Rookie of the Year: How To Get Your Significant Other(s) To Play Videogames With You By Matt Marrone • August 12th, 2013 The Rookie of the Year’s guide to mixing your love life and your gaming life.
Rookie of the Year: Please Tell Me How To Spend My Money By Matt Marrone • July 22nd, 2013 The Rookie of the Year wants YOU to tell him what to get with his GameStop gift card.
Rookie of the Year: One Onesie To Rule Them All By Matt Marrone • July 8th, 2013 The Rookie of the Year has unlocked another achievement in his quest to dress his unborn daughter like a geek.
Rookie of the Year: I’m Going To Be A Father By Matt Marrone • July 1st, 2013 The Rookie of the Year is going to be a dad. And it’s haunting his dreams.
Rookie of the Year: A Damn Fine Piece Of Vinyl By Matt Marrone • June 10th, 2013 The Rookie of the Year reviews Bookhouse’s Twin Peaks tribute record, Ghostwood.
Rookie of the Year: The BioShock Brewery Tour By Matt Marrone • May 27th, 2013 The Rookie of the Year tours the Anheuser-Busch BioShock brewery.
Rookie of the Year: The Greatest Sports Videogame Ever (A Respectful Rebuttal) By Matt Marrone • May 13th, 2013 ESPN ranked the top 25 sports videogames ever. They forgot Tony La Russa Baseball.
Robot Repair, Repaired: The Not Quite True Story Of Television’s Most Hilarious Robot By Matt Marrone • April 29th, 2013 The Rookie of the Year pays tribute to Saturday Night Live‘s “Robot Repair.”
It’s Spring, and Love is In the Air By Matt Marrone • April 15th, 2013 The Rookie of the Year waxes poetic about BioShock Infinite.
Rookie of the Year: The Ultimate Pissing Contest By Matt Marrone • April 1st, 2013 The Rookie of the Year challenges his Unwinnable comrades to a showdown at the urinals.
In Spaceteam, No One Can Hear You Scream By Matt Marrone • March 18th, 2013 The Rookie of the Year mistrusts the members of his Spaceteam.
Rookie of the Year: The Great Escape By Matt Marrone • March 4th, 2013 The Rookie of the Year wants to run to things, not from them.
Rookie of the Year: When the World is a Monster By Matt Marrone • February 18th, 2013 The Rookie of the Year uses eBay and R.E.M. Monster bear head collectibles to fight seasonal affective disorder.
Rookie of the Year: How To Fall in Love with Someone You’ve Never Met By Matt Marrone • February 4th, 2013 The story of Notre Dame football star Manti Te’o and his fictional dead girlfriend reminds the Rookie of the Year of how real the Internet is.
Rookie of the Year: The Curtain Rises By Matt Marrone • January 21st, 2013 The Rookie of the Year talks about beginnings and Broadway.
Rookie of the Year: Still Pretentious After All These Years By Matt Marrone • January 7th, 2013 The Rookie of the Year looks back on his now 20-year tradition of choosing an Album of the Year.
Rookie of the Year: The Greatest Christmas Gift Ever* By Matt Marrone • December 25th, 2012 *I’m talking about the one my little sister got from me this morning, if I don’t say so myself.
Rookie of the Year: I Finally Opened Assassin’s Creed III By Matt Marrone • December 10th, 2012 The Rookie of the Year unwraps Assassin’s Creed III, confusion ensues.
Rookie of the Year: Procrastinator’s Creed By Matt Marrone • November 26th, 2012 The Rookie of the Year has yet to even open the packaging on his copy of Assassin’s Creed III.
Rookie of the Year: Vinyl Justice By Matt Marrone • November 12th, 2012 The Rookie of the Year searches for a rare record and, as is his custom, loses his mind in the process.
Rookie of the Year: Into the Heart of Darkness By Matt Marrone • October 29th, 2012 The Rookie of the Year ventures into Williamsburg and lives to tell about it. Barely.
