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Something's missing in this apocalypse. This month's issue of Unwinnable Monthly features
@vehement-ly.bsky.social
on STALKER and masculinity, plus our usual crew of misfits. Buy:
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"asses.masses is an argument for videogames and that 'boredom is freedom.'"
@aguaspoints.bsky.social
takes part in asses.masses, an eight-hour, collaborative gaming experience:
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A Great Gift of Love is Boredom: On Being Part of the Herd in asses.masses - Unwinnable
I gaze towards my wife and she crosses her arms in disapproval.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/03/23/a-great-gift-of-love-is-boredom-on-being-part-of-the-herd-in-asses-masses/
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Luis Aguasvivas š A MAZE.
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For
@unwinnable.com
, here is my review of an art video game: asses.masses. It was quite the marathon.
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A Great Gift of Love is Boredom: On Being Part of the Herd in asses.masses - Unwinnable
I gaze towards my wife and she crosses her arms in disapproval.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/03/23/a-great-gift-of-love-is-boredom-on-being-part-of-the-herd-in-asses-masses/
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Natasha Ochshorn
1 day ago
I wrote about Hamnet and Hamnet, which I found moving and disappointing, respectively.
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Rob "Wear A Mask" Rich
1 day ago
In this issue I wrote about what might possibly be my favorite type of gaming moment. No, it's not "heated."
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Amanda Hudgins
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Iām back! Check out this issue for me talking about the timely subject of sex tourism and Severance!
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Stu Horvath
1 day ago
Behold, a new Unwinnable Monthly!
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chilton š
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This issue featuring: me getting mad that a book that Rex Stout didnāt write isnāt a book that Rex Stout wrote. For more of such gems, consider subscribing! š¤
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chilton š
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Whatta cover!
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Jon Bolding
1 day ago
this unwinnable cover absolutely whips
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Levi
1 day ago
New issue! AND we are three new subscriptions away from our Final Fantasy Fan Fic goal!!!!!! Tell yr friends!!!!
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Dr. Emily Price
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This month I wrote about some Next Fest demos! Including...
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vehe
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I'm very excited/shocked/etc to share I have an experimental piece published in
@unwinnable.com
mag. I don't like exaggerating but I legit don't think I've seen anything like it. I tried something new. "Two Women Talking about STALKER" is a one-act play about STALKER, masculinity, and friendship.
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Unwinnable Monthly ā March 2026 - Unwinnable
Calm before the storm.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/03/23/unwinnable-monthly-march-2026/
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Something's missing in this apocalypse. This month's issue of Unwinnable Monthly features
@vehement-ly.bsky.social
on STALKER and masculinity, plus our usual crew of misfits. Buy:
buff.ly/W8dGNsw
Subscribe:
buff.ly/OXPSvMc
1 day ago
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Luis Aguasvivas š A MAZE.
2 days ago
In my never ending quest to destroy video games criticism as we know it, I instead ruined Valentines day. For
@unwinnable.com
, the only site on the internet with the gonads to publish a detailed account of a failing marriage disguised as art criticism. Here is my review of asses.masses.
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A Great Gift of Love is Boredom: On Being Part of the Herd in asses.masses - Unwinnable
I gaze towards my wife and she crosses her arms in disapproval.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/03/23/a-great-gift-of-love-is-boredom-on-being-part-of-the-herd-in-asses-masses/
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Orestis F
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Go subscribe to
@unwinnable.com
and read the latest issue. Also buy and play Suzerain by
@torporgames.com
. What more could you want out of a Sunday?
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David Shimomura
4 days ago
Now you can speedrun yourself to being today's magic subscriber!
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ICYMI: "Boormanās view of the Arthurian world is simultaneously gaudy and cheap, filthy and sparkling ā light has never glinted off so much armor."
