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Summer Doldrums

By Gavin Craig • August 1st, 2017

Even the backlog needs a summer vacation.

A hovering handguna nd magazine float in front of a non descript open room with a window pointing towards colorful skyscapers. This is a still from the game Receiver.

The Meditative Rhythm of Receiver

By Khee Hoon Chan • August 1st, 2017

Using firearms in the first-person shooter Receiver is a methodical process.

Whatever Happened to the Startup Sound? – An Excerpt from Unwinnable Monthly 93

By Jordan Oloman • July 31st, 2017

What do Frank Ocean, Lil B, Sonic 06 and Max Coburn have in common? They’ve been seduced by the allure of the system startup sound.

The Burnt Offering

The Perils of Realness

By Stu Horvath • July 28th, 2017

Forget all that other trash. This is the real deal.

Fascination
A group of people in a room, looking somber the light across their faces showcasing the lines of a set of near drawn blinds. This is a still from Short Night of Glass Dolls.

On Short Night of Glass Dolls

By Astrid Budgor • July 28th, 2017

“All our youth must eventually be sacrificed.”

Meeting Diane – An Excerpt from Unwinnable Monthly 93

By Logan Ludwig • July 27th, 2017

With Twin Peaks: The Return, David Lynch and Mark Frost built a machine to confound the expectations of viewers. Diane is that machine’s perfect creation.

The Board Soul
A grizzled man with a beard looks down at a vaguely humanoid toy face near a leaded glass window. This is the card art for the Magic the Gathering Card Feldon.

Can a Card Game Make You Cry?

By Jeremy Signor • July 27th, 2017

We’ve already hashed this tired question out in video games, but can tabletop game mechanics move us in the same way?

A table top all set up with the board game By Order of the Queen.

By Order of the Queen: An Order of Frustration

By Sam Desatoff • July 27th, 2017

I have no inherent dislike for small amounts of luck in board games, but when a lengthy game comes down to a single dice roll, it can feel like a huge middle finger when you fail.

Spilled Ink
An anime character (Goku?) standing on the edge of a large hand drawn plain.

“We (Ain’t) Got Power” – Dragon Ball Z

By Austin Price • July 26th, 2017

Like every other child who grew up in the late 90s and early 00s with their attention split between videogames and anime, the announcement of Arc System Works’ Dragon Ball FighterZ filled me with an exhilaration hard to describe to anyone beyond that particular milieu but instantly familiar to my peers.

A woman with her head thrown back. a text bubble comes from her with "AAAAA" visible, and her hair is thrown back and floating suspended in the air. This is a screenshot from the Astonishing X-Men #1

Last Week’s Comic 7/26/17

By David Shimomura and Sal Lucci • July 26th, 2017

Team Unwinnable Reviews Astonishing X-Men #1 and Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: The Big Lie #5.

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