Christopher Spina
@quiltedpoints.net
Reader and critic.
Collected works: quiltedpoints.net
Collected works: quiltedpoints.net
My partner and I had been anticipating Henry Halfhead since Day of the Devs SGF 2023. We loved Henry's story so much that I decided to write about it - here's my essay from last Fall. Thank you @lululu.games and @popagenda.co for such a playfully inventive and subversive game.
"Henry’s experiences exhibited in the game make clear the delineation between the alterity inseparable from personhood and the exploitation that structures capitalist reproduction."
Christopher Spina examines alienation under capitalism in Henry Halfhead:
Christopher Spina examines alienation under capitalism in Henry Halfhead:
Subjectivity and Exploitation: On the "Right Degree" of Alienation in Henry Halfhead - Unwinnable
Henry does not succumb to this vicious cycle forever.
unwinnable.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:20 PM
My partner and I had been anticipating Henry Halfhead since Day of the Devs SGF 2023. We loved Henry's story so much that I decided to write about it - here's my essay from last Fall. Thank you @lululu.games and @popagenda.co for such a playfully inventive and subversive game.
A few months ago, I was published for the first time - thanks @unwinnable.com! I'm still very proud of this piece that touches on the portrayal of faith, deification, technological "progress", solidarity, and music found in this charming masterpiece of a game.
"For Pharloom’s past, present, and future, faith functions as an omnipresent mediator, embodied and exploited in varied ways depending on the social position of its interlocutors."
Christopher Spina examines the various facets of faith in Hollow Knight: Silksong:
Christopher Spina examines the various facets of faith in Hollow Knight: Silksong:
On Faith, Eternity, and Impossibility in Hollow Knight: Silksong’s Pharloom: A Symptomatic Reading - Unwinnable
For those residing in the Underworks, faith only serves to ensure obedience to the system of oppression.
unwinnable.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:18 PM
A few months ago, I was published for the first time - thanks @unwinnable.com! I'm still very proud of this piece that touches on the portrayal of faith, deification, technological "progress", solidarity, and music found in this charming masterpiece of a game.
After the Nintendo Switch's release, my partner and I began creating game recommendation lists for everyone we knew who was fresh into the ecosystem.
January 7, 2026 at 4:11 PM
After the Nintendo Switch's release, my partner and I began creating game recommendation lists for everyone we knew who was fresh into the ecosystem.