Tag: Love

A screenshot from the trailer for season 1 of Yellowjackets with a mysterious grouping of fur-clad people gathered around a fire and a skull

Yellowjackets and the Erotics of Eating your Friends

By Sara Khan • July 25th, 2023

Maybe we know who we are when we’re hungry, and we’re afraid of who we’d be if we weren’t.

The Burnt Offering

Unpopular Opinions

By Stu Horvath • June 23rd, 2017

All my unpopular opinions, gathered in one convenient place.

Queers in Love Reminds Us to Live and Love

By Khee Hoon Chan • November 29th, 2016

In ten seconds, Queers In Love At The End of the World captures the transcendent power of love with greater success than most big budget titles.

Gone Gnome

By Simon Best • November 11th, 2016

I have felt love in a game, but not with a woman, or man, or anthropomorphized robot. Instead, it was in the silent garden gnome of Half Life 2: Episode Two.

Love Issue – Theme Recap

By Team Unwinnable • November 11th, 2016

September was Unwinnable’s month of love.

Brief Encounter

By Adam Boffa • October 9th, 2016

If Brief Encounter does hold up, it’s probably because stories of love found at the wrong place and time are uniquely heartbreaking.

I Love Leia

By AJ Moser • December 21st, 2015

“The princess was my first real encounter with a strong female character. She was a diplomat, a rebel, a leader and an all around hero.”

I Love Chewbacca

By Evan Hauled Gedhill • December 21st, 2015

“I love Chewie the individual as I love Chewie, in the abstract, as a symbol of acceptance far greater than any human seems able to achieve.”

I Love Han

By Jill Scharr • December 21st, 2015

Jill Scharr loves Han Solo. But more than that, she loves Han’s relationship with Leia.

Cibele: Geek Love

By Megan Condis • November 16th, 2015

Time to explore the painfully awkward, geekery driven, sexually charged memories of high school.

Dear Space Marine – Lonely in Love

By Aurelius Ventro • August 4th, 2014

Our resident Space Marine, Aurelius Ventro, dials in from 38,000 years in the future to give a little advice on human courtship.

During the delirious early morning hours of our second Kickstarter telethon, Stu Horvath, speaking to no one in particular, announced, “The funny thing about Wizards & Warriors II: Iron Sword is that Fabio is on the cover.” Everyone on the stream – Unwinnable editor-at-large Charles Moran, Unwinnable contributor Matt Duhamel and game designers Teddy Diefenbach and Nina Freeman – suddenly had a joke to make. One joke was particularly portentous: someone compared Fabio’s barbarian girdle to a wrestling belt. It was the birth of a Twine game. Teddy quickly created an open design doc and a rough plot followed suit. What

The Almost Empty House

By Stu Horvath • August 16th, 2013

Gone Home, from the Fullbright Company, is one of the best games Stu Horvath has ever played.

It’s About Positioning

By Nick Michal • April 23rd, 2013

Sex is great. But so is Dota 2. So which one’s going to give first?