Elijah Beahm Ver. 3.1

I'm so sorry M. Sounds like she was an incredible woman, and you honor her with your work. Take all the time you need. All the internet hugs.

more i am your beast is coming

it's coming this year

also it's on sale right now
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come to my GDC 2026 talk with @fortebass.bsky.social!

GAME FUNDING: LESSONS FROM OUTERSLOTH
💰 what is indie survival
💰 how we run a fund (and you can too!)
💰 OUTERSLOTH CONTRACT reveal (whoaaA)
💰 this specific slide

🕐 Mar 9 @ 10:30am | @officialgdc.bsky.social
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Hell yeah! Congratulations!

Here, actually, why don't you check out Exploits 96 in its entirety for yourself. Six mini-essays, dozens of short reviews and your horoscope for the month. For free!

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Honorable Mentions, because I am bad at making short lists, that I enjoy a great deal:

LEGO Rock Raiders
RE Revelations 2
LEFT ALIVE
Bloodrayne
Vampyr
Injustice 2
Gunpoint
Tiny & Big: Grandpa's Leftovers
AC Syndicate
Battleborn

In no particular order, off the top of my head:

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Dead Space 2
F.E.A.R. Platinum

FOREGONE
Remember Me
*Insert Telltale game here*

Midnight Suns
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Gonna be cliche for a change and note that Pathologic is a really intriguing series that... some day, I will be brave enough to try for myself.

Depends how much you wanna make Civvie's blood pressure rise, I suppose.

Cover of the March 2026 Exploits, featuring a wintery view by Winslow Homer.

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Let's see what's inside, yea?

Plus if folks want to play it RIGHT NOW on PC, Fanatical's actually got a launch deal for it at like $56. Still steep, but that's at least cheaper.

That weird moment when the game with a toilet-based rocket launcher somehow also earnestly delves into cultural/spiritual heritage across generations.

Too Many Spoilers to Fit into One Lootcrate for Borderlands 3! - Unwinnable Someone realized they could use all the crassness to smuggle in both thoughtful and discomforting topics we often avoid.

"That’s the heart of Borderlands 3. Whether it’s the main campaign or the DLC, it’s a condemnation of self-serving excess."

@unabridgedgamer.bsky.social digs into Borderlands 3's unexpected moral lessons:

Too Many Spoilers to Fit into One Lootcrate for Borderlands 3! - Unwinnable Someone realized they could use all the crassness to smuggle in both thoughtful and discomforting topics we often avoid.

Writing about Borderlands 3 was not on my bingo card, but it's incredible how many things it ended up making me think about. Especially on a much wider spectrum of religious topics.

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.

Bundle up -- it's still cold out there. This month's issue of Exploits includes micro-criticism on everything from Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE to School Spirits.

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And yet, they'll still just aim for the head anyway... *headdesk*

But it doesn't have a weirdly great spin-off that nobody in corporate will acknowledge or properly re-release intentionally for decades, so is it really a Tron movie?

...for some reason this triggered the memory in my brain of RAYE's live performance. And now I'm burdened with the realization of how absolutely fantastic it'd be if they ever had her write a song for a Resident Evil game.

I guess you can technically argue Resident Evil. RE1 through Code Veronica at least has a woman as the co-lead if not the sole protagonist, yet you had a male lead in RE: Survivor.

There's also No One Lives Forever. The very poorly received spin-off, Contract: J.A.C.K.

Turns out she graduated and became the world's best anti-thief!

Carmen Sandiego is a legitimately great watch!

He's too cast in shadow for me to say for certain that that's Absolute-ly Batman.

(In all seriousness, well done mate!)

It's a big step in acknowledging it and having others help. You've got this mate.

We've kicked Don't Stop Believing 2026 with quite the odd pair of divisive games! You can catch January's column now online, and read February's RIGHT NOW for just $5 in the latest issue of Unwinnable Monthly!

We've kicked Don't Stop Believing 2026 with quite the odd pair of divisive games! You can catch January's column now online, and read February's RIGHT NOW for just $5 in the latest issue of Unwinnable Monthly!

It's at the top of my wishlist! So looking forward to finally playing this!

Unwinnable 196 cover.

The new issue of Unwinnable Monthly is out!

Have you considered subscribing? It'd be cool if you did. $5 gets you two digital magazines a month and (until Feb 28) 95 Exploits back issues, which'll kill some time during a blizzard, eh?

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Anyway, let's see what's inside!

Header image for Elijah Beahm's column Don't Stop Believing, featuring a still from the videogame Borderlands 3. Two women look at a glowing phoenix in the sky above sand dunes. Headline reads: Too Many Spoiler to fit into One Lootcrate for Borderlands 3!

"Someone realized they could use all the crassness to smuggle in both thoughtful and discomforting topics we often avoid. Namely: grief, manipulation, failure, existentialism, identity
and religious heritage." @unabridgedgamer.bsky.social finds surprising depth in Borderlands 3.

*Turns to Eldritch Roommate*

"I just had the craziest dream."

THE ONE WITH THE TALKING HOTDOGS?

"If you can believe it, weirder."

ALRIGHT, I'LL PUT THE KETTLE ON AND WE CAN DISCUSSSSS IT.

BTW, felt I should shout out - if anyone reading here has a PS3? If you look up Armored Core on PS3 PSN Store, you can still find several older entries available for purchase! Not all of them are available, but there's several up there for like $10 to $20 USD!