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Don't get caught in the rain. This month's Exploits includes writing on a missing player two, The Casket Lottery, My Good Side, Misery, Andor and Somerville.
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HARVESTER MENTIONED!
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
HARVESTER MENTIONED!
"Steve Mason either learns to be the Reaper or defaults to the reaped."
@jhensliterature.bsky.social draws parallels between Harvester's suburban hellscape and the American suburb's foundation of violence:
@jhensliterature.bsky.social draws parallels between Harvester's suburban hellscape and the American suburb's foundation of violence:
Harvester and the American Reaper - Unwinnable
To be a proud American is to constantly condone the legacies of violence and bloodshed that still haunt us.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"Steve Mason either learns to be the Reaper or defaults to the reaped."
@jhensliterature.bsky.social draws parallels between Harvester's suburban hellscape and the American suburb's foundation of violence:
@jhensliterature.bsky.social draws parallels between Harvester's suburban hellscape and the American suburb's foundation of violence:
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This month for @unwinnable.com's short-form side-mag Exploits, I wrote some brief essays on playing Somerville as the parent of a toddler and the new Casket Lottery record.
Don't get caught in the rain. This month's Exploits includes writing on a missing player two, The Casket Lottery, My Good Side, Misery, Andor and Somerville.
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Read @vandennis.bsky.social's essay on Andor: buff.ly/MBxx1Z8
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November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This month for @unwinnable.com's short-form side-mag Exploits, I wrote some brief essays on playing Somerville as the parent of a toddler and the new Casket Lottery record.
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(oh, right, I actually wrote something recently)
Check out this month's issue of Exploits where I write about the second season of Andor and its depiction of fascist disposability, and/or (heh) read my piece online here! unwinnable.com/2025/11/03/a...
Check out this month's issue of Exploits where I write about the second season of Andor and its depiction of fascist disposability, and/or (heh) read my piece online here! unwinnable.com/2025/11/03/a...
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
(oh, right, I actually wrote something recently)
Check out this month's issue of Exploits where I write about the second season of Andor and its depiction of fascist disposability, and/or (heh) read my piece online here! unwinnable.com/2025/11/03/a...
Check out this month's issue of Exploits where I write about the second season of Andor and its depiction of fascist disposability, and/or (heh) read my piece online here! unwinnable.com/2025/11/03/a...
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A while back, I wrote a cover story about Godzilla movies for @unwinnable.com and was lucky enough to get one of my favorite kaiju artists to do the cover. As of today, I have the original of that drawing in my possession. Thanks to @xenofauna.bsky.social and @stuhorvath.com for making it happen.
November 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
A while back, I wrote a cover story about Godzilla movies for @unwinnable.com and was lucky enough to get one of my favorite kaiju artists to do the cover. As of today, I have the original of that drawing in my possession. Thanks to @xenofauna.bsky.social and @stuhorvath.com for making it happen.
ICYMI: "As it stands, all is well in the end for our boy and our flock, but the rest of the world is nothing."
@jaymcastello.bsky.social discovers emptiness in Herdling's world:
@jaymcastello.bsky.social discovers emptiness in Herdling's world:
Forward to Where? - Unwinnable
If Herdling wants to make a point about humans being an integral part of the ecosystem, it needs both humans and ecosystems.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
ICYMI: "As it stands, all is well in the end for our boy and our flock, but the rest of the world is nothing."
@jaymcastello.bsky.social discovers emptiness in Herdling's world:
@jaymcastello.bsky.social discovers emptiness in Herdling's world:
"As it stands, all is well in the end for our boy and our flock, but the rest of the world is nothing."
@jaymcastello.bsky.social discovers emptiness in Herdling's world:
@jaymcastello.bsky.social discovers emptiness in Herdling's world:
Forward to Where? - Unwinnable
If Herdling wants to make a point about humans being an integral part of the ecosystem, it needs both humans and ecosystems.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"As it stands, all is well in the end for our boy and our flock, but the rest of the world is nothing."
@jaymcastello.bsky.social discovers emptiness in Herdling's world:
@jaymcastello.bsky.social discovers emptiness in Herdling's world:
ICYMI: "[W]e all colored it in with magic markers and – just a few short hours later – Marronopoly was born."
