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The cover of the July 2026 issue of Exploits, featuring art from 1831 of two vultures picking at a dead deer. Text at the bottom reads "Celebrating one hundred issues of picking apart pop culture"
The cover of the July 2026 issue of Exploits, featuring art from 1831 of two vultures picking at a dead deer. Text at the bottom reads "Celebrating one hundred issues of picking apart pop culture"
The cover for the 200th issue of Unwinnable Monthly, featuring art of a vulture flying above a desert with a psychedelic sun surrounding a pie in the sky. Text at the bottom of the cover reads "Issue Two Hundred."
The cover of the June 2026 issue of Exploits, featuring art of Moloch from John Singer Sargent's The Triumph of Religion mural from 1895. Text at the bottom indicates that this issue covers Resident Evil, Wild World, Octavia's Brood, Harold & Maude, Lord of the Flies and videogame novels.
The cover of the May 2026 issue of Unwinnable Monthly, featuring art of a person exploring a barren, concrete structure. Text at the bottom reads "this is not a place of honor."
A screenshot from Breath of Fire II showing Baba, Katt, and Rand fighting a double-headed bear creature with a club.
A screenshot from Breath of Fire II showing Baba, Katt, and Rand fighting a double-headed bear creature with a club.
The cover for the May 2026 issue of Exploits, featuring a painting of the May Queen Procession in Nottingham on May 5th, 1893. In this photo, girls dressed in white carry the May Queen on her throne. Text at the bottom indicates that this issue covers The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (again), Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Tigers Jaw, age restrictions, John Patrick Lowrie, and The Oxford English Dictionary.
The cover for the Final Fantasy and politics issue of Unwinnable Monthly, featuring art of Terra from FFVI lifting up a flag with various other Final Fantasy characters in the background. Text at the bottom of the cover reads "Final Fantasy x Politics".
The cover of the April 2026 issue of Exploits, featuring “A Shipwreck in a Storm” by Jean Pillement from 1782, a painting of people clamoring onto a rock in the stormy ocean as a ship sinks in the background. Text at the bottom indicates that this issue covers romance novels, Mitski, Half His Age, American Psycho, Alone, and Minecraft paintings.
The cover of the March 2026 issue of Unwinnable Monthly, which features black and white art of a person in a hazmat suit holidng a device while a grizzled monster face watches them over their shoulder. Cyrillic text on the cover spells "STALKER."
"Fuck the haters & protect writers at all costs" written in a snazzy font
The cover of the March 2026 issue of Exploits, featuring “Winter Coast,” by Winslow Homer, 1890 art portraying a hunter on a snowy beach. Text at the bottom indicates that this issue covers Heated Rivalry, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, About a Place in the Kinki Region, Do It, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, and School Spirits.
The cover of the February 2026 issue of Unwinnable Monthly, featuring art of a political figure in a suit looking out the window of their office. Text at the bottom of the cover reads "Suzerain".
The cover for the February 2026 issue of Exploits, featuring “Winter - Fifth Avenue,” by Alfred Stieglitz from 1892, grayscale art depicting a horse drawn carriage navigating the New York City streets in a heavy snowstorm. Text at the bottom of the cover indicates that this issue covers The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, puppets, Little Big III, Legend Bowl, Chain-Gang All-Stars, and Materialists.
The cover for the January 2026 issue of Unwinnable Monthly, featuring art of a golden gate against a black backdrop.
The cover of the January 2026 issue of Exploits, featuring Nicholas Roerich's "Moses the Leader," art from 1926 depicting a figure standing in the mountains and directing the aurora in the night sky. Text at the bottom indicates that this issue covers the secret origin of Santa Claus, Yerin Baek, character creation, The Brood, videogame pacifism, and Andor.
The cover of the December 2025 issue of Unwinnable Monthly, featuring “Old Kris” by N.C. Wyeth, a 1925 oil painting of Santa in a house carrying a big sack of gifts.
All the snazzy covers of Unwinnable Monthly from 2025. Text reads: Unwinnable: Good Writing Since 2010.
The cover of the December 2025 issue of Exploits, featuring “Scrooge and the Ghost of Marley,” by Arthur Rackham, art from 1915 depicting the ghost of Marley visiting Ebenezer Scrooge.
The cover of the November 2025 issue of Unwinnable Monthly, which features art of an evolutionary chain of creatures from the game L.O.L.: Lack of Love. Text at the bottom of the cover indicates that this issue covers L.O.L.
The cover of the November 2025 issue of Exploits, featuring “Les Gendarmes” by Eugène Girardet, an 1884 artwork depicting two French policemen escorting two people in chains in the rain. Text at the bottom incdicates that this issue covers the concept of player two, The Casket Lottery, My Good Side, Misery, Andor and Somerville.
