games Archives - Unwinnable

I Played It, Like, Twice...

two character pieces with colored based standing on a board game surface.

Candles Against the Dark: Surviving the Night (and Each Other) in Deranged

By Orrin Grey • August 26th, 2021

A character who is Deranged is normal by day but becomes a monster by night.

I Played It, Like, Twice...

On a wooden tabletop sits a bunch of cardboard playing tiles. On these tiles are three plastic zombie figures.

Rising Tension: The Odd and Appropriate Specificity of Resident Evil 2: The Board Game

By Orrin Grey • May 13th, 2021

I decided it was high time for me to crack open my copy of Resident Evil 2: The Board Game and see how it stacked up against my memories of the real thing.

A strange building, with spires and grey black windows, set against a pink red sky.

GRIS: Her Journey

By Jeremy Signor • January 16th, 2019

GRIS wants to be Journey, but ultimately learns the wrong lessons and loses its voice.

A beautiful woman with a large black hat pulling the skin off of her face to reveal a glowing pink slight beneath.

Descending Into Madness with Cultist Simulator

By Rosh Kelly • June 18th, 2018

Cultist Simulator is not just a game, but a thought exercise. Before playing it might seem impossible to lose everything in the pursuit of knowledge, but there is something inside us all, something old and self-destructive that can be activated under the right, or wrong circumstances.

Embody An Unspeakable Horror in Sea Salt

By Khee Hoon Chan • April 10th, 2018

To Lovecraft fans, the unspeakable horror of the Old Gods is already common knowledge, their motives so unknowable and unthinkable that any attempts to understand them would surely lead to insanity

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The Game Take is the Worst Take

By David Shimomura • October 2nd, 2017

It’s hard to watch sites pat themselves on the back super hard for only the tip of the iceberg.

A mans waist highlighted against a silhouetted motorcycle along an empty road. This is a still from Player Unknown's BattleGrounds.

PUBG Convinced Me Games are the Future of TV

By AJ Moser • September 27th, 2017

In the same year that Twin Peaks and The Leftovers left me in awe week after week by raising the bar of narrative excellence on mainstream television networks, one of my most valuable viewing experiences has been with PlayerUnknown’s BattleGrounds.

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