@mattmarrone.bsky.social makes a new game with his Monopoly-loving sons:
@mattmarrone.bsky.social makes a new game with his Monopoly-loving sons:
Marronopoly - Unwinnable
The activity that has best defined the outsized influence Monopoly now has over our lives happened on a recent Saturday.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
ICYMI: "[W]e all colored it in with magic markers and – just a few short hours later – Marronopoly was born."
@mattmarrone.bsky.social makes a new game with his Monopoly-loving sons:
@mattmarrone.bsky.social makes a new game with his Monopoly-loving sons:
"[W]e all colored it in with magic markers and – just a few short hours later – Marronopoly was born."
@mattmarrone.bsky.social makes a new game with his Monopoly-loving sons:
@mattmarrone.bsky.social makes a new game with his Monopoly-loving sons:
Marronopoly - Unwinnable
The activity that has best defined the outsized influence Monopoly now has over our lives happened on a recent Saturday.
unwinnable.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"[W]e all colored it in with magic markers and – just a few short hours later – Marronopoly was born."
@mattmarrone.bsky.social makes a new game with his Monopoly-loving sons:
@mattmarrone.bsky.social makes a new game with his Monopoly-loving sons:
ICYMI: "So, after all this time… I forgive you, Bioshock Infinite."
@unabridgedgamer.bsky.social explores Bioshock Infinite's strange interpretation of Christianity:
@unabridgedgamer.bsky.social explores Bioshock Infinite's strange interpretation of Christianity:
Forgiving, and Forgetting, Bioshock - Unwinnable
If there is one constructive lesson that can be learned from Bioshock Infinite, it’s the crucial, fundamental need for forgiveness.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
ICYMI: "So, after all this time… I forgive you, Bioshock Infinite."
@unabridgedgamer.bsky.social explores Bioshock Infinite's strange interpretation of Christianity:
@unabridgedgamer.bsky.social explores Bioshock Infinite's strange interpretation of Christianity:
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There's... a lot things that Bioshock Infinite did that disappoint me to this day. However, I think with this column, I've finally got a bit of closure.
Next month's gonna be a happier one, scout's honor.
Next month's gonna be a happier one, scout's honor.
"So, after all this time… I forgive you, Bioshock Infinite."
@unabridgedgamer.bsky.social explores Bioshock Infinite's strange interpretation of Christianity:
@unabridgedgamer.bsky.social explores Bioshock Infinite's strange interpretation of Christianity:
Forgiving, and Forgetting, Bioshock - Unwinnable
If there is one constructive lesson that can be learned from Bioshock Infinite, it’s the crucial, fundamental need for forgiveness.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:13 AM
There's... a lot things that Bioshock Infinite did that disappoint me to this day. However, I think with this column, I've finally got a bit of closure.
Next month's gonna be a happier one, scout's honor.
Next month's gonna be a happier one, scout's honor.
"So, after all this time… I forgive you, Bioshock Infinite."
@unabridgedgamer.bsky.social explores Bioshock Infinite's strange interpretation of Christianity:
@unabridgedgamer.bsky.social explores Bioshock Infinite's strange interpretation of Christianity:
Forgiving, and Forgetting, Bioshock - Unwinnable
If there is one constructive lesson that can be learned from Bioshock Infinite, it’s the crucial, fundamental need for forgiveness.
unwinnable.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"So, after all this time… I forgive you, Bioshock Infinite."
@unabridgedgamer.bsky.social explores Bioshock Infinite's strange interpretation of Christianity:
@unabridgedgamer.bsky.social explores Bioshock Infinite's strange interpretation of Christianity:
ICYMI: "The game appears to want to have it both ways – 'run and hide' in tandem with 'stand and fight.'"
Emma Kostopolus analyzes Silent Hill f's approach to inverted power dynamics:
Emma Kostopolus analyzes Silent Hill f's approach to inverted power dynamics:
The Limits of Powerlessness: On Silent Hill f - Unwinnable
The game appears to want to have it both ways – “run and hide” in tandem with “stand and fight.”
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November 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
ICYMI: "The game appears to want to have it both ways – 'run and hide' in tandem with 'stand and fight.'"
Emma Kostopolus analyzes Silent Hill f's approach to inverted power dynamics:
Emma Kostopolus analyzes Silent Hill f's approach to inverted power dynamics:
"The game appears to want to have it both ways – 'run and hide' in tandem with 'stand and fight.'"
