Letter from the Editor Unwinnable Monthly – May 2026 By David Shimomura • May 21st, 2026 Just a little more Final Fantasy, as a treat.
Exploits Feature The Oxford English Dictionary By J. Ryne Danielson • May 1st, 2026 If words are magic, then dictionaries are spellbooks.
Nonhuman Meditations Strategy and Predetermination with the Bangaa in Ivalice By Alyssa Wejebe • May 20th, 2026 What variety can be found in a warrior culture, what boundaries can be pushed, how do philosophical ideals and practical truths interact?
Here's the Thing I Don’t Want to Live in Midgar Anymore By Rob Rich • May 20th, 2026 Midgar is an example of corporate greed run amok that wasn’t supposed to act as a blueprint, but it kinda has been.
Forms in Light Life Between the Levels By Justin Reeve • May 19th, 2026 The fallacy of social hierarchy is made clearly manifest in the urban landscape of Midgar.
Paper Towns and Potemkin Villages By Jonathan Fenn • May 18th, 2026 Who wouldn’t want a game world in which people and places actually felt like they were alive?
Casting Deep Meteo Final Fantasy IV and the Necessary Weeding of Kings By Levi Rubeck • May 18th, 2026 Monarchies are weeds, and Final Fantasy loves to tear out the plant but leave the roots.
Making Jazz out of La La Land By Jay Weaver • May 15th, 2026 I didn’t yet know that another version of the film existed.
