Backlog Partial List of Reasons for Writing a List in Place of a Column By Gavin Craig • March 7th, 2019 People love lists. See: the entirety of the internet.
Documentary Sunday I Survived ‘I Kissed Dating Goodbye’ By Megan Condis • March 7th, 2019 Christian author Joshua Harris’ supposed apologetic reflection on the lives his book damaged turns into one big PR stunt.
No Accounting for Tastes Science, Society, and Steamboy (The Other Movie from Akira’s Director) By Adam Boffa • March 7th, 2019 Katsuhiro Otomo’s second film celebrates its fifteenth birthday this year. How does it hold up?
Dirty Days – The Dust Bowl By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • March 5th, 2019 The Dust Bowl is one of the worst man-made ecologic disasters in human history.
This Mortal Coyle Rose By Deirdre Coyle • March 5th, 2019 Just let players bang the robot, Todd Howard.
Exploits Feature You Were Never Really Here By Harry Mackin • March 4th, 2019 Harry Mackin explores the sound design of suffering in You Were Never Really Here.
Spelljammer By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • March 4th, 2019 Vintage RPG sails the stars of Spelljammer.
Revving the Engine Kara Technologies By Stu Horvath • March 1st, 2019 Kara leverages Unreal Engine 4 to provide real time sign language translation for young students.
Feature Excerpt A Legacy of Movement By Khee Hoon Chan • March 1st, 2019 Doom may have defined the first-person shooter, but Mirror’s Edge made it flow.
Representing Disabilities: An Evolution in Gaming By Quin Callahan • March 1st, 2019 We’re finally seeing more people with disabilities in games, but casual representation still pales in comparison to those defined by tragic backstories.
Unmissable: Episode 2 By Sara Clemens and David Shimomura • February 28th, 2019 Hey, it’s our second episode! Yussef Cole pulls up a chair.
Wash Your Hands: The Story of an Epidemic in NYC By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • February 26th, 2019 In this episode, Jen tells you how peach ice cream became a killer dessert.
Protected: Mind Flayers By Stu Horvath • February 25th, 2019 There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
The Mysterious City of Petra By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • February 19th, 2019 Few know the true story of Petra’s past, present and future.
Masks of Nyarlathotep (Again) By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • February 18th, 2019 We revisit Masks of Nyarlathotep and chat with the folks behind the upcoming Auction of Many Things art show!
Letter From the Editor Unwinnable Monthly – February 2019 By Stu Horvath • February 15th, 2019 The February issue is here, with stories on Mirror’s Edge, disabilities representation in games and lots more.
The Most Kissed Woman in History By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • February 14th, 2019 You may not know who the most kissed woman in history is, and it may surprise you to hear that she is a corpse.
Checkpoint Distant Worlds By Corey Milne • February 13th, 2019 Launching a 10-month journey to the very edge of known space may not be the safest journey, but for this photographer, it’s worth the risk.
Rookie of the Year Falling Hard for the Bent-Neck Lady By Matt Marrone • February 12th, 2019 Matt Marrone may not be scared of the Bent-Neck Lady, but her iconic scene proves so horrifying it’s poetic.
The Real Dr. Frankensteins By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • February 12th, 2019 First there was Frankenstein, there there were the scientists inspired by Frankenstein.
Collision Detection Musical Play Without the Peripherals By Ben Sailer • February 11th, 2019 Resynth goes beyond teaching muscle memory and challenges players much in the same way writing music does.
Backlog The Stiff Brown Cloth in Which the Knife is Kept By Gavin Craig • February 9th, 2019 Knowing a fable’s end first can change its meaning. Especially when you remember endings are things of fiction.
Documentary Sunday Welcome to Marwen By Megan Condis • February 8th, 2019 Mark Hogancamp’s biopic has plenty of Hollywood movie magic, but not enough to distract from the omissions that undermine its moral.
The McMaster Files Mooncrash’s Slow Burn Delivers By Jason McMaster • February 7th, 2019 Jason rarely doubles back to play a game’s DLC. But Prey’s Mooncrash is worth the trip.
Here's the Thing Marvel’s Offshoots Are Way Better Than Their Big Films By Rob Rich • February 7th, 2019 The biggest budget Marvel movies often pale in comparison to their smaller side-story counterparts, and Rob has a theory as to why.
Unmissable: Pilot By Sara Clemens and David Shimomura • February 6th, 2019 Hey, we finally have a podcast!
Viking Funeral Ceremonies By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • February 5th, 2019 Notorious Narratives sees what we can learn about Vikings from the way they treated their dead.
Mouse Guard By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • February 4th, 2019 Mouse Guard! We also take a look at Heimlich & Co. and the Roll20 virtual tabletop.
Exploits Feature Opening Statement By Gavin Craig • February 1st, 2019 We experimented with a different format for this issue of Exploits. Gavin Craig explains.
OD&D By Stu Horvath • January 30th, 2019 An interesting thing about tabletop roleplaying games: we can pinpoint their exact genesis.
This Mortal Coyle Rochelle By Deirdre Coyle • January 30th, 2019 If the outbreak happened outside my window, I’d be digging through drawers for my most metal band shirts and cursing my lack of foresight in not purchasing a black Violator babydoll.
Revving the Engine Raji: An Ancient Epic By Stu Horvath • January 29th, 2019 Unwinnable chats with the team behind Raji: An Ancient Epic, an action adventure game that draws from Indian and Balinese mythology.
The Weird History of Breakfast Cereal By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • January 29th, 2019 What do masturbation and enemas have to do with Corn Flakes?
Feature Excerpt Friday Nights in the Hostile Environment By Rob Haines • January 28th, 2019 British developer PanicBarn’s Not Tonight offers a Brexit-flavored critique of the past ten years of the hostile environment.
Feature Excerpt Teaching Crunch By Melissa Brinks • January 28th, 2019 Many students enter the video game industry well aware of its infamous crunch culture. After all, their colleges groomed them for it.
Human Sacrifice in the Maya Culture By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • January 22nd, 2019 Notorious Narratives explores the reasons, process and necessity of human sacrifice in the Maya culture.
Remembering the Games of Greg Stafford By Stu Horvath • January 21st, 2019 This time, we take a look at the games of the late, great Greg Stafford and try to chart his influence on the tabletop RPG hobby.
Letter From the Editor Unwinnable Monthly – January 2019 By Stu Horvath • January 16th, 2019 Welcome to a new year of Unwinnable Monthly. Here’s what is inside the January issue.