Emma Kostopolus analyzes Silent Hill f's approach to inverted power dynamics:
Emma Kostopolus analyzes Silent Hill f's approach to inverted power dynamics:
The Limits of Powerlessness: On Silent Hill f - Unwinnable
The game appears to want to have it both ways – “run and hide” in tandem with “stand and fight.”
unwinnable.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"The game appears to want to have it both ways – 'run and hide' in tandem with 'stand and fight.'"
Emma Kostopolus analyzes Silent Hill f's approach to inverted power dynamics:
Emma Kostopolus analyzes Silent Hill f's approach to inverted power dynamics:
Don't get caught in the rain. This month's Exploits includes writing on a missing player two, The Casket Lottery, My Good Side, Misery, Andor and Somerville.
Buy: buff.ly/hH7iYQ7
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Read @vandennis.bsky.social's essay on Andor: buff.ly/MBxx1Z8
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Read @vandennis.bsky.social's essay on Andor: buff.ly/MBxx1Z8
November 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Don't get caught in the rain. This month's Exploits includes writing on a missing player two, The Casket Lottery, My Good Side, Misery, Andor and Somerville.
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Read @vandennis.bsky.social's essay on Andor: buff.ly/MBxx1Z8
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Now on the internet, as in real life, you can hear me talk at you about a Sarah Waters novel
"They become haunted by the precarity of queer desire and the persistence of the heterosexual norm."
@chiltonm.bsky.social examines the link between the institution of the house and the ghost of heterosexuality in The Paying Guests and The Safekeep: unwinnable.com/2025/10/30/a...
@chiltonm.bsky.social examines the link between the institution of the house and the ghost of heterosexuality in The Paying Guests and The Safekeep: unwinnable.com/2025/10/30/a...
All Houses Are Haunted (By Heterosexuality) - Unwinnable
In both Sarah Waters' The Paying Guests and Yael van der Wouden's The Safekeep, the lesbian main character keeps a neat, controlled house in lieu of a more traditional home life with a husband.
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November 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Now on the internet, as in real life, you can hear me talk at you about a Sarah Waters novel
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my first article for unwinnable is about @neal.fun 's i'm not a robot!
"The state of modern technology is overwhelmingly miserable, and I’m Not a Robot works so well because it laughs with you about it."
@beewertheimer.com plays I’m Not a Robot, a game that puts you through an absurd CAPTCHA gauntlet:
@beewertheimer.com plays I’m Not a Robot, a game that puts you through an absurd CAPTCHA gauntlet:
The Absurdity of Proving You're Not a Robot - Unwinnable
When tasked with breaking up with your AI girlfriend, the chatbot repeatedly gaslights you.
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November 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
my first article for unwinnable is about @neal.fun 's i'm not a robot!
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I love dead malls - I wrote this about arcades in dying malls for @unwinnable.com : unwinnable.com/2017/12/11/d...
Dying Malls and Their Arcade Dreams - Unwinnable
At some point this Victoria’s Secret made the transition to Akiba Arcade, a small Japanese arcade full of rhythm games with large drums and bright boxes of light and sound.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I love dead malls - I wrote this about arcades in dying malls for @unwinnable.com : unwinnable.com/2017/12/11/d...
ICYMI: "The state of modern technology is overwhelmingly miserable, and I’m Not a Robot works so well because it laughs with you about it."
@beewertheimer.com plays I’m Not a Robot, a game that puts you through an absurd CAPTCHA gauntlet:
@beewertheimer.com plays I’m Not a Robot, a game that puts you through an absurd CAPTCHA gauntlet:
The Absurdity of Proving You're Not a Robot - Unwinnable
When tasked with breaking up with your AI girlfriend, the chatbot repeatedly gaslights you.
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November 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
ICYMI: "The state of modern technology is overwhelmingly miserable, and I’m Not a Robot works so well because it laughs with you about it."
@beewertheimer.com plays I’m Not a Robot, a game that puts you through an absurd CAPTCHA gauntlet:
@beewertheimer.com plays I’m Not a Robot, a game that puts you through an absurd CAPTCHA gauntlet:
ICYMI: "A green, velvet texture rippled across the yard, in all directions, but mostly towards the southeast corner.
And the corner waved back."
This Halloween, @noahspringer.com comes across a horror in his backyard:
And the corner waved back."
