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Fortnite is turning into a digital theme park

We ask experts in the field to make their best predictions on where Epic’s game will go in the next decade

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The next decade of Critical Role is about paying it forward

A conversation with the cast about its hopes and dreams for the future

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The censorship wars have only just begun

For years, it seemed like pop culture censorship was on the decline. Are we at risk of it going too far the other way?

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Where is horror going? We asked Barbarian director Zach Cregger

Cregger and his horror-loving Whitest Kids cohort Timmy Williams talk future scares

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Traveling through time to see future Pokémon, with Mr. Boop creator Alec Robbins

An investigative report

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RRR director S.S. Rajamouli: To save movie theaters, we have to deliver

There’s no reason the Avengers couldn’t fight and dance, says a man who knows what he’s talking about

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Predicting the future of games is a fool’s errand, but let’s try anyway

We asked a handful of experts to give their best guesses on where gaming is going in the next decade

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A Star Trek vet tried to adapt Kindred in 1984, but wound up with a lifelong friend instead

Andreea Kindryd’s dream comes true, in a way, with Hulu’s new Octavia Butler adaptation

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A pooping burglar derailed Guillermo del Toro’s original animation career

With Netflix’s Pinocchio, the Mexican director returns to his first love after 30 years of live action

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The rise of the video game union

Literally everything you need to know about video game unions

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The horror of Trump lives ‘very strongly’ in His Dark Materials’ S3

‘I think we all are a bit scared of where we are as a world’

Castle Panic is a gateway to co-op board games, now it’s even better

In a time before crowdfunding, one couple rolled the dice on an unproven concept

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How choosing ‘Girl’ in early RPGs inspired today’s game designers

From Pokémon Crystal to today, gender representation has come a long way

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Jason David Frank was a Power Rangers icon and a bona fide star

The late Power Rangers star was a superhero for a whole generation

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Destiny 2 is daunting to play alone, but content creators are here to help

Space feels lonely for a fireteam of one

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After 35 years painting minis, Chris Clayton wins it all at the UK Golden Demon 2022

How he built and painted the jaw-dropping miniature

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How The Menu connects to Succession and Game of Thrones

Director Mark Mylod, who worked on all three, lays out the links — and names his favorite character in each one

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Meet the Call of Duty boyfriends who play until their ‘hands fall off’

Polygon explores what it’s like to be a Call of Duty boyfriend

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Flesh and Blood, MTG’s upstart competitor, has found strength in community

James White, the Magic: The Gathering pro turned entrepreneur, on the new TCG taking the world by storm

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How Love Is Blind creates ‘television magic’ with pitch-perfect music choices

It’s not through locking musicians in a basement somewhere

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Tabletop, card game retailers join the game industry’s burgeoning union push

In Wisconsin and Washington, tabletop workers are unionizing

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Pentiment’s defining detail is its fonts

Words have a life of their own in Obsidian Entertainment’s new game

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The oral history of Andor’s prison, one of Star Wars’ most frightening creations

One way in, one way out

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Park Chan-wook explains Decision to Leave’s ‘sacred’ ending and strange, crucial details

What’s up with the pockets? The eyedrops? The language barrier? He put a lot of thought into all of it

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Chinese animation is a vibrant, distinctive industry — so why do so many people still call it ‘anime’?

Donghua has its own identity, and it’s one worth knowing

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Daniel Radcliffe kinda wants to just do comedy for the rest of his life

His new Weird Al movie everything he wanted to be doing when he was Harry Potter

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Black, queer, and trans Supermans? 30 years ago, Superman’s death predicted them all

The Death of Superman lives on in the modern DC Universe

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The ‘video game studio from hell’ is still battling the blaze

Workers at Dungeon Defenders developer Chromatic Games detail the studio’s culture over the past few years

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How Splatoon fans discovered the secret of ‘Fuck You’ Tuesday

Deciphering the game’s fictional language reveals Easter eggs and lore

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Welcome to Warhammer 40K’s anti-fascist future

Games Workshop has turned a corner after years of silence allowed hate to fester in its community

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How Bayonetta the witch cast a spell on LGBTQ+ fans 

The action-game protagonist has become a queer icon

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Triangle of Sadness’ fascinating hero/villain Abigail has a crucial secret backstory

Actor Dolly De Leon walks us through her character’s past — and what it means for the movie’s enigmatic ending

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