The cover of the October 2025 issue of Unwinnable Monthly, featuring art of zombies playing the Life board game in a graveyard as three kids play a board game about death in a house in the background.
The cover for the October 2025 issue of Exploits, featuring vintage art of a witch looking into a house where children are apple bobbing. Text at the bottom indicates that this issue covers The Mystery of Mammoth Mansion, Interview with the Vampire, El Vampiro, love, alt metal, and Timeguessr.
The Final Fantasy VII title imposed over a screenshot of Midgar, except the meteor is an Unwinnable W
A black and white tuxedo cat lounges on a couch sitting up with her tummy out
A graphic of the members of the band Europe with Final Fantasy crystals titled "the final countdown"
The cover of the September 2025 issue of Unwinnable Monthly, which features art of Harrier Du Bois from Disco Elysium in a bathtub. Text at the bottom reads "Disco Elysium."
A black and white tuxedo cat flops on her side with her head upside down.
A screenshot from Final Fantasy VI showing terra and soldiers in magitek armor where Wedge the soldier says "The girl takes point. And don't waste time on the riffraff! Remember what we're here for: Unwinnable!"
A man turns around to admire a woman with the new Unwinnable logo imposed over her head as his partner, who is holding his hand and has an older Unwinnable logo imposed over her head, is implied to look at him in disgust.
A screenshot of the gravestone from Oregon Trail where the gravestone says, "Here lies YOU, Didn't Subscribe to Unwinnable"
The cover of the September 2025 issue of Exploits, featuring Max Klinger's "Pestilence" (1903). This black-and-white art depicts a nun wielding a rosary against a crow in a sick ward.
A comic of a man struggling to choose between two buttons -- one that says "Unwinnable subscription" and another that says "Never reading about politics in Final Fantasy"
An image of the Baldur's Gate 3 cast with the text "Gather your party and subscribe."
The cover of the August 2025 issue of Unwinnable Monthly, featuring vividly colored art of Godzilla. Text at the bottom of the issue simply reads "Rawr"
The Final Fantasy VII logo imposed over a 3D render of Midgar, except the meteor in the back of the logo is a blazing Unwinnable logo
Text resembling a Castlevania II text box that says "What a horrible night to subscribe to Unwinnable."
logos for online game distributors itch dot i o and Steam, with itch in pink on the left and steam in dark blue on the right
logos for online game distributors itch dot i o and Steam, with itch in pink on the left and steam in dark blue on the right
A screenshot from Despelote in green and blue with the characters in black and white kickin the ol' soccer ball around and chatting
A screenshot from MLB: The Show 25 showing Matt Marrone's player avatar sitting on the couch, staring at his phone. Art imitates life.
A screenshot from Despelote in green and blue with the characters in black and white kickin the ol' soccer ball around and chatting
A screenshot from MLB: The Show 25 showing Matt Marrone's player avatar sitting on the couch, staring at his phone. Art imitates life.
A screenshot from Power Rangers where the Blue Ranger is in full uniform in his dino zord cockpit with the triceratops icon behind him
Super Saiyan Goku spreads his arms wide while staring menacingly at the viewer.
A screenshot from Power Rangers where the Blue Ranger is in full uniform in his dino zord cockpit with the triceratops icon behind him
A screenshot from the Simpsons of Homer thinking of Ned Flanders, except there is an Unwinnable logo imposed over Ned Flanders' head. Homer says "stupid, sexy Unwinnable!"
Super Saiyan Goku spreads his arms wide while staring menacingly at the viewer.
A dark-haired woman in a leather jacket stands with her arms crossed in front of a microphone in this screenshot from Stray Dogs, stage lights and bright red curtains behind her.
A close-up shot of the main animatronic animals from Five Nights at Freddy's, all of them creepily grinning.
A close-up shot of the main animatronic animals from Five Nights at Freddy's, all of them creepily grinning.
A graphic with Unwinnable branding that says "I was the 69th subscriber to the Unwinnable Final Fantasy subscription drive and all I got was a "nice"
A crop from one of the Witchland Trilogy panels with a modern home lit up and surrounded by transparent ghostly figures
The cover of the August 2025 issue of Exploits, featuring William Heath Robinson's 1922 art "They Just Managed to Catch the Last Train Home," which depicts people and animals riding a train. Text at the bottom indicates that this issue covers the high cost of videogames, billy woods, The Power Broker, Shutter Island, Loudermilk, and The Campaign Trail.
The three members of KAJ pose with a bouquet of herbs, a bucket, and a ladle.
The three members of KAJ pose with a bouquet of herbs, a bucket, and a ladle.
A screenshot from Death Stranding 2 shows Norman Reedus cradling an adorable little baby wearing a nice warm hat.