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A screenshot from Red Dead Redemption 2, where Arthur in his trademark black hat is firing a rifle in the distance while a lone lamp hangs overhead

Two Deaths

By Edward Smith • January 9th, 2023

What I see I guess in all this are microcosmic pictures, metaphors, illustrations of how goddamn unknowable everything seems nowadays.

Open World
A screen shot from the first Grand Theft Auto, with the main character making a phone call and the train tracks wait behind. I'm going to be honest it was hard finding a shot or video of anyone going on to the tracks, given how deadly they are, but this seemed pretty close

Gouranga

By Edward Smith • October 11th, 2022

I hate this idea that games have gotten so big they basically replace your life – and tell you you’re not getting the most out of them and doing everything unless you let them replace your life.

Shakedown: Hawaii Shows Why Capitalism Sucks

By Jeremy Signor • May 22nd, 2019

Placing you in the shoes of an unapologetic rich capitalist shows how much of a nihilistic circle jerk capitalism is.

The Bad Luck Issue – Thoughts Recap

By Team Unwinnable • March 21st, 2016

The rundown of all the columns in the Unwinnable Monthly Bad Luck issue.

Deconstructing Johnny

By Kris Ligman • October 25th, 2013

“Johnny, did you want to say something?” That’s gone and done it. Saints Row 2 has violated the One Steve Limit, and at the worst possible time. On the radio, a chipper woman is speaking on behalf of her overmedicated son on the effects of a new prescription pharmaceutical. In the back seat of my convertible, Johnny – that is, Johnny Gat – is bleeding out all over the leather, mumbling slurred promises to a dead girlfriend.

A Place Where Violence Doesn’t Fit

By Gus Mastrapa • April 19th, 2013

Gus Mastrapa just can’t resist jumping into the discussion of violence in a certain ambitious videogame franchise.

Sympathy for the Universe

By Stu Horvath • September 13th, 2012

Stu Horvath ponders videogames, sympathetic magic and the universal soul. You know, the light stuff.

The Videogame Criticism You Don’t See

By Marjorie Jensen • September 13th, 2012

Marjorie Jensen has kept videogames at arm’s length because even though violence isn’t contagious, it isn’t appealing either.

Just Drive

By Gus Mastrapa • August 31st, 2012

Gus Mastrapa’s got the windows rolled down, the stereo on loud and is ready to find some trouble in Los Angeles.

He’ll Level This Place

By Matt Giaquinto • August 30th, 2012

Matt Giaquinto travels beyond Tokyo to meet a living survivor of Godzilla.

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