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A lot of papers and ephemera on a black background. A green target is overlaid on the objects.

Video

How the most ambitious cult game of the ’90s got made

By Simone de Rochefort

Pat and Simone looking concerned over the prospect of playing a racing sim

Video

We built the ultimate racing rig

By Simone de Rochefort

A whale dungeon in Nobody Saves the World

We’re streaming the best games of the year on Twitch all month long

By Tara Long

Polygon employees Simone de Rochefort and Samit Sarkar share a victorious high five as Patrick Gill looks on approvingly. They are standing behind a newly constructed PC with its side panels removed. A monitor on the table shows the PC’s BIOS screen, indicating that it is working— in theory.

Video

We built a PC live on Twitch

By Patrick Gill

A broadcast shot of Ted Lasso as he appears on the sideline in FIFA 23. His arms are folded and he looks displeased.

Gaming

FIFA 23 pits Ted Lasso against Ryan Reynolds’ soccer club, and it ain’t pretty

By Owen S. Good

Lemon, played by Brian Tyree Henry, and Tangerine, played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, are two slickly dressed assassins wearing blue suits under checked pea coats and are mugging directly at the camera, while Tangerine points at the viewer in the movie Bullet Train.

Bullet Train’s two best blokes pal around in the jauntiest blooper reel

By Joshua Rivera September 27

A Nintendo Switch playing Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is held up by two hands in front of an out of focus living room with a prominent television screen that is filled with the word WHATEVER.

Why do we multitask while gaming?

By Clayton Ashley September 26

The dog piece from Monopoly on a plain cream background.

Tune in to our Monopoly Enjoyment Stream

By Simone de Rochefort September 20

Polygon video producer Patrick Gill has been photoshopped into a smart doctors coat. He points at a lineup of fighting game characters. From left to right, they are Guilty Gear’s Bridget (a young woman dressed in a streetwear remix of a nun’s habit), Tekken’s King (a large muscular man with a jaguar’s head), and Street Fighter’s Ryu (A broad shouldered man in a ripped gi wearing a red headband).

How to get into fighting games without losing your mind

By Patrick Gill August 18

A paint horse from Breath of the Wild and Torrent from Elden Ring galloping on a pink and purple background.

Why video game horses are so hard to animate

By Simone de Rochefort August 11

Polygon is finally on TikTok!

By XTINA GG August 1

A clip from a video where five people are gathered around a table with a large board game. The background set looks like a forest with cardboard cut out trees and a faux cabin wall on the right side. The player at center of the table has an excited and terrified look on their face as the player on the left prepares to place something on the board. The rest of the players look on with intense trepidation.

Last Friday brings Friday the 13th vibes to Camp Overboard

By Clayton Ashley July 20

Eight people stand in a park with KanJam cans behind them and a scoreboard in front of them. Some of the people are cheering or jumping in the air.

Who will win our Camp Overboard Kan Jam tournament?

By Clayton Ashley July 13

Three people sit in front of a faux wood panel background with paper cut outs spelling “CAMP OVERBOARD”. A small, handmade clay figure sits in front of each of them on the green construction paper covered table in front of them.

We get crafty in Clay-O-Rama, a messy, hands-on tabletop RPG

By Jenna Stoeber July 6

Mario stands before an old magazine headline that reads “MARIO GOES TO WAR”

When emulators were legit

By Jenna Stoeber June 30

An emaciated Elden Ring dog against a plain background. There are many lines pointing to different parts of the dog, and each is labelled “bad dog.”

Leave me alone, Elden Ring dogs

By Simone de Rochefort June 21

In a grungy ’90s-style font, the image reads: Can you still call it a game if you can NEVER LOSE? A brunette woman with a Photoshop-enlarged head stares at you in question.

Cheating used to be fun

By Jenna Stoeber June 3

Polygon is hosting a charity livestream for Trans Lifeline!

By Simone de Rochefort June 2

An aerial shot from Immortal Empires in Total War: Warhammer 3

The new Total War: Warhammer 3 Immortal Empires trailer shows off dream alliances

By Mike Mahardy June 1

A character from Elden Ring with an orb-like helmet stands between a giant glowing purple skeleton from Elden Ring and a giant skeleton from an old Japanese wood print.

Why Elden Ring’s skeletons have such good bones

By Clayton Ashley May 13

A Noise Marine rocking out. Yes, that’s a thing. He’s covered in freehand designs, including leopard print and zebra stripes.

Painting miniatures? You’re probably overthinking it

By Charlie Hall May 12

A skull-faced figure festooned with grenades and trinkets stands in front of two golden AK-47 rifles as green smoke mushrooms from oversized soda cans.

How Call of Duty turned war into a profitable circus

By Patrick Gill May 6

The prisoner figure, in a distorted metal helmet that covers its entire face, is being squashed by a giant boulder.

Elden Ring wants you to stop hitting yourself

By Jenna Stoeber April 14

An armored warrior stands against a sunset in Elden Ring

Elden Ring’s complex lore explained by an expert in just 30 minutes

By Petrana Radulovic April 11

The Bread Boy dances

The true story behind BioShock Infinite’s Bread Boy

By Simone de Rochefort April 7

On the right, a man with an iPad taped to his face with an image of Sonic voice actor Ben Schwartz on it. On the left images of Sonic, Tales, and Knuckles from the Sonic the Headgehog 2 movie.

Ben Schwartz is an iPad helmet in our Sonic 2 interview sequel

By Clayton Ashley March 31

Margit, is a hairy, beastly man with a cluster of goat-like horns growing from his head. He clutches a wooden can in his right hand and leers at the camera.

What’s up with Margit?

By Patrick Gill March 25

Who Would Win Week

Watch Tier Pressure, our high-impact ode to ranking stuff

By Simone de Rochefort March 21

The weirdest video game reference in The Matrix Resurrections

By Jenna Stoeber March 10

A blue Armored Core robot covered in weapons stands in front of a blue gradient background.

Why FromSoft fans should be excited for Armored Core

By Clayton Ashley March 4

Cover art for Call of the Netherdeep.

Critical Role’s new D&D campaign book features a rival group of antagonistic adventurers

By Charlie Hall February 16

a mid 30s white male stands in a suburban lawn with his hands on his hips. Behind him, the phrase “dad games” is drawn on a house.

I reviewed a bunch of dad games and now I’m sad

By Patrick Gill February 11

A drawing man in a green medieval hood holds a whip in front of a pink background.

Why power creep is a good thing in Vampire Survivors

By Clayton Ashley February 3

A black woman in medieval clothes holds a skull on her hands. Above and below her, the worlds “time loops” appear

Time loops are a weird genre for an anxious time

By Jenna Stoeber January 28

A bright yellow cars drifting from the right to the left in a low poly video game world that looks like a Japanese mountainside, complete with pink cherry blossom trees.

Drifting is cool, and it’s even cooler in video games

By Clayton Ashley January 14

Raz from Psychonauts 2, a young boy with big red goggles, stands with his hands up. A big yellow speech bubble with text that reads “OOPS” is behind him.

How video games help you play better

By Simone de Rochefort January 13

A collage of images including a fake version of Halo for Mac operating systems, a strange confidential document with Waluigi on it, Steve Jobs wearing a gamer headset and holding a Mountain Dew, and a curvaceous portable console.

Welcome to Halovember ... Infinite

What if Halo had been a Mac exclusive?

By Clayton Ashley November 30, 2021

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