Unwinnable

For the last year, I’d been thinking about going to my grandmother’s assisted living facility, sitting down with my digital voice recorder and getting the story of her life. She was 93 years old and there was so much about her I didn’t know.

I’d heard bits and pieces of stories about growing up during the Great Depression, or what it was like to be at a high school dance and hear the announcement that the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor and the United States was at war, but I never heard the complete versions and now I never will.  (more…)

Nate Carlson has been a gamer since the early ’90s and some of his favorite genres include third-person shooters and RPGs. He has cerebral palsy and as such can only navigate those genres with one hand, which he prefers. (more…)

On June 3, 1965, astronaut Edward White became the first American to “walk” in space, during the flight of Gemini 4. In the words of Marvin Gaye, “Lets get it on!” (more…)

We survived the Rapture and now it is Memorial Day weekend. Remember to respect your memorials and to say happy birthday to Vincent Price and Christopher Lee! (more…)

Team Unwinnable is ready for yet another weekend, so long as the world doesn’t end when the clock chimes midnight. It is hard to avoid all the end of days talk lately, but here’s to a glorious weekend!

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Every once in a while, a game comes along that everyone buys. More often than not, those games are made by Rockstar and this is definitely true of L.A. Noire, which hit stores this week. There has been scarcely a moment since Tuesday when there has been less than a dozen friends on Xbox Live playing the stylish detective game. There’s been a lot of hype and excitement surrounding the game during its long development time, but how does L.A. Noire measure up to expectation? Team Unwinnable recorded their first impressions at the two hour mark, or the first achievement, whichever came first – and the results were surprisingly varied… (more…)

While we know you’re all violenty excited for Brink and L.A. Noire to be released next week, remebering your indies is almost important as brushing your teeth. Shawn McGrath has been hard at work promoting and perfecting DYAD, a game that has quickly become one of Unwinnable’s most anticipatd games of 2011. Do yourself (and Shawn) a favor by checking in and seeing how 2011′s Sleeper Pick of the Year is coming along.

Oh, and we wrote something about it, too.