Unwinnable

             

Unwinnable Monthly Exploits Games Movies TV Music | Store | Subscribe

Pulp Culture

By Stu Horvath • October 1st, 2010

The Stratemeyer Syndicate produced hundreds of books for dozens of series, but only recently did Unwinnable realize the strange and unique place those books hold in pulp culture.

Pitfall Cover

Will Today’s Videogames Someday Be Tomorrow’s Silent Films?

By Michael Sheridan • September 30th, 2010

Two-dimentional adventures such as Donkey Kong and Space Invaders go hand in hand with the first motion pictures. Pong is easily the videogame industry’s The Horse in Motion, one of the first movies ever made in 1878.

Their concepts were simple, their mechanics generic, and the fun never seemed to end.

World’s Greatest Reborn, Earth’s Mightiest Return

By Ian Gonzales • September 29th, 2010

In the latest installment of Ian vs. the 90s, our hero continues his quest to find the best comics from that dire decade. Up this week: Busiek’s Avengers and Morrison’s JLA.

The Man That Time Forgot – Edward Page Mitchell and the Burden of Anonymity

By Peter Lang • September 27th, 2010

Seven years before H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine, the real birth of science fiction happened with Edward Page Mitchell’s The Clock That Went Backward.

Get Illuminated, Get Lamp

By Charles Francis Moran VI • September 24th, 2010

In the documentary Get Lamp, computer historian and director Jason Scott guides us through the very early days of computer gaming, when there were no graphics – only text.

Genesis Does: My Ex-Girlfriend

By Matt Marrone • September 23rd, 2010

Matt Marrone isn’t done with Phantasy Star II. It turns out, the old Sega Genesis game is actually a cruel commentary on his life and his loves.

Ian vs. the 90s

By Ian Gonzales • September 22nd, 2010

Superman was not Superman and Batman was not Batman. The only super hero I could get into was a hell-born baby brought to our world by a mad monk. It was the 1990s and it was a dark time for comics.

Gimme a Break: Legendary Axe

By Garrett Martin • September 20th, 2010

Each week, Garrett Martin takes a break to play a weird old videogame. Then he tells Unwinnable about it. This week, it is Legendary Axe fort the Turbo-Grafx 16.

Stranger in a Strange Land

By Stu Horvath • September 17th, 2010

You are in an open field west of a big white house with a boarded front door.

The Crying Game

By Matt Marrone • September 17th, 2010

Has a video game ever made you cry?

  • « Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 544
  • 545
  • 546
  • 547
  • 548
  • 549
  • 550
  • 551
  • 552
  • 553
  • 554
  • 555
  • 556
  • 557
  • 558
  • 559
  • 560
  • Next »
Video Games - Comics - Sci-Fi - Pulp

© Unwinnable, LLC.

All content is owned by Unwinnable and the fine folks who contribute to it, so just back up off it Mr. Sticky Fingers. Support criticism with your clicks, quality publications with your bucks and always tip your bartender.

  • About
  • Staff
  • Advertise
  • Submissions
  • Privacy