Past Presence Silksong is for Speedrunners By Dr. Emily Price • October 28th, 2025 Through its moveset, level design and overall resource economy, Silksong teaches you, on your first journey through it, how to be a speedrunner.
On Faith, Eternity, and Impossibility in Hollow Knight: Silksong’s Pharloom: A Symptomatic Reading By Christopher Spina • October 22nd, 2025 For those residing in the Underworks, faith only serves to ensure obedience to the system of oppression.
Hollow Knight, Silksong, and Notions of a Working-Class Underworld By J.M. Henson • October 6th, 2025 I too have been navigating the gauntlet of Pharloom.
Another Look Tragedy Erased By Yussef Cole • October 5th, 2020 “Bury my mother, pale and slight, bury my father, eyes shut tight! Bury my sisters, two by two, and then when you’re done, let’s bury me too!”
The Devil is Only Human After All By Pascal Wagner • May 20th, 2019 Depictions of Satan fluctuate depending on the media, but they all touch a part of our subconscious.
Another Look Alone at the End of the World By Yussef Cole • April 1st, 2019 Why developers continue to make post-apocalyptic games is well studied. Yussef Cole instead examines why players like himself love returning to their ruined worlds.
Searching for Souls in Reverie By Jeremy Signor • March 13th, 2019 What exactly makes a Dark Souls-like experience? And do we do games a disservice by searching for it?
List-O-Mania – November 2017 By Team Unwinnable • December 5th, 2017 Books, music and games to help you pass the time as you get ready for the holidays!
The Ecstatic Solitude of Hollow Knight By Levi Rubeck • October 25th, 2017 While I delight in these various directions and surprises, my most sublime joy in this game is found as I walk the path of the humble insect warrior.
