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30 years can put a lot into perspective. In the latest issue of Unwinnable Monthly, read
@zweiteturm.bsky.social
on Final Fantasy VII post-Fukushima and our regular crew on things not related to Final Fantasy. Buy:
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Lia
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My favorite game crit pieces are either those where I go YES YES YES the entire time, or, like here, those where I go "This is excellent! I DISAGREE" (primarily because Amaterasu *also* uses a buster sword to mend the world) Strongly recommended read, and subscribe to Unwinnable, it's good stuff
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Rob "Wear A Mask" Rich
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Re-sharing (and actually linking š ) an old
@unwinnable.com
thing I did for no reason š¤·āāļø "... creative endeavors almost always benefit more from the people that make them being allowed to decide when theyāre done than they do from an uncaring studio executive trying to squeeze blood from a stone."
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Itās Okay To Let Stuff End - Unwinnable
Rob posits that, in a lot of instances, itās better to let the stories and characters we love end rather than drag things out so long they become boring or just plain bad.
https://unwinnable.com/2020/12/08/its-okay-to-let-stuff-end/
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ICYMI: "Progress and struggling to try is not so cut and dry in this world of androids, nor in ours."
@quiltedpoints.net
examines freedom and progress in Subsurface Circular:
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Freedom and Progress: A Loop Around The Subsurface Circular - Unwinnable
To see oneself as part of a larger struggle requires some degree of transformation.
https://buff.ly/KCOCsEz
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ICYMI: "The biggest chord that Okami struck with me is the accessibility of direct action."
@gottsdamn.bsky.social
finds a way to challenge climate change through Okami:
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Okami: Challenging the Smokestack - Unwinnable
Not everyone is Cloud Strife. Not everyone has a Buster Sword.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/26/okami-challenging-the-smokestack/
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perry is online
2 days ago
okami has always been a game about the environment. thanks to
@unwinnable.com
for letting me give voice to that!
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Christopher Spina
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From
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's soundtrack to
@mikebithell.bsky.social
's dialogue and everything in between, Subsurface Circular is packed with style, clarity, and wit. Don't let my essay or the game's age scare you away, it's still one of the most thoughtful and engaging things I've ever played.
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"Progress and struggling to try is not so cut and dry in this world of androids, nor in ours."
@quiltedpoints.net
examines freedom and progress in Subsurface Circular:
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Freedom and Progress: A Loop Around The Subsurface Circular - Unwinnable
To see oneself as part of a larger struggle requires some degree of transformation.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/26/freedom-and-progress-a-loop-around-the-subsurface-circular/
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"The biggest chord that Okami struck with me is the accessibility of direct action."
@gottsdamn.bsky.social
finds a way to challenge climate change through Okami:
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Okami: Challenging the Smokestack - Unwinnable
Not everyone is Cloud Strife. Not everyone has a Buster Sword.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/26/okami-challenging-the-smokestack/
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As part of this celebration, if you subscribe before we release issue 201, you'll also get access to all 302 issues of the Monthly and Exploits! So get to signing up:
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In honor of our upcoming 200th issue, we collected all 202(!) covers of Unwinnable Weekly and Unwinnable Monthly:
unwinnable.com/2026/06/19/2...
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202 Covers - Unwinnable
202 covers to celebrate 200 issues (we're writers, not mathematicians).
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/19/202-covers/
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Stu Horvath
9 days ago
Next week,
@unwinnable.com
's 200th issue comes out, so I put together a gallery of all 202 covers of Unwinnable, dating all they way back to 1872. Er, I mean 2014.
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202 Covers - Unwinnable
202 covers to celebrate 200 issues (we're writers, not mathematicians).
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/19/202-covers/
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ICYMI: "Mortal Kombat is a winningly bad movie; Annihilation is an annoyingly bad one."
@orringrey.com
watches the 1990s Mortal Kombat movies:
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Finish Them: The Unfortunate Reality of the Mortal Kombat Kollection - Unwinnable
Kids are not very discerning.
https://buff.ly/hAi7C8c
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"Mortal Kombat is a winningly bad movie; Annihilation is an annoyingly bad one."