This Halloween, @noahspringer.com comes across a horror in his backyard:
The Strangling Fruit - Unwinnable
Grass grew, I mowed. Weeds sprouted, I pulled. Mosquitos multiplied, I swatted. And all that time, life pulsed.
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November 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
ICYMI: "A green, velvet texture rippled across the yard, in all directions, but mostly towards the southeast corner.
And the corner waved back."
This Halloween, @noahspringer.com comes across a horror in his backyard:
And the corner waved back."
This Halloween, @noahspringer.com comes across a horror in his backyard:
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@panic.com's Playdate is awesome and my favorite console of the 9th generation! I started 2025 singing it's praises for @unwinnable.com.
November 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
@panic.com's Playdate is awesome and my favorite console of the 9th generation! I started 2025 singing it's praises for @unwinnable.com.
"The state of modern technology is overwhelmingly miserable, and I’m Not a Robot works so well because it laughs with you about it."
@beewertheimer.com plays I’m Not a Robot, a game that puts you through an absurd CAPTCHA gauntlet:
@beewertheimer.com plays I’m Not a Robot, a game that puts you through an absurd CAPTCHA gauntlet:
The Absurdity of Proving You're Not a Robot - Unwinnable
When tasked with breaking up with your AI girlfriend, the chatbot repeatedly gaslights you.
unwinnable.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"The state of modern technology is overwhelmingly miserable, and I’m Not a Robot works so well because it laughs with you about it."
@beewertheimer.com plays I’m Not a Robot, a game that puts you through an absurd CAPTCHA gauntlet:
@beewertheimer.com plays I’m Not a Robot, a game that puts you through an absurd CAPTCHA gauntlet:
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The doctors said I got some pretty nasty poison ivy over the summer, but I wasn't quite convinced of their diagnosis
"A green, velvet texture rippled across the yard, in all directions, but mostly towards the southeast corner.
And the corner waved back."
This Halloween, @noahspringer.com comes across a horror in his backyard: unwinnable.com/2025/10/31/t...
And the corner waved back."
This Halloween, @noahspringer.com comes across a horror in his backyard: unwinnable.com/2025/10/31/t...
The Strangling Fruit - Unwinnable
Grass grew, I mowed. Weeds sprouted, I pulled. Mosquitos multiplied, I swatted. And all that time, life pulsed.
unwinnable.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The doctors said I got some pretty nasty poison ivy over the summer, but I wasn't quite convinced of their diagnosis
"A green, velvet texture rippled across the yard, in all directions, but mostly towards the southeast corner.
And the corner waved back."
This Halloween, @noahspringer.com comes across a horror in his backyard: unwinnable.com/2025/10/31/t...
And the corner waved back."
This Halloween, @noahspringer.com comes across a horror in his backyard: unwinnable.com/2025/10/31/t...
The Strangling Fruit - Unwinnable
Grass grew, I mowed. Weeds sprouted, I pulled. Mosquitos multiplied, I swatted. And all that time, life pulsed.
unwinnable.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"A green, velvet texture rippled across the yard, in all directions, but mostly towards the southeast corner.
And the corner waved back."
This Halloween, @noahspringer.com comes across a horror in his backyard: unwinnable.com/2025/10/31/t...
And the corner waved back."
This Halloween, @noahspringer.com comes across a horror in his backyard: unwinnable.com/2025/10/31/t...
ICYMI: "They become haunted by the precarity of queer desire and the persistence of the heterosexual norm."
@chiltonm.bsky.social examines the link between the institution of the house and the ghost of heterosexuality in The Paying Guests and The Safekeep:
@chiltonm.bsky.social examines the link between the institution of the house and the ghost of heterosexuality in The Paying Guests and The Safekeep:
All Houses Are Haunted (By Heterosexuality) - Unwinnable
In both Sarah Waters' The Paying Guests and Yael van der Wouden's The Safekeep, the lesbian main character keeps a neat, controlled house in lieu of a more traditional home life with a husband.
unwinnable.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
ICYMI: "They become haunted by the precarity of queer desire and the persistence of the heterosexual norm."
@chiltonm.bsky.social examines the link between the institution of the house and the ghost of heterosexuality in The Paying Guests and The Safekeep:
@chiltonm.bsky.social examines the link between the institution of the house and the ghost of heterosexuality in The Paying Guests and The Safekeep: