Gurgamoth, Aggression without Nuance By James Murff • March 4th, 2016 There are a lot of local multiplayer games out there. Gurgamoth hits the aggression notes well, but has a hard time measuring up to the nuance.
Our Conversation About Portal Knights: A Review Story By Jeremiah Cheney • March 3rd, 2016 We’d like to invite you to read a little story that’s secretly a review.
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.
Unwinnable Presents: Unlistenable Episode 66 – 3 Score 6 By Team Unwinnable • March 2nd, 2016 Fifteen minutes after episode 66 was recorded all 4 members of the Unlistenable podcast team ate a pizza.
What Yarny Teaches Us About Social Media By Melissa King • March 2nd, 2016 Who would have thought that the adventurous, little ball of yarn doubles as a highly effective social media coordinator?
Virtual Reality In Perspective By Matt Sayer • March 1st, 2016 VR with be in the hands of the masses in just a few months. Matt has a new perspective on the infamous price tags.
Sonic Riders Made Me Feel Like a Champion By Jose Cardoso • March 1st, 2016 The classic racer just celebrated its 10th birthday!
Laser Kittens: X-Men Meets Internet Cat Videos Meets Table Top By Megan Condis • February 29th, 2016 It’s leap day! Let’s make use of this elusive day by peering into the minds of our kitten overlords.
Ninjas, Talking Dogs and Ponycorns: the Legacy of Darby the Dragon By Declan Taggart • February 26th, 2016 It’s time to teach carrots a lesson for not being Mars bars.
Paragon: Making MOBA Less of a Dirty Word By Tim Mulkerin • February 24th, 2016 If you’re not in the MOBA club, you’re not in the club. Paragon is making accommodations for those not willing to invest 200 hours to learn the basics.
Columbo Reviews Agatha Christie – The ABC Murders By Declan Taggart • February 23rd, 2016 Columbo plays as Hercule Poirot in the new Agatha Christie game. He loved the book. But what about the game?
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 Japan Issue – Thoughts Recap By Team Unwinnable • February 22nd, 2016 Our regular columnists remains as eclectic as ever in the February issue, covering everything from The Muppets to the 2016 presidential campaign trail.
The Japan Issue – Theme Recap By Team Unwinnable • February 22nd, 2016 7 stories centered on Japan, its culture, its effect on the world and its effect on the writers themselves.
Nature Therapy Through Firewatch By Tim Mulkerin • February 18th, 2016 Resident photographer, Tim Mulkerin, draws inspiration from Ansel Adams’ work while snapping photos on Firewatch.
The Josh and Jay Show featuring Rowan Kasier – Episode 131: Seven Millions Billion By Team Unwinnable • February 16th, 2016 On the latest episode of Josh and Jay try to convince their X-Com squadies to try out hot yoga for stat padding.
University of Minnesota Struts its Culture with a Game Jam By Jeremiah Cheney • February 11th, 2016 Game culture has permeated all the way to the grim and frostbitten North!
The Josh and Jay Show featuring Rowan Kasier – Episode 130: Pre-classed and Pre-sassed By Team Unwinnable • February 9th, 2016 In episode 130 of the Josh and Jay show featuring Rowan Kaiser, the guys makes sock puppets of their X-Com team.
Is That Dragon, Cancer Really a Videogame? By Megan Condis • February 9th, 2016 The old question, “Is it really a video game?” rears it’s beastly head yet again with That Dragon, Cancer
Should You Play a Game Together? By Declan Taggart • February 5th, 2016 Got a significant other? Got a single-player game? This handy chart will help you should combine the two.
Doing Your Job in The Westport Independent By Riley MacLeod • February 4th, 2016 When editing isn’t all commas and semicolons.
GameStop’s Publishing Future By Jeremiah Cheney • February 4th, 2016 GameStop is nothing if not malleable. Where are they going with their future as a publisher?
Do Your Part, Get Danny DeVito to Voice Pikachu By Tim Mulkerin • February 3rd, 2016 Pikachu has a soulful, wise human voice in the Japanese trailer for Detective Pikachu. Why not just turn him into Frank Reynolds for the Westen audience?
Women Abroad – Theme Recap By Harry Rabinowitz, Cara Ellison, Dina Abou Karam, Hazel Monforton, Vikka Perez-Puelles, Krista Grothoff and Elaine Reynolds • February 2nd, 2016 Six women share their experiences of living and working far from home.
Square Enix’s Hitman model is dangerously consumer positive By Charles Singletary • February 2nd, 2016 While Final Fantasy 7 Remake being broken into parts was met with disappointment, Hitman’s model is a cause for celebration.
Games as Snacks: The Tastiest Titles of Last Year By Jeremiah Cheney • January 31st, 2016 Here we are, at the glorious intersect of snacks and video games. Munch on!
HUD: Iowa Caucus, The Worst Roleplaying Game You’ll Ever Play By Andrea Ayres • January 29th, 2016 Turns out the Iowa Caucus is a lot like a Dungeons & Dragons campaign. A really bad campaign, but a campaign nonetheless. Andrea Ayres teaches us how to play.
The Videogame Vaccine: Early Access By Dave Andrews • January 28th, 2016 Early Access is a few years old and the dreaded video game purgatory is upon us.
Star Wars and the Psychology of Spoilers By Tim Mulkerin • January 27th, 2016 Jerks launching surprise spoilers might be doing you a favor.
Unwinnable Presents: Unlistenable Episode 65 – Why Do You Keep Hiding My Stuff By Team Unwinnable • January 25th, 2016 Episode 65 is filmed in front of a live studio audience.
The Josh and Jay Show featuring Rowan Kasier – Episode 129: Seal of Ambiguity By Team Unwinnable • January 21st, 2016 Epsidoe 129 of the Josh and Jay show was recorded in smell-o-vision.
Downfall Asks: How Do You Want to Spend the End of Days? By Megan Condis • January 18th, 2016 A floating island, falsified data, collaboration and a society about to slide into oblivion.
The McMaster Files – Episode 4: Rod Humble By Jason McMaster • January 15th, 2016 Jason McMaster is joined by Rod Humble from ToyTalk to discuss EverQuest and The Sims.
The Josh and Jay Show featuring Rowan Kasier – Episode 128: Scrilla for Attila By Team Unwinnable • January 12th, 2016 On episode 128, X-Com sock puppet theater and Aaron Hall.
Rocket League’s Snow Day is Cold Garbage By Dave Andrews • January 7th, 2016 Rocket League Snow Day is about as much fun as shoveling your driveway in a blizzard.
Thumper Dev Talks Star Wars, Braid, and the Weirdness of Playing Games By Tim Mulkerin • January 6th, 2016 Rhythm violence is coming in the form of Thumper, and we’re not talking about the cartoon rabbit.
The Josh and Jay Show featuring Rowan Kasier – Episode 127: 2015 GOTY ShowShow In The FoFo By Team Unwinnable • January 4th, 2016 It is here. The most FOFO GOTY show of the whole year. Join your best friends on the Internet for end of year wrap up.
The Josh and Jay Show featuring Rowan Kasier – Episode 126 Snap Wexley Fan Club By Team Unwinnable • December 24th, 2015 In the one hundred and twenty-sixth episode of the Josh and Jay, Rowan was asked to sleep in a manger.