@orringrey.com
watches John Boormanās 1981 speedrun of Arthurian myth, Excalibur:
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The Stuff of Future Memory: Speedrunning Arthurian Myth with Excalibur (1981) - Unwinnable
Vividly weird to look at.
https://buff.ly/zA9G4tc
4 days ago
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Lex Joy
4 days ago
"Maloryās Le Morte dāArthur as told by cocaine." Now that's wordcraft!
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"Boormanās view of the Arthurian world is simultaneously gaudy and cheap, filthy and sparkling ā light has never glinted off so much armor."
@orringrey.com
watches John Boormanās 1981 speedrun of Arthurian myth, Excalibur:
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The Stuff of Future Memory: Speedrunning Arthurian Myth with Excalibur (1981) - Unwinnable
Vividly weird to look at.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/03/20/the-stuff-of-future-memory-speedrunning-arthurian-myth-with-excalibur-1981/
4 days ago
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Orrin Grey
5 days ago
Watching John Boorman's speedrun of Arthurian myth for the first time in over thirty years sure was an experience, and I'm pretty happy with my summation of it here:
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The Stuff of Future Memory: Speedrunning Arthurian Myth with Excalibur (1981) - Unwinnable
Vividly weird to look at.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/03/20/the-stuff-of-future-memory-speedrunning-arthurian-myth-with-excalibur-1981/
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Codes
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this looks so cool
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ICYMI: "Players of Necromolds will find themselves as often reminded of He-Man toys and Monsters in My Pocket as Warhammer."
@orringrey.com
plays Necromolds, a tabletop wargame with a lot of monster squishing:
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Smash āEm: Necromolds and the Power of a Good Idea Done Well - Unwinnable
Molds for making gribbly little monsters out of Play-Doh and then smushing them.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/03/17/smash-em-necromolds-and-the-power-of-a-good-idea-done-well/
7 days ago
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ICYMI: "Players of Necromolds will find themselves as often reminded of He-Man toys and Monsters in My Pocket as Warhammer."
@orringrey.com
plays Necromolds, a tabletop wargame with a lot of monster squishing:
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Smash āEm: Necromolds and the Power of a Good Idea Done Well - Unwinnable
Molds for making gribbly little monsters out of Play-Doh and then smushing them.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/03/17/smash-em-necromolds-and-the-power-of-a-good-idea-done-well/
7 days ago
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Stu Horvath
8 days ago
Are you working on something cool? Lots of somethings? Do you think the very cool people who read Unwinnable might be into it? Unwinnable is doing advertising now. But only if you're cool.
unwinnable.com/Advertise/
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"Players of Necromolds will find themselves as often reminded of He-Man toys and Monsters in My Pocket as Warhammer."
@orringrey.com
plays Necromolds, a tabletop wargame with a lot of monster squishing:
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Smash āEm: Necromolds and the Power of a Good Idea Done Well - Unwinnable
Molds for making gribbly little monsters out of Play-Doh and then smushing them.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/03/17/smash-em-necromolds-and-the-power-of-a-good-idea-done-well/
7 days ago
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Jenny Haines
8 days ago
Fantastic read for learning the cultural contexts it uses, but also for putting words to the way the quiet, sometimes sad, sometimes beautiful way the show sits with my soul š
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ICYMI: "Frieren proves that some truths are better felt than explained, that cultural specificity can produce universal resonance, that formal discipline can yield profound emotional impact." Beatrix Kondo explains how Frieren illustrates common Japanese philosophies:
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The Aesthetics of Impermanence: How Frieren Visualizes Untranslatable Japanese Philosophy - Unwinnable
What if we honored the space between things as much as the things themselves?
https://buff.ly/0xm4K9m
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"Frieren proves that some truths are better felt than explained, that cultural specificity can produce universal resonance, that formal discipline can yield profound emotional impact." Beatrix Kondo explains how Frieren illustrates common Japanese philosophies:
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The Aesthetics of Impermanence: How Frieren Visualizes Untranslatable Japanese Philosophy - Unwinnable
What if we honored the space between things as much as the things themselves?
https://unwinnable.com/2026/03/16/the-aesthetics-of-impermanence-how-frieren-visualizes-untranslatable-japanese-philosophy/
8 days ago
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Ben Sailer
9 days ago
do you love pop culture, great writing, and spending money? bring your passions together by subscribing to
@unwinnable.com
today!
