th, 2019 Wendy’s admittedly committed attempt at a tabletop RPG is every bit the corporate advertisement it tries not to be.
Rookie of the Year Remember. Every. Moment. By Matt Marrone • November 1st, 2019 Matt shares a story of R.E.M.’s Monster and parenting on the album’s 25th anniversary.
Exploits Feature No Laughing Matter By Violet Adele Bloch • November 1st, 2019 To me, Joker is like a theatrically released omen.
The Satanic Panic By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • October 28th, 2019 This week, we look at Dungeons & Dragons and its part in the Satanic Panic.
Feature Excerpt The Horror of the Tortured Artist By Rachel Watts • October 24th, 2019 Both Layers of Fear games tap into the horror of what happens when artists become desperate chasing their muse.
Feature Excerpt Two Hands Off the Wheel: Learning to Embrace the Chaos of Zweihander By R. M. Jansen-Parkes • October 24th, 2019 Most tabletop RPGs boil down to a roll of the dice.
Feature Excerpt Grim, Perilous and Inclusive By Adam Brown • October 24th, 2019 Zweihander: Grim & Perilous is a fresh take on dark fantasy and tabletop RPGs.
Episode 16: Joker By Sara Clemens and David Shimomura • October 23rd, 2019 On tap: Joker, Paul Reubens and a bad version of Phantom of the Opera.
Unwinnable Monthly – October 2019 By Stu Horvath • October 17th, 2019 It’s October, and that means the latest issue of Unwinnable Monthly is full of horrors of all sorts…
Forms in Light Anomalous Architecture By Justin Reeve • October 14th, 2019 If some of the buildings look weird in Yakuza Kiwami 2, you can blame Japanese regulations.
No Accounting for Tastes Countdown to Extinction By Adam Boffa • October 14th, 2019 In Hayao Miyazaki’s grandest work, humans confront extinction.
Pacesetter’s Chill, and an interview with Nathan D. Paoletta By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • October 14th, 2019 This week, we look at the 1984 horror RPG Chill, from Pacesetter Games. We also chat with Nathan D. Paoletta about his games Worldwide Wrestling and Imp of the Perverse.
Collision Detection Backing a Fake Basketball Underdog By Ben Sailer • October 13th, 2019 It cannot be overstated exactly how bad NBA 2K has beaten NBA Live over the past two decades.
Here's the Thing Rebooting Saturday Mornings with Netflix By Rob Rich • October 12th, 2019 It’s been decades since Rob has set aside time for Saturday morning cartoons, but Netflix has brought that very specific brand of nostalgia back with a number of unexpectedly clever reboots.
2019 Spooptacular Horror Movie Recommendations, Part Two By Team Unwinnable • October 11th, 2019 We have more horror movie recommendations for you! This time, rich people are on the menu.
The Heavy Pour You’ll Float Too By Sara Clemens • October 11th, 2019 Sara muses on the weirdly seductive quality of clowns. Exhibit A: Pennywise.
Checkpoint The Client List By Corey Milne • October 9th, 2019 Void Bastards is quintessentially British. Even with its prisoners-cum-clients.
The McMaster Files 1994 via the Year 40,000 By Jason McMaster • October 9th, 2019 Gladius accomplished the near-impossible: transforming Jason from a critic into a fan again.
Rookie of the Year Star Trek: The Sex Generation By Matt Marrone • October 8th, 2019 The ladies of the USS Enterprise want to get it on. Badly.
2019 Spooptacular Horror Movie Recommendations, Part One By Team Unwinnable • October 4th, 2019 Unwinnable loves horror movies, so we’re picking some faves for you to check out this October.
Documentary Sunday Jiro Dreams of Sushi By Megan Condis • October 2nd, 2019 Megan shares one of her all-time favorite films for her final column entry.