Since 2010, Unwinnable has been a showcase for weird, experimental, poignant, funny and iconoclastic stories. We're devoted to examining the intersection of the culture we love and the lives we lead. Unwinnable wants to bring you the best in pop-culture criticism, creative non-fiction, and the occasional serialized fiction once a week in a beautiful digital magazine. Unwinnable is life with culture. In this issue’s cover story, “Who Watches the Watcher” Jill Scharr shares a fantastic essay about the moralizing gaze of other characters and its effect on your decisions in Telltales’ The Walking Dead. Joe DeMartino has Fallout: New Vegas’s Caesar in his sights in “I Shot the Centurion.” Jordan Minor looks at some very different game development milestones in the aptly titled, “Milestones.” Finally, Carli Velocci is on a quest for the shivers in “Through the Fog-Choked Streets.” No matter what your taste, Unwinnable Weekly has you covered, so make sure to check out our selection of back issues today!

Since 2010, Unwinnable has been a showcase for weird, experimental, poignant, funny and iconoclastic stories. We're devoted to examining the intersection of the culture we love and the lives we lead. Unwinnable wants to bring you the best in pop-culture criticism, creative non-fiction, and the occasional serialized fiction once a week in a beautiful digital magazine. Unwinnable is life with culture. We’ve got four great stories for you in this issue. First is Luke Pullen’s amazing look at Frank Herbert’s Dune and the games it inspired. Shawn Alexander Allen gives us a look into last year’s Practice conference at NYU Gamecenter - if this doesn’t make you want to go to this year’s in November, nothing will. Marjorie Jensen draws comparisons between Tarot and Poker in our cover story and Space Marine Aurelius Ventro is back from the future with another advice column. No matter what your taste, Unwinnable Weekly has you covered, so make sure to check out our selection of back issues today!