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There's nothing more festive than Frankenstein. In this month's Unwinnable Monthly, read
@orringrey.com
's feature on the creature as well as our regular columnists' latest thoughts. Happy holidays! Buy:
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"So, rather than set out to make this big, sprawling strategy game as a first time designer, the game and I sort of grew up together."
@aguaspoints.bsky.social
talks to Pablo Clark about creating the board game The Old King's Crown:
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Inspired Wonder: The Old Kingâs Crown is a Game Created of Chance and Circumstance - Unwinnable
As I learned its rules and played in its brutal world of decaying decadence and factional opportunism, I entered a state of jamais vu.
https://unwinnable.com/2025/12/22/inspired-wonder-the-old-kings-crown-is-a-game-created-of-chance-and-circumstance/
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Natasha Ochshorn
about 20 hours ago
My best of 2025 list is here! Best of what? Many things.
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Elijah Beahm, But Christmas-y
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This month's column is in fact NOT a column. What could it possibly be?! What madness has
@unwinnabledavid.bsky.social
let me unleash?!? How much of it involves genres other than games?!?! Well...
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Daniel Wynter
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Phew, glad I subscribed to
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Dr. Emily Price
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this monthâs column is an indie game roundup! Learn about 6 small games I played and why I think theyâre worth your time.
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Stu Horvath
3 days ago
N.C. Wyeth was the best.
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Rob "Wear A Spooky Mask" Rich
3 days ago
Oh hey! What better place than the end of the year holiday issue for me to ruminate on how three *very* different games offer a surprisingly similar (and poignant) message on grief?
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There's nothing more festive than Frankenstein. In this month's Unwinnable Monthly, read
@orringrey.com
's feature on the creature as well as our regular columnists' latest thoughts. Happy holidays! Buy:
unwinnable.bigcartel.com/product/unwi...
Subscribe:
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3 days ago
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ICYMI:
@saraclemens.com
hits the snooze button at New York Comic Con 2025:
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Lol. Lmao, even.
https://unwinnable.com/2025/12/18/new-york-comic-con-2025/
4 days ago
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ICYMI: "The creators didnât just slap feminine coding on this robotic character and call it a day; it wasnât just shallow window dressing. Layla was made a character, equal to any other character."
@alyssawejebe.bsky.social
analyzes the animated short Layla:
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Layla was a Skater Bot - Unwinnable
Robotic characters in fiction have long provided another metaphorical arena for human stories to play out.
https://unwinnable.com/2025/12/18/layla-was-a-skater-bot/
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@saraclemens.com
hits the snooze button at New York Comic Con 2025:
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New York Comic Con 2025 - Unwinnable
Lol. Lmao, even.
https://unwinnable.com/2025/12/18/new-york-comic-con-2025/
4 days ago
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"The creators didnât just slap feminine coding on this robotic character and call it a day; it wasnât just shallow window dressing. Layla was made a character, equal to any other character."
@alyssawejebe.bsky.social
analyzes the animated short Layla:
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Layla was a Skater Bot - Unwinnable
Robotic characters in fiction have long provided another metaphorical arena for human stories to play out.
https://unwinnable.com/2025/12/18/layla-was-a-skater-bot/
4 days ago
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David Shimomura
4 days ago
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David Shimomura
4 days ago
When you support
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you're not supporting a brand or a logo. You're supporting people with a legacy of bravely pursuing their critical interests. Plus, we have long stood by having those voices in the same pages as new and emerging ones. We're not the masthead, we're the writers.
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Rob "Wear A Spooky Mask" Rich
4 days ago
*coughs in Microsoft, Ubisoft, Larian, Warhorse, CDPR, Sucker Punch, etc*
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ICYMI: "Itâs one or the other, not both. Pick a lane. Though at this point it seems clear to me that you already have."
@robsteinone.bsky.social
expresses his frustrations with the videogame industry's selective attention span:
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âBut Sheâs Got a New Hat!â - Unwinnable
Itâs not a new pattern of behavior or anything, but Rob is⊠just⊠so sick and tired of seeing âcompany badâ one week and then ânew thing from company!â the next.
https://unwinnable.com/2025/12/17/but-shes-got-a-new-hat/
5 days ago
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ICYMI: "The Legend of Zelda continues to consider the forest a place of balance between past and future or human and spirit, providing a reminder that mystery is not meant to be merely seen but lived." Justin Reeve examines the evolution of the Lost Woods over time:
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Whispers of the Grove - Unwinnable
The forest in Japanese culture is more than just a landscape, having long been seen as a threshold between the realms of the human and the divine.
https://unwinnable.com/2025/12/17/whispers-of-the-grove/
5 days ago
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David Shimomura
6 days ago
If we get 100 new subs by the end of the year we'll be adding at least one Final Romantasy fan fic into the Final Fantasy x Politics issue courtesy of
@derekkinsman.com
. Make him regret it folks!
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Ben Sailer
5 days ago
Do you love good writing and unbeatable deals that give you an entire 12 months worth of the world's greatest magazine for free? Prove it by subscribing to
@unwinnable.com
!