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ICYMI: "Betty having access to social media would have been a nightmare for Sally, but I think she would have been very successful."
@nochshorn.bsky.social
watches Mad Men S1E9āS1E10:
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THATāS WHAT THE BLOG IS FOR! Mad Men S1E9āS1E10 - Unwinnable
Does Don really want to live a life outside of his work? Unclear!
https://unwinnable.com/2026/03/13/thats-what-the-blog-is-for-mad-men-s1e9-s1e10/
11 days ago
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ICYMI: "The unicorn is another thing that tries to fit women into a narrow definition."
@alyssawejebe.bsky.social
muses on unicorns and our gendered assumptions about them:
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Sensing and Leaving the Unicorn Trap - Unwinnable
Even when I was little, I could tell that when it came to unicorns and dragons, unicorns were pushed onto girls, and dragons were meant for boys.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/03/13/sensing-and-leaving-the-unicorn-trap/
11 days ago
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Natasha Ochshorn
11 days ago
Betty shoots pigeons and we are all gonna die!
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"Betty having access to social media would have been a nightmare for Sally, but I think she would have been very successful."
@nochshorn.bsky.social
watches Mad Men S1E9āS1E10:
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THATāS WHAT THE BLOG IS FOR! Mad Men S1E9āS1E10 - Unwinnable
Does Don really want to live a life outside of his work? Unclear!
https://unwinnable.com/2026/03/13/thats-what-the-blog-is-for-mad-men-s1e9-s1e10/
11 days ago
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Serious Bichon
11 days ago
there is a prestige class in the D&D book of Exalted Deeds where the Unicorn will only hang out with you if you're a virgin but "no hard feelings" and it always struck me as fucked up like we're fighting evil bro, why do you care about my sex life?
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"The unicorn is another thing that tries to fit women into a narrow definition."
@alyssawejebe.bsky.social
muses on unicorns and our gendered assumptions about them:
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Sensing and Leaving the Unicorn Trap - Unwinnable
Even when I was little, I could tell that when it came to unicorns and dragons, unicorns were pushed onto girls, and dragons were meant for boys.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/03/13/sensing-and-leaving-the-unicorn-trap/
11 days ago
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ICYMI: "Pathologic 2 is a game that wants to push you and test you, the player, but it does so in ways that are far more compelling than reaction-based button bashing."
@robsteinone.bsky.social
sings the praises of Pathologic 2:
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I Canāt Stop Thinking About Pathologic 2 - Unwinnable
The fact that a videogame can make me think about these kinds of dilemmas on both a moral and mechanical level is utterly fascinating.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/03/12/i-cant-stop-thinking-about-pathologic-2/
12 days ago
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Stu Horvath
12 days ago
Earlier this week, the vulture posted a great primer on what Unwinnable is and why you should consider subscribing. Looking for one subscriber a day in 2026!
unwinnable.com/subscribe/
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David Shimomura
12 days ago
Theme park that kills you feels like such a mild horror these days
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"Pathologic 2 is a game that wants to push you and test you, the player, but it does so in ways that are far more compelling than reaction-based button bashing."
