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If there's one thing guaranteed to get Critical Role fans hyped, it's a dramatic new opening for the company's incredibly popular actual-play...
“Okay, so you’re tied to a chair inside a run-down trailer,” the game master told me. “The woman standing in front of you punches you in the...
After five years, the PlayStation 5 is getting experimental with color. While we've gotten special edition designs and colorful faceplates in the...
Like every other survival horror enthusiast on the face of the Earth, I absolutely cannot wait to get my hands on Resident Evil Requiem . I'm...
It’s probably happened to you: After bashing your head against a particularly difficult boss in a video game, you realize you’ve been duped. As you...
In a glossy 2019 interview with The New York Times, J.J. Abrams said the quiet part out loud. “I’ve never been great at endings,” the director...
In season 1 of Avatar: The Last Airbender , few moments land harder than the reveal that the ancient, mad king of Omashu is, in fact, Aang’s...
After months of rumors, Fortnite has finally gone on down to South Park, and, well, it kind of sucks. To be fair, Fortnite fans have enjoyed some...
Grand Theft Auto 6 is set to launch this November for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. A PC port of Rockstar's highly anticipated open-world sequel...
The first time I met Mass Effect’s Shepard, I watched him die. Before fully getting into BioWare’s space opera circa 2013, a year after the...
Smart bricks and minifigs are coming to Lego, and the implications are exciting, but equally alarming. For months now, diehard fans have been...
Could 2026 be the year that we get a new God of War game? For the past year, rumors have swirled that Sony's Santa Monica Studio is cooking up...
After 13 years as Lucasfilm’s president, it was only a matter of time before Kathleen Kennedy handed over the reins of Star Wars. Under the...
The term “cyberpunk” conjures images of futuristic cityscapes, simulated realities, and technologically advanced cyborgs. While this sci-fi...
[Ed. note: This article contains full spoilers for the series finale of Stranger Things.] Something has seemed wrong since, let’s say, some time in...
This year is primed for major game releases, like Marvel’s Wolverine and Grand Theft Auto 6 , and we here at Polygon just detailed our 50 most...
Listen, Game of the Year discussions are always fun. Everybody wants to know what the best games of the year are, but I find myself really...
Jordan Peele’s 2017 movie Get Out changed a lot of things. Chief among them was inventing — certainly unwittingly, and perhaps unfairly — a new and...
Avatar: Fire and Ash left me thinking about Shakespeare. Not because James Cameron’s dialogue is up there with the Bard’s (sorry, Spider), but...
There’s a familiar theme running through a lot of 2025’s genre movies, including its biggest box-office hits. It's an idea that stretches all the...
When Blizzard released Overwatch 2 in 2022, the game launched with a new playstyle, three new heroes, and what seemed like few noteworthy changes...
Since the dawn of time — or 1992, I suppose — Mario Kart has been the quintessential kart racer. Whether we’re talking a college dorm party or a...
I didn't like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom much when Nintendo first released it in 2023. It was dull, I incorrectly thought. It was...
A game with as much hype as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is bound to attract haters. Unlike most games, however, the beloved French RPG has birthed...