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The Nintendo Switch 2 is already one year old, and what a maiden voyage it has been. Over the past 12 months, Nintendo has gone all in on supporting...
Regardless of who wins the NBA Finals, it's been a very good year for Victor Wembanyama — and I say this as a lifelong New Yorker who grew up...
When Martin Gero announced in November that he would be serving as showrunner for a new Stargate series for Prime Video, he made it clear that he...
Unknown Worlds pushed the latest Subnautica 2 hotfix, and aside from the usual bug squashing, this one's all about making aggressive fish less...
One of the major additions in Forza Horizon 6 is the Estate: a house with a huge empty lot attached to it where you can use the game's new...
The weekend box office numbers are in for The Mandalorian and Grogu, and while the movie brought in about $100 million, it still represents the...
Newly appointed Xbox CEO Asha Sharma recently suggested that Xbox would likely remove competitors' logos from future showcases. It's the...
The Star Wars sequel trilogy probably didn't pan out as Lucasfilm intended. While The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker...
The Witcher 3 came out in 2015, and though the RPG remains a beloved classic, a lot has changed in those 11 years. CD Projekt Red, the Polish studio...
After months of speculation, CD Projekt Red announced more The Witcher 3 DLC on Wednesday. Unfortunately for those wanting more monster hunting on the...
A few years ago, I had to learn how to tie a bow tie for the first time. It took me — and this is not an exaggeration — two full weeks of...
Critical Role started Campaign 4 shortly after the harrowing death of Thjazi Fang, a rebellious hero whose actions touched the lives of 13 different...
Opening moments of games can often feel long and slow, and may even be boring as the game must teach you how to play it first thing. They’re a...
Even before it came out, Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight sparked a lot of chatter about how it emulates the feel of Rocksteady’s Batman:...
Six years after Disney took a chance on scaling Star Wars down into a TV series, the adventures of Din Djarin and his ward Grogu have finally made...
Every Star Wars movie is defined by a single sequence. Whether it’s the Death Star battle at the end of A New Hope or Obi-Wan and Anakin’s...
Destiny 2, a once-shining example of the modern live-service game, gets its final update on June 9. So, if Bungie is ending active development on its...
A while ago, I made a foolhardy bet with a friend: I bet that Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey would make more money than Avengers: Doomsday at...
If you were to conduct a survey that asks players to pick the best enemies from the extended Mario universe, I reckon you wouldn’t find many...
When Amazon's adaptation of The Boys was announced, I was thrilled. Garth Ennis is my favorite comics writer, and The Boys occupies a stable spot...
Critical Role Campaign 4’s West Marches-style approach split the 13-player cast into three tables. While that gave us three different parties and...
Video games are full of ancient blades with fascinating stories behind them. Usually, we learn about their histories by unearthing a dusty tome or...
Long ago in a distant land, a Japanese emperor who was also a mighty warrior saw his land overtaken by a shapeshifting demon known as Aku. To defeat...
Whenever I think about Link from the Legend of Zelda series, I instinctively picture him holding the Master Sword. I’m sure you do too. Link’s...
Cool Sword Day is here once again, a Polygon-born tradition where we celebrate all the coolest swords across video games, movies, TV shows — you...
Ask a Star Wars fan their favorite weapon, and there’s a 98% chance they choose the lightsaber. Lightsabers — laser swords powered by a...
"The Mandalorian" is a masterpiece. I'm not talking about The Mandalorian, the TV show (although it is pretty great, especially the...
When was the last time you played an excellent Lord of the Rings game? The landmark fantasy series is known for its epic scale, rich lore, cinematic...
Although Cyclops is a complex and very interesting character in the comics, X-Men adaptations continually failed to make Scott Summers feel as cool as...
Fifteen years ago, I graduated from college with a literature degree and absolutely no idea what to do with it. The world outside campus felt bleak...
Season 8 of Dropout’s flagship show Game Changer premieres Monday May 18. Based on its first trailer, it certainly seems like the new episodes might...
Arguably one of the best formats in Magic: The Gathering is Pauper, a play mode where decks can only use cards that were printed at common rarity. At...
PlayStation is taking cues from Steam and testing a new feature that will let players see player counts for PS5 games every week. As that statistic...
It’s official: Warner Bros. is rebooting Michael Crichton’s 1973 Westworld film. Aptly penning the script is David Koepp, who wrote 1993’s...
Subnautica 2 instantly made waves with its early access debut, and while most of its big features are welcome improvements over the first game,...
Here's a fun challenge for you: explain the plot of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in a succinct and breezy manner that someone who...
There’s a lot to like about Mixtape. Beethoven & Dinosaur’s narrative adventure is the definition of a crowd-pleaser thanks to its wealth of...
The magic of Star Wars is that, no matter what topic you choose to discuss, someone is bound to have a strong opinion about it. This is especially...
Ahead of his big screen debut in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the Punisher has returned in a Marvel Special Presentation. More than anything Marvel...
Critical Role Campaign 4 is vastly different from its previous three campaigns. The cast size has doubled, and its setting is the godless, war-torn...
Within the first few days of my Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream playthrough, a shop on my island was stocked with buchimgae, a Korean savory pancake...
Critical Role has had many standout moments over the years — the reveal of the Sun Tree in Campaign 1, Jester’s spectacular use of a magical...
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen could have laid low after his disastrous CNBC interview earlier this week, where he failed to convince anyone that he actually...
Daredevil: Born Again season 2 ended on Tuesday with an explosive finale that put a cap on many of the show's major plotlines while also opening...
With Kathleen Kennedy stepping down from her role as President of Lucasfilm after 13 years, George Lucas’s protege Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan...
Halo Infinite is really living up to its name. Six months after developer Halo Studios announced the end of Infinite's major content updates, the...
Arjun Devraj, the protagonist in Housemarque's latest roguelike Saros (sort of), is a man on a mission. Early on, we learn he is searching for...
Throughout this season of Daredevil: Born Again, the political parallels seemed clear. Mayor Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio), as a temperamental New...
Don’t get me wrong, I love Spaceballs as much as the next guy, but my favorite Star Wars parody is a much deeper cut. Back in the 1980s, there was...
Charlie Cox has been playing Daredevil for more than a decade now, and in a recent interview, he let it be known that he might be down for a couple...