@robsteinone.bsky.social
sings the praises of Pathologic 2:
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I Canāt Stop Thinking About Pathologic 2 - Unwinnable
The fact that a videogame can make me think about these kinds of dilemmas on both a moral and mechanical level is utterly fascinating.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/03/12/i-cant-stop-thinking-about-pathologic-2/
12 days ago
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Rob "Wear A Mask" Rich
13 days ago
Since nobody talks about it*, I thought I'd shed some light on this underrated masterpiece you've never heard of at
@unwinnable.com
! *this is a joke - I know much has been said on Pathologic, and that I probably don't have anything new to add to the discussion, but I wanna words about it anyway
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I Canāt Stop Thinking About Pathologic 2 - Unwinnable
The fact that a videogame can make me think about these kinds of dilemmas on both a moral and mechanical level is utterly fascinating.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/03/12/i-cant-stop-thinking-about-pathologic-2/
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ICYMI: "Iām telling you this because Iām about to do something a little wild, and I want you to trust the process: Iām going to link Mulholland Drive to Pluribus via a Yash Chopra movie."
@unethicalcoffee.bsky.social
looks at racialized desire across multiple works:
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Navigating Desire Through Lynch, Pluribus, Romantasy and Bollywood - Unwinnable
Just pretend youāre in a dream.
https://buff.ly/fO7Q1vj
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ICYMI: "The game world signals where to go, and you decide whether to listen." Justin Reeve examines Tears of the Kingdom's gliding mechanic:
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Staying Aloft - Unwinnable
Gliding in Tears of the Kingdom is less about getting somewhere than agreeing to fall in a particularly coordinated manner.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/03/11/staying-aloft/
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"Iām telling you this because Iām about to do something a little wild, and I want you to trust the process: Iām going to link Mulholland Drive to Pluribus via a Yash Chopra movie."
@unethicalcoffee.bsky.social
looks at racialized desire across multiple works:
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Navigating Desire Through Lynch, Pluribus, Romantasy and Bollywood - Unwinnable
Just pretend youāre in a dream.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/03/11/navigating-desire-through-lynch-pluribus-romantasy-and-bollywood/
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"The game world signals where to go, and you decide whether to listen." Justin Reeve examines Tears of the Kingdom's gliding mechanic:
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Staying Aloft - Unwinnable
Gliding in Tears of the Kingdom is less about getting somewhere than agreeing to fall in a particularly coordinated manner.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/03/11/staying-aloft/
13 days ago
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Diego NicolÔs Argüello
14 days ago
it's been 9 years since my first international pitch went live, and almost 11 since i started writing altogether. it hasn't gotten any easier, but it's completely changed my life for the better. eternally grateful for sites like unwinnable taking a chance on new voices
unwinnable.com/2017/03/11/s...
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Savlonic: Viral to Hit - Unwinnable
"I will always remember how Savlonic went from being a YouTube viral sensation to being an actual hit in the music industry."
https://unwinnable.com/2017/03/11/savlonic-viral-to-hit/
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Jenn Frank
14 days ago
now I'd be a living crime if I didn't also mention
@zaaack.bsky.social
's magazine and also the fact that
@stuhorvath.com
is still out here running Unwinnable, so definitely be ashamed of how you're using your limited spending money all the time
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David Shimomura
14 days ago
We're in the middle of our most ambitious sub drive ever, a new subscriber every day! Help us make that a reality. Share with your friends and help sing our song so others can hear!
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Stu Horvath
14 days ago
One of the things I love about Unwinnable is that lots of people who write for us write the story they cant publish elsewhere. So it's this giant collection of impossible stories. Pretty, pretty neat.
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Stu Horvath
14 days ago
Amanda's got a great thread about Unwinnable and their history with it. We're still looking for a new subscriber every day this year. Maybe that's you? Maybe Amanda's thread is the inspiration you need!
unwinnable.com/subscribe/
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ICYMI: "The joy of Lanesplit is realizing that never getting one of these bikes was the right call for me, as Iād probably be a smear at this point, but here I am able to dole out my own little serotonin drip."
@rubeck.bsky.social
takes Lanesplit for a spin:
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The Joy of Focus - Unwinnable
Youāre riding a fast motorcycle through one highway or another, racking up points by weaving as closely around traffic with as much speed as possible.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/03/10/the-joy-of-focus/
14 days ago
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