Letter From the Editor Unwinnable Monthly – September 2019 By Stu Horvath • September 16th, 2019 Welcome to the September issue of Unwinnable Monthly!
Zweihander – Daniel D. Fox Interview By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • September 16th, 2019 We talk to Daniel Fox about his two-handed dark fantasy RPG, Zweihander!
Rookie of the Year Live From a Picnic Bench at the 2019 Newport Folk Festival By Matt Marrone • September 13th, 2019 In the words of Caamp: Woo-hoooooooo.Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo …
Episode 15: Control By Sara Clemens and David Shimomura • September 12th, 2019 The gang gets in Control for this episode of Unmissable!
Checkpoint Sometimes, Pixelated Spectacle Is All You Need By Corey Milne • September 12th, 2019 Domina wasn’t what Corey expected, but, hey, at least there’s wine to go with all that gore.
Here's the Thing The Last Unicron By Rob Rich • September 11th, 2019 With the recent announcement of a crowdfunding campaign to create a new, massive Transformers Unicron toy, Rob ponders the reactions and possible reasoning behind it all.
Razor Blades or Fancy Pants: The Story of The Real Peaky Blinders By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • September 10th, 2019 In this episode, Jen tells you the story of the real Peaky Blinders.
No Accounting for Tastes All Roads By Adam Boffa • September 10th, 2019 Despite being set over a century apart, Deadwood and Breaking Bad end up in surprisingly similar places.
The McMaster Files The Rose Colored Galaxy By Jason McMaster • September 10th, 2019 There are points when playing Rebel Galaxy Outlaw that Jason loses track of, not where he is, but when he is.
Forms in Light Living Architecture By Justin Reeve • September 6th, 2019 The architecture of Red Grave City comes alive in Devil May Cry 5.
The Heavy Pour Faking it to Make It: GLOW and the Power of Performance By Sara Clemens • September 5th, 2019 GLOW is a love letter to performance and the way it intertwines with work and life.
The Glass Delusion: The Most Popular Madness of the Middle Ages By Robin Mazzolla and Jen Sisco • September 4th, 2019 Imagine, one day, you feel that your body is made of glass…
Ferris Wheels and a Murder Castle: The Chicago World’s Fair and H.H. Holmes By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • September 4th, 2019 Jen looks at the horrible history of America’s first serial killer: H. H. Holmes.
Another Look Making Lore Personal By Yussef Cole • September 4th, 2019 Yussef sees a reflection of his own relationship with games in others’ deep dives into the minutia of their mythology.
Exploits Feature Noble Blood By Justin Reeve • September 3rd, 2019 Justin Reeve looks at how A Plague Tale handles the concept of noble blood.
Endless Quest By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • September 2nd, 2019 This week, we check out the old TSR Endless Quest gamebooks, then we get a head start on Halloween with some spooky games.
Collision Detection How an 8-Bit Football Franchise is Still Kicking By Ben Sailer • August 30th, 2019 A local competition helps Ben rediscover his love for Tecmo Super Bowl.
The Beat Box Noteworthy Hip Hop – August 2019 By Noah Springer • August 29th, 2019 Noah’s endlessly fascinated by the deep range and mutability of hip hop’s subgenres.
Episode 14: The Terror By Sara Clemens and David Shimomura • August 28th, 2019 It’s back to television this week as David and Sara discuss The Terror on Unmissable!
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – August 2019 By Astrid Budgor • August 28th, 2019 Metal waits for no one, and Astrid’s got a pile of records to share after a recent cross-country move.
Documentary Sunday Betting on Zero By Megan Condis • August 27th, 2019 Multi-level marketing schemes may sell products, but people are really buying in for the prospect of “opportunity”.
Greed and the Need to Feed – The Story of the Colorado Cannibal, Alfred Packer By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • August 27th, 2019 Perhaps the only thing more powerful than greed is hunger…
Feature Excerpt The Year Videogames Blew Up Shanghai By Mark Hill • August 26th, 2019 Unlike most first-person shooters, these two titles make you think about the very real city destroyed in the wake of your protagonist’s outsider crusades.
Feature Excerpt What Makes a Game Trash? By Van Dennis • August 22nd, 2019 While it’s easy for a game to fall into being trashy, it takes a bit of lucky circumstance for a game to be fully trash.
Feature Excerpt I Wanna Be Your Dog By Jeremy Signor • August 22nd, 2019 That awkward moment when giving up your free will to a supercomputer-powered hive mind brings out your inner sub.
Musk Comes From the Butt – The History of Perfume By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • August 20th, 2019 People stink. And through out history, they’ve done some weird things to cover it up.
Dragonlance By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • August 19th, 2019 Get your lance! Get your dragon! We’re talking about Dragonlance this week!
Unwinnable Monthly – August 2019 By Stu Horvath • August 16th, 2019 Summer is on its way out, but Unwinnable Monthly is here to keep your spirits up!
Episode 13: Blackout Club By Sara Clemens and David Shimomura • August 14th, 2019 Come for the Stranger Things comparisons, stay for the harrowing tales of sins Unwinnablers committed!
Collision Detection Abe’s Oddysee, Ahead of Its Time By Ben Sailer • August 14th, 2019 The PlayStation classic Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee offers poignant commentary on how to handle catastrophic circumstances that feel bigger than yourself.
Rookie of the Year Am I Dead? By Matt Marrone • August 13th, 2019 Do you ever wonder what happens to those Words with Friends rivals when you move on to other apps?
Forms in Light Planning Novigrad By Justin Reeve • August 12th, 2019 If The Witcher 3’s largest city seems easy to navigate, it’s all in your head.
Backlog Repeating Being By Gavin Craig • August 9th, 2019 Gavin muses about repetition while he muses about repetition while he muses about….
No Accounting for Tastes Undoing Ruin By Adam Boffa • August 8th, 2019 In Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Hayao Miyazaki provides an early glimpse of the concerns – and hopes – that would inform his filmmaking career.
Checkpoint SMASH By Corey Milne • August 7th, 2019 In Corey’s mind, Nintendo is only second to Disney when it comes to pure brand power. And he has the nostalgia to prove it.
Memescape Choose Your Own Twitter Thread By Alyse Stanley • August 6th, 2019 A.K.A. when Twitter role-played as Beyonce’s assistant.
The Not So Sweet Story of The Bradford Candy Scandal By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • August 6th, 2019 Would you believe that in the 19th century there were very few regulations on the preparation of food? This changed all that.
Documentary Sunday Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much By Megan Condis • August 5th, 2019 Not unlike the game show that it chronicles, watching The Perfect Bid is comforting. So long as you don’t think about it hard.
LJN Dungeons & Dragons Toys By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • August 5th, 2019 We open up Stu’s toy chest and (CAREFULLY) play with his LJN D&D toys. We also talk about Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and the D&D Young Adventurers Guides.
Episode 12: Midsommar By Sara Clemens and David Shimomura • August 3rd, 2019 It’s all about horror in the daylight and getting eaten by bears on this episode of Unmissable as the gang brings back Yussef Cole to talk Midsommar!