@orringrey.com
watches the 1990s Mortal Kombat movies:
buff.ly/hAi7C8c
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Finish Them: The Unfortunate Reality of the Mortal Kombat Kollection - Unwinnable
Kids are not very discerning.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/24/finish-them-the-unfortunate-reality-of-the-mortal-kombat-kollection/
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Elijah Beahm Ver. 3.1
5 days ago
It's incredible to see the magazine reach this point, and for this special moment - Don't Stop Believing goes to Hell.
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Phoenix
5 days ago
I did early impressions of
@humblegrove.bsky.social
's "A Line Held Tight"!
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Jordan Wood
5 days ago
Your monthly reminder that
@unwinnable.com
rules and you should be reading their writers often.
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Doc Ochs
5 days ago
I wrote about Gibsonās Pattern Recognition and the commodification of no-logo on Instagram.
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Derek KınĢsman
5 days ago
I decided to do some fun psychedelic typography (cuz it looks rad) for the cover of this month's copy of
@unwinnable.com
.
@fawnrelic.bsky.social
did a killer painting for the cover and left enough space for fun design. Anyway, this issue is full of awesome stuff and neat things that you'll enjoy.
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Dr. Emily Price
5 days ago
This month I did an indie sampler! Featuring (deep breath): Amberspire! Wax Heads! Tethergeist! Sol Cesto! The Last Winter Knight!
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Rob š”
5 days ago
I painted the cover of Unwinnable Monthly Issue 200! What a fun commission!
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perry is online
5 days ago
Was incredibly honored to write the cover story for Unwinnable's 200th issue. Cheers!
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Jay Castello š»
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wrote about doing this for 10 goddamn years
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Don't leave your pies unsupervised during this season of the vulture. Feast your eyes on Unwinnable Monthly Issue 200, featuring
@gottsdamn.bsky.social
on Okami and our usual cabal of contributors. Buy:
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Ben Macready
5 days ago
So I finished Dark Souls recently, and I had a lot of thoughts. Thank you
@unwinnable.com
for giving me a space to share them.
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ICYMI: "Whether in Dark Souls or in reality, itās difficult to imagine an end to the status quo, however suffocating that status quo may be."
@macreadymusings.bsky.social
muses on Dark Souls and the status quo:
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Dark Souls is About Breaking with the Past - Unwinnable
The player has journeyed through the stagnant world of the old order and witnessed its myriad failings.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/22/dark-souls-is-about-breaking-with-the-past/
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Van Dennis
6 days ago
So, can I use this space to explain how the cover of the March 2022 issue came to be (where I just so happened to get the cover story, coincidentally)? ... well I'm not hearing any objections so I guess I will! Might take some time though...
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"Whether in Dark Souls or in reality, itās difficult to imagine an end to the status quo, however suffocating that status quo may be."
@macreadymusings.bsky.social
muses on Dark Souls and the status quo:
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Dark Souls is About Breaking with the Past - Unwinnable
The player has journeyed through the stagnant world of the old order and witnessed its myriad failings.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/22/dark-souls-is-about-breaking-with-the-past/
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In honor of our upcoming 200th issue, we collected all 202(!) covers of Unwinnable Weekly and Unwinnable Monthly:
unwinnable.com/2026/06/19/2...
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202 Covers - Unwinnable
202 covers to celebrate 200 issues (we're writers, not mathematicians).
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/19/202-covers/
6 days ago
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Doc Ochs
9 days ago
Stefanie has some hot takes in this one.
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Stu Horvath
9 days ago
This is one part of a celebration of hitting the 200-issue milestone. Another is that if you subscribe now, you'll get all 202 issues (I never claimed to be good at numbers) of Unwinnable Weekly/Monthly AND all 100 issues of Exploits, for free.
unwinnable.com/subscribe/
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ICYMI:"I think itās almost kind of the ultimate adaptation of Hamlet when Hamlet itself is the play performed within the main storyline."
