"In a gaming landscape that feels increasingly averse to taking risks, flawed-but-ambitious failures like Driveclub deserve a second look now more than ever." @vandennis.bsky.socialunwinnable.com/2024/10/02/d...
Driveclub is still one of the most frustrating racing games I’ve ever played… and yet, it somehow also makes me wistful, as it’s a game I could see doing very well today if it had gotten a second chan...
Fun fact, I wrote an article for this! I reviewed @selfdiscovery.us 's latest album "MOSS" and talked a bit about messy queer relationships and artistic growth. Fantastic hyperpop/alt album plus they let me make the playlist for this month 😄
Let's get spooky. Read about our latest media obsessions in the newest issue of Exploits. Buy: http://bit.ly/2ogYRK6http://bit.ly/1FjJGzqhttps://bit.ly/3Y62Wzo
"The stability that war provides the androids is an illusion, yet war is still stable." vehemently breaks down the esoteric nihilism behind Nier: Automata's military: unwinnable.com/2024/09/30/t...
YoRHa and the esoteric nihilists don’t believe in god, but they do believe in religion. Because the truth isn’t only shocking, it’s also just plain disappointing.
"The insertion of vigilantism into the investigative reporting in Dateline compromises its ability to meaningfully participate in public safety." Joshua Henson looks back on To Catch a Predator with a 2020s perspective: unwinnable.com/2024/09/27/t...
Was I laughing at the reactions of terrible people ruining their lives, or was I laughing at the quirks of people who, to some extent or another, are unable to fully recognize the severity of their of...
"Oræd is a place of islands and magic, peopled by fantastical beasts and equally fantastical individuals." C/O Exalted Funeral, @orringrey.bsky.socialunwinnable.com/2024/09/27/g...
On the table next to the candle is a book that you don’t remember seeing before. The title is Ballads of Oræd.
Grateful to Exalted Funeral for letting me take an early look at BALLADS OF OREAD and to @unwinnable.com for being open to my weird reviewing ideas and very happy with how this came out, overall.
On the table next to the candle is a book that you don’t remember seeing before. The title is Ballads of Oræd.
"We looked at this project, we looked at the budget, we looked at the team size and were like, ‘This is going to be challenging’." Feature Excerpt: @unabridgedgamer.bsky.socialunwinnable.com/2024/09/26/w...
“We loved our isolation. Thrived in it. It allowed us to get lost in our work with zero dependencies.”
"These cards once dominated the Standard format and have left their mark, but it’s time for new strategies and experiences to take center stage." Kevin Goldszmidt bids farewell to the Magic: The Gathering cards he's glad to see rotated out: unwinnable.com/2024/09/25/f...
As we bid farewell to Innistrad: Midnight Hunt, Innistrad: Crimson Vow, Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, and Streets of New Capenna, let's revisit mono-color cards that we're glad to see rotate out.
"Every time I think about Square Soft’s ambitiously fraught epic, I think of the liminal space between hope and poverty, malady and recovery." Feature Excerpt: @aguaspoints.bsky.socialunwinnable.com/2024/09/25/b...
In a desperate attempt to conjure halcyon days I played Final Fantasy VIII. I played the game during a horrible time in my life.