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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!
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I had a great time talking to Pablo Clark of @theoldkingscrown.bsky.social about the gorgeous The Old King's Crown.
ICYMI: "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:
@aguaspoints.bsky.social talks to Pablo Clark about creating the board game The Old King's Crown:
Inspired Wonder: The Old King’s 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.
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December 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I had a great time talking to Pablo Clark of @theoldkingscrown.bsky.social about the gorgeous The Old King's Crown.
ICYMI: "Don is a cynic, and a romantic, and a liar, and a truthteller, and he knows all of it and forgets it all the time."
@nochshorn.bsky.social shares her thoughts on Mad Men S1E1and S1E2:
@nochshorn.bsky.social shares her thoughts on Mad Men S1E1and S1E2:
THAT’S WHAT THE BLOG IS FOR! Mad Men S1E1–S1E2 - Unwinnable
The thing about Don is that he really doesn't believe in love and he also believes in love with his whole brain and body each and every time it happens to him.
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December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ICYMI: "Don is a cynic, and a romantic, and a liar, and a truthteller, and he knows all of it and forgets it all the time."
@nochshorn.bsky.social shares her thoughts on Mad Men S1E1and S1E2:
@nochshorn.bsky.social shares her thoughts on Mad Men S1E1and S1E2:
ICYMI: "Sometimes, we see what we feel, rather than what is actually there."
UM Feature Excerpt: @orringrey.com explains how Frankenstein and other monsters become the product of collective memory:
UM Feature Excerpt: @orringrey.com explains how Frankenstein and other monsters become the product of collective memory:
Children of the Charnel House - Unwinnable
The story of Frankenstein, like so many others, has become something else, something that we each build for ourselves, piece by piece.
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December 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
ICYMI: "Sometimes, we see what we feel, rather than what is actually there."
UM Feature Excerpt: @orringrey.com explains how Frankenstein and other monsters become the product of collective memory:
UM Feature Excerpt: @orringrey.com explains how Frankenstein and other monsters become the product of collective memory:
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I’m not-exactly recapping Mad Men! No major spoilers for newbs but I’m not working to cover every plot point either. Follow along if you’re watching or rewatching and want some thoughts from a Ken Cosgrove stuck in a Joan’s body.
"Don is a cynic, and a romantic, and a liar, and a truthteller, and he knows all of it and forgets it all the time."
@nochshorn.bsky.social shares her thoughts on Mad Men S1E1and S1E2:
@nochshorn.bsky.social shares her thoughts on Mad Men S1E1and S1E2:
THAT’S WHAT THE BLOG IS FOR! Mad Men S1E1–S1E2 - Unwinnable
The thing about Don is that he really doesn't believe in love and he also believes in love with his whole brain and body each and every time it happens to him.
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December 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I’m not-exactly recapping Mad Men! No major spoilers for newbs but I’m not working to cover every plot point either. Follow along if you’re watching or rewatching and want some thoughts from a Ken Cosgrove stuck in a Joan’s body.
"Don is a cynic, and a romantic, and a liar, and a truthteller, and he knows all of it and forgets it all the time."
@nochshorn.bsky.social shares her thoughts on Mad Men S1E1and S1E2:
@nochshorn.bsky.social shares her thoughts on Mad Men S1E1and S1E2:
THAT’S WHAT THE BLOG IS FOR! Mad Men S1E1–S1E2 - Unwinnable
The thing about Don is that he really doesn't believe in love and he also believes in love with his whole brain and body each and every time it happens to him.
unwinnable.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"Don is a cynic, and a romantic, and a liar, and a truthteller, and he knows all of it and forgets it all the time."
@nochshorn.bsky.social shares her thoughts on Mad Men S1E1and S1E2:
@nochshorn.bsky.social shares her thoughts on Mad Men S1E1and S1E2:
"Sometimes, we see what we feel, rather than what is actually there."
UM Feature Excerpt: @orringrey.com explains how Frankenstein and other monsters become the product of collective memory:
UM Feature Excerpt: @orringrey.com explains how Frankenstein and other monsters become the product of collective memory:
Children of the Charnel House - Unwinnable
The story of Frankenstein, like so many others, has become something else, something that we each build for ourselves, piece by piece.
unwinnable.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Sometimes, we see what we feel, rather than what is actually there."
UM Feature Excerpt: @orringrey.com explains how Frankenstein and other monsters become the product of collective memory:
UM Feature Excerpt: @orringrey.com explains how Frankenstein and other monsters become the product of collective memory:
ICYMI: "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:
@aguaspoints.bsky.social talks to Pablo Clark about creating the board game The Old King's Crown:
Inspired Wonder: The Old King’s 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.
unwinnable.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
ICYMI: "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:
@aguaspoints.bsky.social talks to Pablo Clark about creating the board game The Old King's Crown:
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In the latest issue of @unwinnable.com, I wrote about GDT's Frankenstein and how adaptations accrue to become something new and strange.
