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It's Stitch Day (6/26) so, in honor of the occasion, here are a couple of articles I've written about one of my favorite movies of all time, both for @unwinnable.com.

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"Imagine, instead of being a rejection from a crush being 'the end of the world', you were faced with the literal end of the world?" Harshit Kanchi looks at 13 Sentinels and 1000xRESIST's handling of adolescence during the apocalypse:

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"This year has been crazy for games of all kinds and a lot has slipped through the cracks." @emilyprice.bsky.social highlights some indie games from the past spring and winter you might have missed:

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ICYMI: "When the work itself is made to cater primarily to the ironic audience, however, we are not laughing with it. It is laughing at us." ‪@jhensliterature.bsky.social‬ explains what's wrong with making a movie like the Minecraft movie only for ironic enjoyment:

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ICYMI: "John Carpenter’s Escape from New York is terrifying distillation of the effects of power and authoritarianism." Feature Excerpt: @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social‬ examines the power dynamics in Escape From New York: buff.ly/uBbCrVw

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"When the work itself is made to cater primarily to the ironic audience, however, we are not laughing with it. It is laughing at us." ‪@jhensliterature.bsky.social‬ explains what's wrong with making a movie like the Minecraft movie only for ironic enjoyment: buff.ly/UfAfvVB

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Okay, this might be my favorite one yet.

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Still thinking about the essay today. Had so many little prisms of insight.

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Hey! It's me! I kind of had forgotten how great this movie is and how effective it is at showing you that power is a fist punching down forever.

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"John Carpenter’s Escape from New York is terrifying distillation of the effects of power and authoritarianism." Feature Excerpt: @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social‬ examines the power dynamics in Escape From New York: buff.ly/uBbCrVw

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We will not stop shitposting until our demands are met. Once we get 100 new subscribers to Unwinnable Monthly and Exploits, we'll put a Final Fantasy/politics issue on the schedule. Do your part here: unwinnable.com/subscribe/

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Okay this time I did almost forget for today because I'm still ripping pissed about the Front Mission 3 remake thing, but we're still working towards those 100 new subs so here's another silly thing I made.

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ICYMI: "[I] truly believe it’s worth examining not only what pitfalls the game fell into, but also why we may not exactly be ready to avoid those pitfalls in 2025." With talks of a Resident Evil 5 remake, Gerard Visco looks back on its portrayal of Africa and our reaction to it: buff.ly/SY6tNEs

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"We, logically, understand that we are not the protagonists we embody, but Kojima begs to differ." Feature Excerpt: Ten years after The Phantom Pain's release, @construct.goblinmo.de‬ reflects on the game's capstone message for the series: buff.ly/To6OkNz

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"[I] truly believe it’s worth examining not only what pitfalls the game fell into, but also why we may not exactly be ready to avoid those pitfalls in 2025." With talks of a Resident Evil 5 remake, Gerard Visco looks back on its portrayal of Africa and our reaction to it:

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"We, logically, understand that we are not the protagonists we embody, but Kojima begs to differ." Feature Excerpt: Ten years after The Phantom Pain's release, @construct.goblinmo.de‬ reflects on the game's capstone message for the series:

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The only way to stop me is to subscribe to one of the coolest magazines around.

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I may be sending mixed signals with this one but, whatever, it had to be done. Subscribe to @unwinnable.com. unwinnable.com/subscribe/

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This could be us, celebrating hitting 100 new subscribers, before I inevitably am forced to Final a Fantasy.

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Have we hit our sub goal yet? No? Well then I'm not stopping.

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Unwinnable is one of the many subscriptions I have that I actually read each month (along with Exploits). Can't recommend it enough. Help us get a FF issue!

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This month I am in dialogue with @jmrivera.bsky.social. We talk GTA 6, the personal and economic forces shaping games media, and why the games industry shouldn’t exist. The art for this month’s column is The Funeral by Édouard Manet.

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Don't think I forgot.

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" Once we hit 100 new subscribers, we'll put a Final Fantasy and politics issue on the docket." ....... .......... presses subscribe repeatedly

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My terrible photo edits will continue until we hit that sub goal.

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New issue to all who subscribe! That can be you too for just a few dollars a month AND when we bring in 100 new subscribers we'll be doing a whole theme issue on Final Fantasy, it's bizarre politics, and some new and exciting ways to read the games!

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Now that it sunk in a little I'm humbled to get to talk about Metal Gear Solid V and the wider saga alongside so many other incredible writers.

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Unwinnable pays me to write about genre in pop fiction so I don’t have to prepare (as many) mini-lectures for my family. Help to save my family (from my lectures on pop fiction).

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I wrote about how the fellas atop Mountainhead can’t escape their bodies.

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Subscribe to @unwinnable.com so that you can learn about my most perfectly curated playlist

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my not snake is citizen sleeper 1 & 2 and the differences between a home base and constant movement 🐍 ❌

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I'm going to be doing a lot more with my column around community building, solidarity, and defying the desires of corporatists and other such profiteers. But this was a nice change of pace to stay on theme while getting to talk about a movie I adore.

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Help Unwinnable reach their subscriber goal to unlock a politics of Final Fantasy issue! You can even read me write about The Phantom Pain, something that, if I told my younger self I got to do, would have given him a heart attack! Wow!

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What a cover!

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Read it! And while you're doing that you can also check out what I wrote in there, if you want. It's about how much I miss Fromsoft's much older approach to RPGs.

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this month I did a round up of interesting indie games from the first half of the year!

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fantastic bit from @jmrivera.bsky.social in the latest @unwinnable.com monthly, made me both laugh and wince a little the approaches towards Review For Outlet For Money and personal criticism are so distant; i often worry that my own criticism sometimes veers into 'what does the skinner box do'

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I warned you all about this!

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Twin Snakes, eat your heart out. This month in Unwinnable Monthly, we have Ryan Wagahoff on The Phantom Pain, @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social‬ on Escape from New York, and our regulars on not snakes. Buy: buff.ly/oj4P6z5 Subscribe: buff.ly/ryvWKRP

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Yall, we GOTTA make this happen

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Love this piece by Simon Liu over at @unwinnable.com. Reckoning with interactivity and immersion, understanding how they shape the way games make meaning, is imo the central challenge for game critics. This piece reminds me why my work often centered on embodiment. unwinnable.com/2025/06/19/i...

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I don't know how to tell you this, but something bad will happen and it'll be your fault specifically if you don't subscribe. I wouldn't risk it.

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ICYMI: "Does immersion always require attachment, or can a game be immersive even through detachment?" Simon Liu looks back on the critical reception to What Remains of Edith Finch and ponders the connection between immersion and attachment: buff.ly/ElOjioK

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