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"Itâs one or the other, not both. Pick a lane. Though at this point it seems clear to me that you already have."
@robsteinone.bsky.social
expresses his frustrations with the videogame industry's selective attention span:
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âBut Sheâs Got a New Hat!â - Unwinnable
Itâs not a new pattern of behavior or anything, but Rob is⊠just⊠so sick and tired of seeing âcompany badâ one week and then ânew thing from company!â the next.
https://unwinnable.com/2025/12/17/but-shes-got-a-new-hat/
5 days ago
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"The Legend of Zelda continues to consider the forest a place of balance between past and future or human and spirit, providing a reminder that mystery is not meant to be merely seen but lived." Justin Reeve examines the evolution of the Lost Woods over time:
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Whispers of the Grove - Unwinnable
The forest in Japanese culture is more than just a landscape, having long been seen as a threshold between the realms of the human and the divine.
https://unwinnable.com/2025/12/17/whispers-of-the-grove/
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We just cooked up a year-end special: Subscribe to Unwinnable before the end of 2025, and you get access to all of our Monthly and Exploits issues from the whole year. This also applies to monthly subscribers who switch to an annual subscription!
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Rob "Wear A Spooky Mask" Rich
6 days ago
My most recent thing for
@unwinnable.com
isn't calling out anyone specific, but make no mistake, it *is* meant as a call out.
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âBut Sheâs Got a New Hat!â - Unwinnable
Itâs not a new pattern of behavior or anything, but Rob is⊠just⊠so sick and tired of seeing âcompany badâ one week and then ânew thing from company!â the next.
https://unwinnable.com/2025/12/17/but-shes-got-a-new-hat/
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ICYMI: "[W]hy, if some of my favorite bands from the 1990s (and beyond) are so influenced by Minutemen, had I never listened to them?"
@noahspringer.com
explores the connections between his favorite music and Minutemen:
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âHow,â you may ask yourself, âdid Noah, music critic of a sort, make it to almost 40 years and never run across this incredibly influential band?â
https://unwinnable.com/2025/12/16/a-lynchpin/
6 days ago
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ICYMI: "For us, life has been making harder and harder for us to get together even online, but the powers of various chat apps and virtual tabletops offered an opportunity to play-by-post with ducks and wolfkin and the rest."
@rubeck.bsky.social
recounts his Dragonbane campaign:
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Now or Never or Over the Next Few Days at Least - Unwinnable
The powers of various chat apps and virtual tabletops offered an opportunity to play-by-post with ducks and wolfkin and the rest.
https://buff.ly/tS8zbG1
6 days ago
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Orrin Grey
6 days ago
Do what Stu says! Get some good stuff! Throw some money into
@unwinnable.com
's hat so they can keep paying me to write features about Godzilla and Frankenstein and other bullshit, like I did in several of these issues.
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Matt Caulder
6 days ago
Yo this is a freaking steal!! Some of the best writing in games, some of the best people writing it
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Stu Horvath
6 days ago
Subscribe to Unwinnable before the end of the year and get all the 2025 issues free! That's twelve issues of Unwinnable Monthly AND twelve issues of Exploits for five clams. Feed your brain over the holidays!
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Noah Springer
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My confession about not knowing about Minutemen until about two months ago, but learning about how much they rule has been awesome!
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"[W]hy, if some of my favorite bands from the 1990s (and beyond) are so influenced by Minutemen, had I never listened to them?"
@noahspringer.com
explores the connections between his favorite music and Minutemen:
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A Lynchpin - Unwinnable
âHow,â you may ask yourself, âdid Noah, music critic of a sort, make it to almost 40 years and never run across this incredibly influential band?â
https://unwinnable.com/2025/12/16/a-lynchpin/
6 days ago
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chilton đ
6 days ago
Chaser
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chilton đ
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Shot
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"For us, life has been making harder and harder for us to get together even online, but the powers of various chat apps and virtual tabletops offered an opportunity to play-by-post with ducks and wolfkin and the rest."
@rubeck.bsky.social
recounts his Dragonbane campaign:
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Now or Never or Over the Next Few Days at Least - Unwinnable
The powers of various chat apps and virtual tabletops offered an opportunity to play-by-post with ducks and wolfkin and the rest.
https://unwinnable.com/2025/12/16/now-or-never-or-over-the-next-few-days-at-least/
6 days ago
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Dr. Emily Price
7 days ago
If we get 1000 new subscribers every columnist should get to write a romantasy. I am reading a Cassandra Clare book right now so Iâm ready.
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Dr. Emily Price
7 days ago
the people yearn for romantasy on unwinnable dot com
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Derek KınÌsman
7 days ago
David said it out loud, so now it has to happen. If we get a hundo new
@unwinnable.com
subs before the new year, we'll add some romantasy fanfic to our upcoming Final Fantasy x Politics issue. Please make me regert suggesting this idea, âŠdaddy.
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David Shimomura
7 days ago
If we get 100 more subscribers between now and 12/31
@derekkinsman.com
says we can add at least one romantasy fanfic story to
@unwinnable.com
's Final Fantasy x Politics issue. You know what to do! Make him regret saying this!
unwinnable.com/subscribe/
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ICYMI: "The idea of playing Blackstone Fortress just feels too much like an undertaking."
