Nostalgia Jam By Megan Condis • May 23rd, 2016 We got a real jam goin’ down, welcome to the Nostalgia Jam. BOOMSHAKALAKA!
Historian of the Future: An Interview with Andrew Groen By Megan Condis • May 9th, 2016 Megan had the opportunity to sit down with Andrew Groen, author of Empires of EVE
My Inner Scales By Ario Elami • April 7th, 2016 “Facing me was an eternity of inky water: clean, pure, impenetrable.” Ario Elami finds an intriguing role-playing opportunity in Dark Souls‘ Path of the Dragon.
The Construction and Deconstruction of Yakuza By James Murff • March 29th, 2016 The two most iconic yakuza films, the ideal, and the ideal tear down, how do they fit in culture?
Rise of the Rogue-like Platformer By Amanda Hudgins • March 23rd, 2016 Derek Yu, creator of Spelunky, has released a book on game making. Wanna know our thoughts?
Californium is a Fiction Reference Wrapped in a Drug-Addled Riddle By Megan Condis • March 14th, 2016 Philip K. Dick influence is heavy in Californium, but might-be-winks and could-be-nudges may be just as frustrating as exciting for fans.
Building Languages in Games: An Interview with Dr. Jessica Sams By Megan Condis • March 3rd, 2016 From Simlish to Tho Fan to the terrible sounds that Tidus made, Megan and Dr. Sams discuss all parts of fake languages and why they make such a difference.
Fervescence: An Interview with Livia Llewellyn By Stu Horvath • February 26th, 2016 “Horror and erotica occupy the same dark edges of human existence.” Stu Horvath interviews erotic horror writer Livia Llewellyn.
The Japan Issue – Variation Recap By Team Unwinnable • February 22nd, 2016 Horror author Livia Llewellyn, Rocket League, Mad Max: Fury Road, Hitman: Agent 47 and Hypercharge – all in this Unwinnable Monthly.
The Sound and the Fury – Rape Scenes and Westerns in 2016 By Amanda Hudgins • February 1st, 2016 Two of the biggest movies of the season also feature rape scenes. Amanda has some thoughts.
Star Wars and the Psychology of Spoilers By Tim Mulkerin • January 27th, 2016 Jerks launching surprise spoilers might be doing you a favor.
Accidentally Killing the World With Kindness By Declan Taggart • January 8th, 2016 Just some of the ways that humanity might accidentally shoot itself in the foot
Rookie of the Year The Message, Received By Matt Marrone • December 18th, 2015 Matt Marrone recounts his history with fiction podcasts, starting with Welles’ 1938 War of the Worlds and ending with the 2015 The Message.
Why Verdun Matters By Paul Schumann • December 10th, 2015 “Verdun proposes that an authentic squad-based shooter experience isn’t four players with submachine guns charging the enemy, hopping all over the place.”
Words like Hammers, Sentences like Bombs By Stu Horvath • December 4th, 2015 Stu Horvath reads Laird Barron’s latest novella, X’s for Eyes.
Tanis: Restoring Mystery to the Internet By Dave Andrews • December 4th, 2015 In a world where your telephone will answer any question, one podcast/radio drama keeps mystery alive.
Phantom Politics By Katriel Paige • December 3rd, 2015 “There is no absolute ‘us’ versus ‘them’ in Metal Gear; alliances and loyalties shift within the franchise.” Katriel Paige explores political allegiance in MGS V.
Misery on Broadway: Stick to Action By Amanda Hudgins • December 1st, 2015 John McClane should have stayed in Chicago.
It’s Time to Forgive Constantine By Amanda Hudgins • November 23rd, 2015 Keenu’s Constantine is turning 10 years old, maybe it’s time to finally time to forgive the film for its one major gripe. Even God forgave him, can’t you?
Super-Gat By Holly Green • November 12th, 2015 “Saint’s Row IV far surpasses the competition, emerging as the best execution of what we understand a superhero to be.” Holly Green on the best superhero game.
The Road to an Android Future goes through the Uncanny Valley By Charles Singletary • November 9th, 2015 Science Fiction of old oft envisions humans coexisting with androids as does Quantic Dreams recently revealed game Detroit, but Japan may have taken the first step toward that reality with their android actress.
Head to Head: Jem and the Holograms By Megan Condis • November 9th, 2015 The long-awaited live-action Jem and the Holograms movie was, sadly, a flop. But how does it compare to the source material?
A Collection of Apocalypses: An Interview with Paul Tremblay By Stu Horvath • November 5th, 2015 “When horror is done well, I love the sense of awe, of holy-shit-what-is-that…” Stu talks with horror writer Paul Tremblay on his influences, past and future.
Nailbiter & The Real Murder City By Charles Singletary • November 2nd, 2015 In the red splashed pages of the comic book Nailbiter, a detective hunts the evil that has shaped Buckaroo, Oregon into a birth place for serial killers. In Murder City, a detective chronicles the real live serial killer capital in London, Ontario.
Paint-Eater: Urban Art in Digital Worlds By Heather Alexandra • October 29th, 2015 “We’ll be waving our controllers around, miming activity that we clearly don’t understand.” Heather Alexandra on gaming’s failure to understand street art.
Tron Bonne and the Family Business By Brian Crimmins • October 22nd, 2015 The Misadventures of Tron Bonne shows us how we can reconcile our personal interests with an impersonal economic reality. It all starts by rejecting capitalism.
Cassilda’s Songs By Bill Coberly • September 17th, 2015 “…the keys of the piano, now transformed from their pedestrian black-and-white into a dozen nameless colors, spinning and dancing and laughing with me…”
Painting With Ghosts By Declan Taggart • September 15th, 2015 Séances, hauntings, a prince of Persia, a publisher, spirit mediums, audiences, mystery, uncertainty: Explore Declan Taggart’s Victorian Glasgow.
The Burnt Offering Shakespeare in Wrist Blades By Stu Horvath • September 4th, 2015 The people who are making the new Macbeth movie are the same people who are making the Assassin’s Creed movie. Yes, you read that right.
Senses All Turned Up: An Interview with Stephen Graham Jones By Stu Horvath • August 31st, 2015 “It’s not just being scary on the page, it’s being scary in a way that plugs into the psyche of the audience.” Stu interviews horror writer Stephen Graham Jones
Feudal Pakistan By Shahryar Rizvi • August 17th, 2015 Shahryar Rizvi connects the history of past and present Pakistani politics to forging his own dynasty in Crusader Kings II.
The Burnt Offering The Hard-Boiled Heritage of True Detective By Stu Horvath • August 14th, 2015 Think True Detective Season Two is too complicated? Go watch NCIS, then.
How Wolfenstein Graduated from World War II to Vietnam By Bryant Francis • July 16th, 2015 Bryant Francis examines literal truth and story truth in Wolfenstein: The New Order.
Rookie of the Year The Seinfeld OASIS By Matt Marrone • July 6th, 2015 The Rookie of the Year visits Seinfeld’s apartment after reading Ready Player One. Surreal? Not as much as you’d think.
The Waitress By Bill Coberly • June 2nd, 2015 When Carl met the Waitress, it was love at first Manhattan.
The Burnt Offering Eschatology By Stu Horvath • May 21st, 2015 Stu Horvath wonders why the apocalypse hold such appeal in popular culture.
Bad Shit By Joe DeMartino • May 19th, 2015 Want to never sleep again? Let Joe DeMartino tell you all the possible ways the world can end.
Surviving the Apocalypse? Fuck that Shit! By Ed Coleman • May 18th, 2015 If the world ends, Ed Coleman is determined to end with it.