@nochshorn.bsky.social
and Hamlet aficionado Stephanie talk about Slings and Arrows as a Hamlet adaptation:
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Those That Play Your Clowns: Slings & Arrows - Unwinnable
The ultimate adaptation of Hamlet is when Hamlet itself is the play performed within the main story.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/18/those-that-play-your-clowns-slings-arrows/
9 days ago
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Doc Ochs
10 days ago
Part one is here. Up next⦠Taylor Swift?
unwinnable.com/2026/04/27/t...
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Those That Play Your Clowns: Hamnet - Unwinnable
As Hamlet famously learns in Hamlet, everyone dies!
https://unwinnable.com/2026/04/27/those-that-play-your-clowns-hamnet/
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Doc Ochs
10 days ago
Part 2 of my series on fake productions of Hamlet is here! I loved this one as much as I didnāt love Hamnet.
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"I think itās almost kind of the ultimate adaptation of Hamlet when Hamlet itself is the play performed within the main storyline."
@nochshorn.bsky.social
and Hamlet aficionado Stephanie talk about Slings and Arrows as a Hamlet adaptation:
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Those That Play Your Clowns: Slings & Arrows - Unwinnable
The ultimate adaptation of Hamlet is when Hamlet itself is the play performed within the main story.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/18/those-that-play-your-clowns-slings-arrows/
10 days ago
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ICYMI: "What happens, though, when my capacity for immersion allows a game to punish me for recognizing it as a luxury?"
@jhensliterature.bsky.social
leaves Animal Crossing behind:
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Abandoning Animal Crossing - Unwinnable
Playing the game at some point begins to feel to me like another obligation.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/17/abandoning-animal-crossing/
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"What happens, though, when my capacity for immersion allows a game to punish me for recognizing it as a luxury?"
@jhensliterature.bsky.social
leaves Animal Crossing behind:
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Abandoning Animal Crossing - Unwinnable
Playing the game at some point begins to feel to me like another obligation.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/17/abandoning-animal-crossing/
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ICYMI: "At the end of 2017, with Shendaās death still so close, I somehow knew exactly what was coming. Itās the goodbye."
@luke-k.bsky.social
realizes how Blackwood Crossing touched on the grief he's had since 2017:
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Blackwood Crossing Gave my Grief a Shape - Unwinnable
It was, somehow, a videogame that allowed me to see that I have a right to my own grief.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/15/blackwood-crossing-gave-my-grief-a-shape/
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"At the end of 2017, with Shendaās death still so close, I somehow knew exactly what was coming. Itās the goodbye."
@luke-k.bsky.social
realizes how Blackwood Crossing touched on the grief he's had since 2017:
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Blackwood Crossing Gave my Grief a Shape - Unwinnable
It was, somehow, a videogame that allowed me to see that I have a right to my own grief.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/15/blackwood-crossing-gave-my-grief-a-shape/
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Mr Luke Kemp esq.
14 days ago
This is a slice of my heart.
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Blackwood Crossing Gave my Grief a Shape - Unwinnable
It was, somehow, a videogame that allowed me to see that I have a right to my own grief.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/15/blackwood-crossing-gave-my-grief-a-shape/
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ICYMI: "Playing Coffee Talk Tokyo is not unlike experiencing the gradual decline of a cafe youāve frequented for years."
@ashlikeadragon.bsky.social
plays Coffee Talk Tokyo:
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Coffee Talk Tokyo: [Empty] Place, Japan - Unwinnable
I simply served them straight espresso, knowing it didnāt matter.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/12/coffee-talk-tokyo-empty-place-japan/
15 days ago
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ICYMI: "If FromSoft refuses to revisit Kingās Field or Shadow Tower even in the most superficial ways, Iāll just keep digging through other new and old releases."