@orringrey.com
digs into Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress:
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Too Big to Succeed: Warhammer Quest and the Imposing Scope of Blackstone Fortress - Unwinnable
Blackstone Fortress is an elaborate, ambitious, impressive game, but it was also the first of the Warhammer Quest installments to become too intimidating for me.
https://unwinnable.com/2025/12/12/too-big-to-succeed-warhammer-quest-and-the-imposing-scope-of-blackstone-fortress/
10 days ago
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ICYMI: "[S]urveillance is ultimately an important driver of the plot, if not the terror."
@nochshorn.bsky.social
examines surveillance as horror in Weapons:
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Watching Weapons - Unwinnable
Everyone is watching each other but very few are keeping an eye out.
https://buff.ly/3YvEpuD
10 days ago
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Dr. Emily Price
12 days ago
Except for one end of year wrapup Iâm done with freelance for this year. A lot of my 2025 writing was paywalled/ physical outlets/ not out yet. But my favorites of the year are: House Games:
unwinnable.com/2025/12/02/b...
Misericorde 2 review:
unwinnable.com/2025/02/28/m...
and, topically:
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Videogames Are Mainstream. What Will Make Them Feel Like It? - Unwinnable
About half the people in the world play videogames of some kind, but coverage of them outside specialized outlets is almost nowhere.
https://unwinnable.com/2025/07/30/videogames-are-mainstream-what-will-make-them-feel-like-it/
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Natasha Ochshorn
10 days ago
I donât think this movie was ultimately about anything (not a problem for me!) but I think it was noticing something.
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Orrin Grey
10 days ago
On why I've never played very much Blackstone Fortress and probably never will.
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"The idea of playing Blackstone Fortress just feels too much like an undertaking."
@orringrey.com
digs into Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress:
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Too Big to Succeed: Warhammer Quest and the Imposing Scope of Blackstone Fortress - Unwinnable
Blackstone Fortress is an elaborate, ambitious, impressive game, but it was also the first of the Warhammer Quest installments to become too intimidating for me.
https://unwinnable.com/2025/12/12/too-big-to-succeed-warhammer-quest-and-the-imposing-scope-of-blackstone-fortress/
10 days ago
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"[S]urveillance is ultimately an important driver of the plot, if not the terror."
@nochshorn.bsky.social
examines surveillance as horror in Weapons:
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Watching Weapons - Unwinnable
Everyone is watching each other but very few are keeping an eye out.
https://unwinnable.com/2025/12/12/watching-weapons/
10 days ago
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Jay Castello đ»
11 days ago
read my essay about beech forests đł
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ICYMI: "Quasartico are played as the good guys, lending you their help in stopping Z-Aâs immediate existential threat, but theyâre also clearly not equipped to handle the bigger picture."
@jaymcastello.bsky.social
examines the complications of Pokémon Legends: Z-A's wild zones:
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Pokémon and people do not live in harmony in Lumiose.
https://buff.ly/MGMDvoz
11 days ago
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"Quasartico are played as the good guys, lending you their help in stopping Z-Aâs immediate existential threat, but theyâre also clearly not equipped to handle the bigger picture."
@jaymcastello.bsky.social
examines the complications of Pokémon Legends: Z-A's wild zones:
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Habitat Fragmentation - Unwinnable
Pokémon and people do not live in harmony in Lumiose.
https://unwinnable.com/2025/12/11/habitat-fragmentation/
11 days ago
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ICYMI: "Rogue Incursion is still a fine game when played flat, but 'fine' is not the word Iâd use to describe the VR version." Alien: Rogue Incursionâs non-VR release has
@unabridgedgamer.bsky.social
wondering what design philosophies we take for granted in traditional gaming:
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Alien: Rogue Incursion's Evolved Edition Feels Like It Skipped A Few Evolutionary Steps - Unwinnable
You literally interact with the world less than in VR, and thatâs a shame.
https://buff.ly/zu5An0s
12 days ago
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ICYMI: "Drop your arm and youâre out. Spill any of the water and youâre out. Get eliminated first and you can never look your sons in the eye again."
@mattmarrone.bsky.social
becomes the Stein Hoister of the Year:
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Unwinnable Monthly had a representative in the 2025 Sam Adams Stein Holding Contest at Astoriaâs famed Bohemian Hall beer garden.
https://unwinnable.com/2025/12/10/stein-hoister-of-the-year/
12 days ago
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"Rogue Incursion is still a fine game when played flat, but 'fine' is not the word Iâd use to describe the VR version." Alien: Rogue Incursionâs non-VR release has
@unabridgedgamer.bsky.social
wondering what design philosophies we take for granted in traditional gaming:
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Alien: Rogue Incursion's Evolved Edition Feels Like It Skipped A Few Evolutionary Steps - Unwinnable
You literally interact with the world less than in VR, and thatâs a shame.
https://unwinnable.com/2025/12/10/alien-rogue-incursions-evolved-edition-feels-like-it-skipped-a-few-evolutionary-steps/
12 days ago
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