We’ve all been there. We stand before the mist, door, ladder, or whatever else initiates the boss fight in a game like, say, God of War Ragnarök,...
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It was just me, The Penitent One, and Our Lady of the Charred Visage. I was ducking and dodging purple laser beams like a pro, and she was down t...
It feels counterintuitive that an action-packed game such as Skyrim is able to create such stillness in my mind. I’ve played the fifth Elder Scro...
One day in the claustrophobic summer of 2020, a mere 20 minutes after the servers for battle royale shooter Apex Legends went down, I spiraled in...
In June of 2014, the week following Ultra Street Fighter 4’s console release, I earned my master’s degree in music education, with a focus on pia...
Our relationship with video games has always been lopsided. From the start of the medium’s history, it has been trying to take from us. First our...
It’s one month into an early access release, and its development, largely handled by one guy, is still being refined. But if I got to name a Most...
Less than 12 months ago, it felt as if 2022 would be the year NFTs took off in the video game world. Companies like EA, Ubisoft, Square Enix, Zyn...
Shiny Pokémon used to be a prized possession of Pokémon fans everywhere. These rare Pokémon that sport an alternate color scheme have a 1 in 4,09...
To celebrate Polygon’s 10th anniversary, we’re rolling out a special issue: The Next 10, a consideration of what games and entertainment will bec...