Unwinnable

Unwinnable Monthly – October 2023

By David Shimomura • October 20th, 2023

Vamps, the ones you’d expect and some others.

title card for The People You're Paying to be In Shorts, with Michael Jordan holding back some tears front and center and many images of basketball players in various stages of jump and throw behind him

The People You’re Paying To Be in Shorts: Dorktown on the 2011-2012 Charlotte Bobcats

By Van Dennis • October 17th, 2023

Dorktown’s strengths are on full display here yet again: surprisingly little footage of actual people on the court, a superb soundtrack, and a completely honest appreciation of the men in the titular shorts whose job(s) it is to go out and get their asses handed to them.

Beyond the Supernatural

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • October 16th, 2023

Rifts of horror!

Screenshot from Going Under with the lead character staring into the camera and the office lounge in the background

Going Under Exposes the Arrogance of Startups

By William Fox • October 13th, 2023

Believing your company is different is not a bad thing. But it becomes a problem when that sense of being different becomes a sense of being superior, and when your staff start to suffer for it.

Rows of Pop! figures by Funko on temporary shelving at New York Comic Con. Some are priced at $500+ dollars, which is absolutely ridiculous.

Dispatches from NYCC: Funkos All the Way Down

By Sara Clemens • October 13th, 2023

And not enough Pee-wee.

Here's the Thing

Collecting Sucks and is Awesome

By Rob Rich • October 12th, 2023

Rob reflects on the up and downs of toy collecting, and how some days he wishes he’d never started.

Forms in Light

A screenshot from Assassin’s Creed Mirage shows protagonist Basim perched on the edge of a a tall building, gazing out across 9th century Baghdad.

Building Baghdad

By Justin Reeve • October 11th, 2023

Archaeological reconstruction is at best a double-edged sword, providing valuable insight into the past while grappling with a host of issues that challenge its accuracy and integrity.

A closeup shot of Hannah, holding her hand up to the camera and with a slight look of concern or fear

A Plague of Denial: The Haunting of One’s Mind

By Brea Shanice • October 10th, 2023

How would this version of A Turn of the Screw live up to all the others? I can say without a doubt that I have found a new favorite adaptation.

Always Autumn

A screenshot from Goodbye Volcano High shows a three-piece band of teenage anthropomorphic animals getting read to thrash some chords.

When the Fire Falls From on High; Or, the Meteor Is Not a Metaphor

By Autumn Wright • October 10th, 2023

Comparing the animation in scenes that appear both in its 2020 reveal trailer and the final product, it’s obvious that three years of something bad happened to Goodbye Volcano High.

Halls of Horror

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • October 9th, 2023

Floor tiles from hell!

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