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ICYMI: "The closer I look at this summer, the farther away I get from that one." The World Cup gives @chiltonm.bsky.social the nostalgic summer soccer blues: unwinnable.com/2026/08/04/s...
Summer Soccer Blues - Unwinnable
I wasn't being a grump on purpose; it's just hard to keep love alive in this heat.
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New one from me @unwinnable.com about Home (for fans of Blue Prince and/or Piranesi) tinyurl.com/bd5u9nzf
The Homes We Assemble Inside and Out - Unwinnable
An old home so full of the past that it feels like a choking fog.
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"The closer I look at this summer, the farther away I get from that one." The World Cup gives @chiltonm.bsky.social the nostalgic summer soccer blues: unwinnable.com/2026/08/04/s...
Summer Soccer Blues - Unwinnable
I wasn't being a grump on purpose; it's just hard to keep love alive in this heat.
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I'm in this month's Exploits writing about OBEX, which is one of the most underrated films of the year btw 🤠
Unwinnable@unwinnable.com · 2d agoWhere does Stu even find these cover images? This month's Exploits covers media like the World Cup, Life Is Strange and OBEX. Buy: buff.ly/qEsgZtN Subscribe: buff.ly/XdxYOYQ Read @bensailer.bsky.social on console merch in a world without physical games: buff.ly/AoYqkoU
Where does Stu even find these cover images? This month's Exploits covers media like the World Cup, Life Is Strange and OBEX. Buy: buff.ly/qEsgZtN Subscribe: buff.ly/XdxYOYQ Read @bensailer.bsky.social on console merch in a world without physical games: buff.ly/AoYqkoU
I'm back on my game preservation bs with this one.
Unwinnable@unwinnable.com · 2w agoThe wind is rising. This month's issue of Unwinnable Monthly features @autumn-wright.com on The Wind Rises and terror plus our regulars on topics like Marathon, Alan Wake II and Silent Hill f. Buy: buff.ly/ci350lH Subscribe: buff.ly/2FiTW11
ICYMI: "The balance that Mina tries to strike with the hammer is one that relies on player patience." @oddjackalope.bsky.social muses on his relationship with the hammer in Mina the Hollower:
My Toxic Relationship with Mina the Hollower’s Giant Hammer - Unwinnable
The hammer feels inevitable.
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ICYMI: "If you want to pair a game with a smell, why not put some thought into it?" @emilyprice.bsky.social pairs indie perfumes with videogames:
GameSmell: A Videogame-Perfume Pairing List - Unwinnable
I like the idea of spraying a perfume before you sit down to play a game; it’s like the VR suit that hurts you but, uh, more pleasant.
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"The balance that Mina tries to strike with the hammer is one that relies on player patience." @oddjackalope.bsky.social muses on his relationship with the hammer in Mina the Hollower:
My Toxic Relationship with Mina the Hollower’s Giant Hammer - Unwinnable
The hammer feels inevitable.
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out: the VR suit that hurts you in: perfumes that smell like Nurikabe World, Harvest Moon, and Assassins Creed 2
GameSmell: A Videogame-Perfume Pairing List - Unwinnable
I like the idea of spraying a perfume before you sit down to play a game; it’s like the VR suit that hurts you but, uh, more pleasant.
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"If you want to pair a game with a smell, why not put some thought into it?" @emilyprice.bsky.social pairs indie perfumes with videogames:
GameSmell: A Videogame-Perfume Pairing List - Unwinnable
I like the idea of spraying a perfume before you sit down to play a game; it’s like the VR suit that hurts you but, uh, more pleasant.
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ICYMI: "Each of this month’s selections wrestles with an aspect of these tensions between artist and audience in ways that are inseparable from the stories we tell about the work." @bensailer.bsky.social shares four albums that touch on the duality between intention and reception:
Vision and Expectation - Unwinnable
Each one of this month's selections has, in some respect, an interesting relationship with the duality between artistic vision and critical expectation.
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I wrote in @unwinnable.com today about my toxic relationship with Mina the Hollower's giant hammer, and why I love it and hate it in equal parts. Check it out!
My Toxic Relationship with Mina the Hollower’s Giant Hammer - Unwinnable
The hammer feels inevitable.
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"Each of this month’s selections wrestles with an aspect of these tensions between artist and audience in ways that are inseparable from the stories we tell about the work." @bensailer.bsky.social shares four albums that touch on the duality between intention and reception: buff.ly/ECmOjJJ
Vision and Expectation - Unwinnable
Each one of this month's selections has, in some respect, an interesting relationship with the duality between artistic vision and critical expectation.
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ICYMI: "The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood is a deceptively deep visual novel." @chris-rrrr.bsky.social enters The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood's wild world: unwinnable.com/2026/07/29/i...