@robsteinone.bsky.social
goes on a quest to find true King's Field-likes:
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Iāll Get My Fix Somewhere Else - Unwinnable
If I canāt count on FromSoft to take care of my Kingās Field itch, I can at least look to other developers instead.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/12/ill-get-my-fix-somewhere-else/
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"Playing Coffee Talk Tokyo is not unlike experiencing the gradual decline of a cafe youāve frequented for years."
@ashlikeadragon.bsky.social
plays Coffee Talk Tokyo:
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Coffee Talk Tokyo: [Empty] Place, Japan - Unwinnable
I simply served them straight espresso, knowing it didnāt matter.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/12/coffee-talk-tokyo-empty-place-japan/
16 days ago
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"If FromSoft refuses to revisit Kingās Field or Shadow Tower even in the most superficial ways, Iāll just keep digging through other new and old releases."
@robsteinone.bsky.social
goes on a quest to find true King's Field-likes:
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Iāll Get My Fix Somewhere Else - Unwinnable
If I canāt count on FromSoft to take care of my Kingās Field itch, I can at least look to other developers instead.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/12/ill-get-my-fix-somewhere-else/
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Rob "Wear A Mask" Rich
16 days ago
I wrote (
@unwinnable.com
) about how people often don't get what makes a King's Field, and how tough it is to find anything like it now. "... the games give you a sword and just kind of shove you into the world without so much as a pat on the back. And they absolutely do not tell you, 'Good luck.'"
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Iāll Get My Fix Somewhere Else - Unwinnable
If I canāt count on FromSoft to take care of my Kingās Field itch, I can at least look to other developers instead.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/12/ill-get-my-fix-somewhere-else/
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ICYMI: "Thereās no clear point in the game where one region ends and another begins. The land instead adjusts in part and parcel." Justin Reeve explores the environment of Red Dead Redemption:
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Learning the Land - Unwinnable
Thereās no clear point in the game where one region ends and another begins. The land instead adjusts in part and parcel.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/11/learning-the-land/
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"Thereās no clear point in the game where one region ends and another begins. The land instead adjusts in part and parcel." Justin Reeve explores the environment of Red Dead Redemption:
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Learning the Land - Unwinnable
Thereās no clear point in the game where one region ends and another begins. The land instead adjusts in part and parcel.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/11/learning-the-land/
17 days ago
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ICYMI: "Gone is the engaging combat, atmospheric and immersive stages, or any semblance of the design philosophy that defined the original game[.]" Vincent Dilworth explains why Devil May Cry 2 fell flat and how it changed its series' trajectory:
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Disappointing As Hell: The Legacy of Devil May Cry 2ās Failure - Unwinnable
Devil May Cry 2 isnāt a game that can be enjoyed.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/10/disappointing-as-hell-the-legacy-of-devil-may-cry-2s-failure/
17 days ago
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ICYMI: "PAX promised a plethora of playable pastimes, and I partook."
@rubeck.bsky.social
tries out a few games at PAX East 2026:
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PAX East 2026, Part I - Unwinnable
Lines, like taxes, were guaranteed, as was the spirit of camaraderie between players of all dimensions.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/10/pax-east-2026-part-i/
17 days ago
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"Gone is the engaging combat, atmospheric and immersive stages, or any semblance of the design philosophy that defined the original game[.]" Vincent Dilworth explains why Devil May Cry 2 fell flat and how it changed its series' trajectory:
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Disappointing As Hell: The Legacy of Devil May Cry 2ās Failure - Unwinnable
Devil May Cry 2 isnāt a game that can be enjoyed.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/10/disappointing-as-hell-the-legacy-of-devil-may-cry-2s-failure/
18 days ago
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"PAX promised a plethora of playable pastimes, and I partook."
@rubeck.bsky.social
tries out a few games at PAX East 2026:
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PAX East 2026, Part I - Unwinnable
Lines, like taxes, were guaranteed, as was the spirit of camaraderie between players of all dimensions.
https://unwinnable.com/2026/06/10/pax-east-2026-part-i/
18 days ago
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