Children of the Charnel House - Unwinnable
The story of Frankenstein, like so many others, has become something else, something that we each build for ourselves, piece by piece.
unwinnable.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In the latest issue of @unwinnable.com, I wrote about GDT's Frankenstein and how adaptations accrue to become something new and strange.
"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:
@aguaspoints.bsky.social talks to Pablo Clark about creating the board game The Old King's Crown:
Inspired Wonder: The Old King’s 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.
unwinnable.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"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:
@aguaspoints.bsky.social talks to Pablo Clark about creating the board game The Old King's Crown:
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My best of 2025 list is here! Best of what? Many things.
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!
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December 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
My best of 2025 list is here! Best of what? Many things.
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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...
What madness has @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social let me unleash?!?
How much of it involves genres other than games?!?!
Well...
December 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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...
What madness has @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social let me unleash?!?
How much of it involves genres other than games?!?!
Well...
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Phew, glad I subscribed to @unwinnable.com before getting to this page of @wyrdscience.bsky.social 🥵
December 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Phew, glad I subscribed to @unwinnable.com before getting to this page of @wyrdscience.bsky.social 🥵
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this month’s column is an indie game roundup! Learn about 6 small games I played and why I think they’re worth your time.
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: unwinnable.com/subscribe/
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December 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
this month’s column is an indie game roundup! Learn about 6 small games I played and why I think they’re worth your time.
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N.C. Wyeth was the best.
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...
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December 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
N.C. Wyeth was the best.
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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?
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!
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December 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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?
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: unwinnable.com/subscribe/
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December 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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...
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ICYMI: @saraclemens.com hits the snooze button at New York Comic Con 2025:
New York Comic Con 2025 - Unwinnable
Lol. Lmao, even.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
ICYMI: @saraclemens.com hits the snooze button at New York Comic Con 2025:
ICYMI: "The creators didn’t just slap feminine coding on this robotic character and call it a day; it wasn’t just shallow window dressing. Layla was made a character, equal to any other character."
@alyssawejebe.bsky.social analyzes the animated short Layla:
@alyssawejebe.bsky.social analyzes the animated short Layla:
Layla was a Skater Bot - Unwinnable
Robotic characters in fiction have long provided another metaphorical arena for human stories to play out.
unwinnable.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
ICYMI: "The creators didn’t just slap feminine coding on this robotic character and call it a day; it wasn’t just shallow window dressing. Layla was made a character, equal to any other character."
@alyssawejebe.bsky.social analyzes the animated short Layla:
@alyssawejebe.bsky.social analyzes the animated short Layla:
@saraclemens.com hits the snooze button at New York Comic Con 2025:
New York Comic Con 2025 - Unwinnable
Lol. Lmao, even.
unwinnable.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
@saraclemens.com hits the snooze button at New York Comic Con 2025:
"The creators didn’t just slap feminine coding on this robotic character and call it a day; it wasn’t just shallow window dressing. Layla was made a character, equal to any other character."
@alyssawejebe.bsky.social analyzes the animated short Layla:
@alyssawejebe.bsky.social analyzes the animated short Layla:
Layla was a Skater Bot - Unwinnable
Robotic characters in fiction have long provided another metaphorical arena for human stories to play out.
unwinnable.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"The creators didn’t just slap feminine coding on this robotic character and call it a day; it wasn’t just shallow window dressing. Layla was made a character, equal to any other character."
@alyssawejebe.bsky.social analyzes the animated short Layla:
@alyssawejebe.bsky.social analyzes the animated short Layla:
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December 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Help us keep doing it!
Help us keep doing it!
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When you support @unwinnable.com 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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When you support @unwinnable.com 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.
We're not the masthead, we're the writers.
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*coughs in Microsoft, Ubisoft, Larian, Warhorse, CDPR, Sucker Punch, etc*
ICYMI: "It’s 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:
@robsteinone.bsky.social expresses his frustrations with the videogame industry's selective attention span:
“But She’s Got a New Hat!” - Unwinnable
It’s not a new pattern of behavior or anything, but Rob is… just… so sick and tired of seeing “company bad” one week and then “new thing from company!” the next.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
*coughs in Microsoft, Ubisoft, Larian, Warhorse, CDPR, Sucker Punch, etc*
ICYMI: "It’s 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:
@robsteinone.bsky.social expresses his frustrations with the videogame industry's selective attention span:
“But She’s Got a New Hat!” - Unwinnable
It’s not a new pattern of behavior or anything, but Rob is… just… so sick and tired of seeing “company bad” one week and then “new thing from company!” the next.
unwinnable.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ICYMI: "It’s 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:
@robsteinone.bsky.social expresses his frustrations with the videogame industry's selective attention span:
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:
Justin Reeve examines the evolution of the Lost Woods over time:
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.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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:
Justin Reeve examines the evolution of the Lost Woods over time: