"Suddenly though, after at least five years of not touching Fallout 4, Iām back in the Commonwealth, and the memories flood back to me, just like when I came back to St. Louis." @springer.bsky.socialunwinnable.com/2024/08/14/m...
Iāve lived in a number of cities over my life, but my memories of Boston seem to feel stronger, maybe because of my time in Fallout 4.
The MIT Press "All about Gaming" book bundle, featuring seven Playful Thinking titles. www.humblebundle.com/books/all-ab...
From D&D to Call of Duty, this bundle from MIT Press explores the histories, cultures & theories driving games of all types! Your purchase helps Girls Who Code.
"[W]hen youāre putting the level of detail into something like this, it just makes sense to make that extra effort." C/O Exalted Funeral, @springer.bsky.socialunwinnable.com/2024/06/27/t...
Soul-crushing realities are something that MĆRK BORG tends to revel in, so itās nice to see that Matt Johnsonās newest deck offers the same type of disastrous opportunities.
post a *perfect* album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains.
"This combination of unusual genres and tones is so rare, that it feels like Lanthimos is directly pulling on it for Poor Things." @springer.bsky.socialunwinnable.com/2024/05/09/g...
Drawing lines between Yorgos Lanthimosās Poor Things and Nikos Nikolaidis' cult favorite Singapore Sling. Did the latter influence the former?
So I couldnāt stop myself from writing about ātheā beef
"While, in some ways, this feels very similar to other beef, I also think this may become known as the first post-truth beef in hip hop." @springer.bsky.social wonders how the Drake and Kendrick beef will play out in the post-truth world: unwinnable.com/2024/05/21/p...
This may become known as the first post-truth beef in hip hop.
"I think the arc of the game should be: Make a character. Love them. Maybe they survive. Maybe not." C/O Exalted Funeral, @springer.bsky.social@riseupcomus.bsky.socialunwinnable.com/2024/04/23/t...
"His Majesty the Worm is very focused on megadungeon-crawling, and I wanted players to have this sense that surviving the dangers mean something."
"With all of the extra visual production around the album, this deluxe edition truly offers something that canāt be replaced by streaming." @springer.bsky.socialunwinnable.com/2024/04/10/s...
Of all the albums from the ā90s alternative rock scene, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is one of the most deserving for a deluxe treatment like this.
Attention video game fans! I co-wrote a Platform Studies book called Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy with JosƩ Zagal for MIT Press, and it's coming out May 14th You can pre-order it now on Amazon if you're wild about stereoscopic red consoles: www.amazon.com/Seeing-Red-N...
I'll be back in Boston for the first time in nearly three years next month for SCMS 2024! Let me know if you're at the conference and what to chat, or if you're just a Bostonian who wants to grab a drink