Analysis

Console-exclusive AAA games are dead (or dying)

By Oli Welsh June 3

Why Lucasfilm decided the High Republic is the future of Star Wars

By Austen Goslin May 30

Furiosa and Mad Max’s parallel backstories make Fury Road even better

By Austen Goslin May 24

How Animal Well and Lorelei and the Laser Eyes fostered puzzle-solving communities

By Nicole Carpenter May 23

Indie Game: The Movie is only 12 years old, but it feels like a relic

By Oli Welsh May 23

Magic’s Phlage, Titan of Fire’s Fury, reignites the Modern format’s burn decks in MH3

By Stan Golovchuk May 22

Nintendo acquiring the studio that ported Hogwarts Legacy is super interesting

By Oli Welsh May 21

Cool Sword Day 2024

What makes a greatsword great?

By Patrick Gill May 21

I Saw the TV Glow is a powerful call to action — any action

By Tasha Robinson May 20

Hollywood might finally start making mid-budget movies again soon

By Austen Goslin May 20

Shōgun’s coming back for season 2, but no one’s quite sure how just yet

By Austen Goslin May 16

Breaking down the themes, monsters, and rings in The Rings of Power’s season 2 trailer

By Susana Polo May 14

Hades 2 is all about witches and feminine power

By Ana Diaz May 7

Sex scenes in movies are in rapid decline, despite rise in sex-scene discourse

By Matt Patches May 3

The makers of Dune 2’s viral popcorn bucket didn’t see the jokes coming

By Austen Goslin May 1

Studios are sacrificing 2024’s blockbuster movies to boost 2025’s box office

By Austen Goslin April 30

Challengers’ threesome denies viewers what they want — and gives them something better

By Zosha Millman April 29

Kirsten Dunst spells out the meaning of Civil War in one wordless moment

By Tasha Robinson April 28

Sci-fi Villains Week

Ridley Scott’s Alien introduced the perfect sci-fi villain

By Daniel Dockery April 26

Are video game addiction lawsuits having a moment?

By Nicole Carpenter April 24

Fallout is ‘probably the best-performing Commander set ever,’ says Hasbro CEO

By Charlie Hall April 24

Shōgun is a great war epic that never actually shows us any war

By Jesse Raub April 24

Polygon investigates: How much of Elden Ring did George R.R. Martin write?

By Carli Velocci April 23

Fallout’s bloody wedding continues one of fiction’s longest-running tropes

By Ashley Bardhan April 19

Your guide to Fallout’s vaults and wastelands

Kyle MacLachlan’s subtle dread and kind smile made him perfect for Fallout

By Ashley Bardhan April 16

Is Bluey over? No — but it could have been

By Oli Welsh April 16

4 key things we learned at CinemaCon about 2024’s biggest movies

By Austen Goslin April 12

After Barbie tackled the patriarchy, Margot Robbie’s Monopoly movie could take a shot at capitalism next

By Charlie Hall April 11

Invincible season 2 gave new meaning to meaningless comic book death

By Pete Volk April 11

D&D’s next big swing features a half dozen classic adventures and a creepy spaceship

By Charlie Hall April 9

The Wii U was secretly revolutionary — and its online services are finally ending

By Nicole Carpenter April 8

In 8 years, Stardew Valley never lost sight of its core philosophy

By Carli Velocci April 3