ICYMI: "This is the story of rot culture, where it comes from, why it wins and how to stop glaciers." @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social looks back at history to explain how we've come to our current point in videogame economics:
Line Go Up - Unwinnable
But David, how do these super-mergers create value for the shareholders and why did we talk about the Italian Renaissance?
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"The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood is a deceptively deep visual novel." @chris-rrrr.bsky.social enters The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood's wild world: unwinnable.com/2026/07/29/i...
I So Badly Want To Live In Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood’s World - Unwinnable
What follows rocks the very foundation of witch society.
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"This is the story of rot culture, where it comes from, why it wins and how to stop glaciers." @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social looks back at history to explain how we've come to our current point in videogame economics:
Line Go Up - Unwinnable
But David, how do these super-mergers create value for the shareholders and why did we talk about the Italian Renaissance?
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Cool that my piece on math and history in accounting for @unwinnable.com came out the same day as Microsoft's financials. unwinnable.com/2026/07/29/l...
Line Go Up - Unwinnable
But David, how do these super-mergers create value for the shareholders and why did we talk about the Italian Renaissance?
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This month for @unwinnable.com, I wrote about *that* new Sleep EP and other fine records. Share, subscribe, etc.
Stu Horvath@stuhorvath.com · last wk.@bensailer.bsky.social has some heavy tunes for you. Check your expectations. Or don't. He's not your dad. "Each of this month’s selections wrestles with the tensions between artist and audience in ways that are inseparable from the stories we tell about the work."
ICYMI: "Jiro’s fiancé, Naoko Satomi, is the body of the nation." Feature Excerpt: @autumn-wright.com explores the various echoes of The Wind Rises' Naoko Satomi across media and their parallels with imperialism:
The Many Faces of Naoko Satomi - Unwinnable
As the literal winds blowing off the Gulf of Lion are transformed into the winds of war in The Wind Rises, a person becomes a metaphor, too.
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"Jiro’s fiancé, Naoko Satomi, is the body of the nation." Feature Excerpt: @autumn-wright.com explores the various echoes of The Wind Rises' Naoko Satomi across media and their parallels with imperialism: unwinnable.com/2026/07/28/t...
The Many Faces of Naoko Satomi - Unwinnable
As the literal winds blowing off the Gulf of Lion are transformed into the winds of war in The Wind Rises, a person becomes a metaphor, too.
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In my latest essay: I watch the international aerial review and The Wind Rises, I read Tatsuo Hori and Jiro Horikoshi, and I diagnose empire and tuberculosis. unwinnable.com/2026/07/28/t...
The Many Faces of Naoko Satomi - Unwinnable
As the literal winds blowing off the Gulf of Lion are transformed into the winds of war in The Wind Rises, a person becomes a metaphor, too.
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ICYMI: "King’s Field IV, twenty-some years on, became for me what my childhood fantasy of Dark Souls could not manifest." @jhensliterature.bsky.social explains what makes King's Field IV so compelling to them:
King's Field IV Makes Me Froth at the Mouth - Unwinnable
Is it strange to say that I’m nostalgic for a game I never played in my formative years?
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Hey if you saw this you gotta try King's Field IV if you haven't please I'm insane I'm so unhinged about it
Unwinnable@unwinnable.com · last wk."King’s Field IV, twenty-some years on, became for me what my childhood fantasy of Dark Souls could not manifest." @jhensliterature.bsky.social explains what makes King's Field IV so compelling to them:
"King’s Field IV, twenty-some years on, became for me what my childhood fantasy of Dark Souls could not manifest." @jhensliterature.bsky.social explains what makes King's Field IV so compelling to them:
King's Field IV Makes Me Froth at the Mouth - Unwinnable
Is it strange to say that I’m nostalgic for a game I never played in my formative years?
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ICYMI: "I dunno. I’m just saying girls also like STALKER." @vehement-ly.bsky.social penned a play on two women talking about the gender vibes around STALKER in issue 197. And we just reprinted it in full on the web:
Two Women Talking about Stalker (Extended Cut) - Unwinnable
The Zone is this object of pure radiation, like the sun on Earth.
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"I dunno. I’m just saying girls also like STALKER." @vehement-ly.bsky.social penned a play on two women talking about the gender vibes around STALKER in issue 197. And we just reprinted it in full on the web:
Two Women Talking about Stalker (Extended Cut) - Unwinnable
The Zone is this object of pure radiation, like the sun on Earth.
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here it is, for your reading pleasure on @unwinnable.com : the full one-act play, "Two Women Talking about STALKER" :) unwinnable.com/2026/07/24/t...
Two Women Talking about Stalker (Extended Cut) - Unwinnable
The Zone is this object of pure radiation, like the sun on Earth.
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