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A screenshot from Celeste shows the title character and a buddy standing at the top of a snowy cliff, gazing outward at pink and purple at sunset.

How Failing a Speedrun World Record Taught Me To Enjoy Gaming

By Mira Lazine • August 21st, 2024

What matters more is experiencing the community behind games, seeing all they have to offer, and just enjoying the ride.

Letter from the Editor

Unwinnable Monthly – August 2024

By David Shimomura • August 15th, 2024

Sometimes the fastest way to enjoyment is taking the long way around.

Another Look

Performing Interactivity

By Yussef Cole • June 11th, 2021

The hyper specificity and performativity of play.

The Fail Cycle

Gotta Bro Fast

By Declan Taggart • May 11th, 2020

Declan gets a taste of speedrunning at the cost of his laptop.

A young white boy standing in front of a television, holding copies of Final Fantasy II and Metroid 2. The photo is blurry.

Your Spoony Speedrunner

By Levi Rubeck • February 21st, 2018

To watch Final Fantasy IV get flayed so fluently, with a mind-boggling grace not unlike a stolen car getting stripped for parts in seconds…

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