Rookie of the Year: My Favorite Game By Matt Marrone • October 15th, 2012 The Rookie of the Year waxes poetic about geoDefense and declares an official Unwinnable letter-writing campaign to its creator.
Rookie of the Year: I Am a Deadbeat Gamer By Matt Marrone • October 1st, 2012 The Rookie of the Year has been playing a lot of videogames. And not finishing them.
Rookie of the Year: Sometimes It Won’t Come So Easy By Matt Marrone • September 17th, 2012 The Rookie of the Year has found a way – finally – to shut off his brain.
Rookie of the Year: Save Hubig’s Pies! By Matt Marrone • September 3rd, 2012 The Rookie of the Year implores Unwinnable readers to help rebuild a New Orleans institution.
Rookie of the Year: Rocksnore Games By Matt Marrone • August 20th, 2012 The Rookie of the Year has a sneaking suspicion that Rockstar’s games are – gasp! – boring.
Rookie of the Year: Your Invitation to Twin Peaks Fest 2012 By Matt Marrone • July 30th, 2012 The Rookie of the Year gears up for Unwinnable’s coverage of the 20th annual Twin Peaks Festival in North Bend, Washington.
Rookie of the Year: The Old Ballgame By Matt Marrone • July 9th, 2012 The Rookie of the Year unwraps a magic box of baseball cards – from the future!
Rookie of the Year: The Lost Kinkos of Chiang Mai By Matt Marrone • June 25th, 2012 The Rookie of the Year rides an elephant, ogles bare Euro-flesh and learns the secret phrase for making instant Thai friends (then writes home to tell about it all).
Rookie of the Year: The Biggest Loser (Part III: I Am Slender Man) By Matt Marrone • June 11th, 2012 The Rookie of the Year’s ego is out of control. Here’s why that’s a really, really, REALLY scary thing.
Rookie of the Year: The Soundtrack to the Best Film in the World By Matt Marrone • May 28th, 2012 More than a quarter century later, the Rookie of the Year reviews the original soundtrack to The Golden Child – the greatest movie ever made.
Rookie of the Year: Raiders of the Lost Wii By Matt Marrone • May 14th, 2012 The Rookie of the Year dusted off his Wii to play Skyward Sword – and is now furiously fleeing from a giant, rolling boulder.
Rookie of the Year: Friendship Isn’t Necessarily Magic By Matt Marrone • April 30th, 2012 In an open letter to Unwinnable’s Gia Grillo, the Rookie of the Year explains why he will never watch My Little Pony ever again.
Rookie of the Year: I Posterized Geek Flea 3 By Matt Marrone • April 9th, 2012 The Rookie of the Year posterizes Unwinnable’s Geek Flea 3, gets hugged by Hambone and Stu’s mom, buys stuff – and nearly comes to blows with Ken Lucas.
Rookie of the Year: The (New) iPad (3) By Matt Marrone • March 26th, 2012 The Rookie of the Year got a new iPad. Should you get one, too? And if you do, what apps do you need?
Rookie of the Year: Draw Something … Or Else By Matt Marrone • March 12th, 2012 In an exclusive interview with the developer, the Rookie of the Year uncovers the dark side of OMGPOP’s Draw Something.
Rookie of the Year: Lame In-App Purchases May Be Proof of Impending American Apocalypse By Matt Marrone • February 27th, 2012 The Rookie of the Year refuses to make in-app purchases for Temple Run on iPad, iPhone, iOS or anywhere – until they stop sucking.
Rookie of the Year: Temple of Zoom By Matt Marrone • February 13th, 2012 The Rookie of the Year plays Temple Run for iOS – the scourge of all New York City schoolteachers.
Rookie of the Year: Your Guide To Skyrim’s Civil War By Matt Marrone • January 30th, 2012 The Rookie of the Year answers Skyrim‘s toughest dilemma: Are you Team Stormcloak or Team Imperial?
Rookie of the Year: Skyrim, The Most Terrifying Game Ever By Matt Marrone • January 16th, 2012 The Rookie of the Year is scared to death of Skyrim. But you’d never guess why.