The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – February 2018 By Astrid Budgor • March 14th, 2018 There are no gatekeepers here at The Usurper. Witness: Necronomidol, the most metal thing you’ll hear this month.
The Astonishing Banality of Cinematography in The Outsider By David Shimomura • March 12th, 2018 Even as Leto becomes immersed in this world, falls in love, and treats himself to bath time with his bros, the camerawork and direction reinforces how inappropriate the whole venture is.
Artist Spotlight A Chat With Sara Alfageeh By Stu Horvath • March 9th, 2018 Illustrator Sara Alfageeh shares her history and her art.
Checkpoint DEFCON By Corey Milne • March 8th, 2018 These are games about waiting on the end of the world.
Another Look PaRappa and Me By Yussef Cole • March 7th, 2018 Playing PaRappa now, I feel nostalgic about not only its mechanics and aesthetics but also its place in the long, weird journey I’ve taken with coming to terms with hip-hop and its implications for my own identity.
Last Week's Comics Last Week’s Comics 3/7/2018 By Ian Gonzales and Sara Clemens • March 7th, 2018 Team Unwinnable shares their thoughts on Saga # 49 and The Terrifics # 1.
Hot Snakes Carves the Surf By Levi Rubeck • March 7th, 2018 Rick Froberg still hollers in the key of vinegar.
The Ritual Fails to Close the Circle By David Shimomura • March 6th, 2018 You can probably turn The Ritual off at the 66-minute mark.
This Mortal Coyle Bea Santello By Deirdre Coyle • March 6th, 2018 My favorite of Bea’s qualities is that she’s tired.
Last Week's Comics Last Week’s Comics 2/28/2018 By Sara Clemens and Michael Edwards • February 28th, 2018 Team Unwinnable shares their thoughts on two legendary comics – Elf Quest and Inside Moebius.
The Burnt Offering The New Make-Believe By Stu Horvath • February 28th, 2018 When most folks have a mid-life crisis, they buy a sports car. Stu Horvath frets about his ability to run tabletop roleplaying games.
Cascading through the Mud with Coalesce and Meatwound By Levi Rubeck • February 28th, 2018 It was orchestrated chaos that kept even the die-hard karate kids in the pit at bay, which is no small feat.
Who’s that Knocking at My Door? By James Fudge • February 27th, 2018 A specter is haunting James’ family.
Feature Excerpt Observer’s Videogame Aesthetic By Edward Smith • February 26th, 2018 It is not discursive or a broad parable; Observer’s themes are emotional and less tangible.
Feature Excerpt Peaks and Valleys in Observer By Reid McCarter • February 22nd, 2018 Reid McCarter explores a cyberpunk landscape made of emotions and memories.
Your Spoony Speedrunner By Levi Rubeck • February 21st, 2018 To watch Final Fantasy IV get flayed so fluently, with a mind-boggling grace not unlike a stolen car getting stripped for parts in seconds…
Last Week's Comics Last Week’s Comics 2/21/2018 By Sal Lucci • February 21st, 2018 Sal Lucci reviews the new to him graphic novel, Incognegro.
Cloverfield and the Art of the Cinematic Universe By David Shimomura • February 19th, 2018 The Cloverfield Paradox is a bad film with very good marketing.
Letter from the Editor Unwinnable Monthly – February 2018 By Stu Horvath • February 16th, 2018 We hit our 100th issue and handed it off to Bullet Points. Get the skinny here!
Here's the Thing Perspectives By Rob Rich • February 15th, 2018 Rob recounts his experience with the videogame industry (both inside and out). Turns out a lot of people have the wrong idea.
Last Week's Comics Last Week’s Comics 2/15/2018 By Ian Gonzales and Sara Clemens • February 15th, 2018 Team Unwinnable shares their thoughts on the latest issues of Rogue and Gambit and The Wicked + The Divine.
Documentary Sunday That Sugar Film By Megan Condis • February 14th, 2018 Can a documentary be considered brain food?
The Dioramic Ambiance of Overland By Levi Rubeck • February 14th, 2018 It’s very Hemingway-ian in it’s simplicity, which fits the Overland modus operandi so far: by doing less they’re planting the seeds for player generation of the narrative, tending their own stories of failure and maybe success, eventually.
The Burnt Offering Signs & Portents By Stu Horvath • February 13th, 2018 In Gorogoa, nothing is what it appears to be.
Another Look “Villains” By Yussef Cole • February 12th, 2018 Assassin’s Creed Origins is too quick to dispose of women of color antagonists who deserved a chance at redemption.
This Mortal Coyle April Ryan By Deirdre Coyle • February 9th, 2018 April Ryan, the hero of The Longest Journey, is smart, capable and deals with plenty of bullshit from creepy dudes. So basically: Every Woman.
Gingy's Corner Gingy’s Corner: Nicole: The Otome By Gingy Gibson • February 9th, 2018 Nicole is a bland, semi-competent mess of a dating sim.
Backlog The Sense of an Ending By Gavin Craig • February 8th, 2018 Life goes on. Our stories don’t have to.
The Sweet Illogic of Cultist Simulator By Levi Rubeck • February 8th, 2018 The body withers, decays, and rots with whatever insight you thought you’d gained back into the earth. Until you start a new game, echoing a past barely remembered.
Last Week's Comics Last Week’s Comics 2/7/2018 By Michael Edwards • February 7th, 2018 Team Unwinnable’s Michael Edwards shares his thoughts on Frankenstein Alive, Alive! Trio and Justice League International Omnibus Vol. 1.
Rookie of the Year I Fought the PAW and the PAW Won By Matt Marrone • February 5th, 2018 With Twin Peaks over, Matt Marrone turns his obsessive TV watching mind to…PAW Patrol?
The Space of Water By David Shimomura • February 5th, 2018 All together the spaces in The Shape of Water feel not just believable but contribute Michael-Stuhlbarg-levels-of-performance.
The McMaster Files Through the Ages By Jason McMaster • February 1st, 2018 Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization is a wonderful game Jason McMaster never wants to play again.
Checkpoint Through Vietnamese Eyes By Corey Milne • January 31st, 2018 No matter the war, games are all too willing to provide a path to some imagined glory.
Last Week's Comics Last Week’s Comics 1/31/2018 By Sara Clemens and David Shimomura • January 31st, 2018 Team Unwinnable shares their thoughts on Kingdom of Skulls # 1 and Doomsday Clock # 3.
Getting Tight with my Bros from Insomnia By Levi Rubeck • January 31st, 2018 Eventually we meandered on separate paths, and while I still keep in contact with a couple, most have drifted away or explicitly cut themselves off from their teenage buddies, going incognito and evaporating out into the world.
Feature Excerpt Social Media Life Crisis By Denis Farr • January 30th, 2018 On social media, videogames and the Self.
Revving the Engine The Siege and the Sandfox By Stu Horvath • January 26th, 2018 We talk to Olly Bennett of Cardboard Sword about their upcoming 2D stealth game The Siege and the Sandfox.