Spider-Man: No Way Home Puts Dafoe’s Goblin Back On Top

There’s always been a debate on who Spider-Man’s real archnemesis is – Doctor Octopus or Green Goblin. Willem Dafoe just quelled that debate in one film. Goblin is Spider-Man’s true rival through and through, and I pity the wallcrawler because he’s terrifying. Spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home ahead. One of the biggest mistakes Raimi […]

Inscryption is the best video game of 2021

[Ed. note: The following contains spoilers for Inscryption.] Inscryption is one of the most perplexing games I have ever played. For our 2021 game of the year coverage, Polygon is celebrating our top 10 video games with a collection of essays. You can see our full Top 50 list here. Throughout December, we’ll also be […]

Ash Reunites With His Children In Hoopa And The Clash Of Ages

Welcome back to Pokemon Movies in Review, a weekly recap of the entire Pokemon cinematic universe. This week we’re revisiting Hoopa and the Clash Of Ages, the second movie in the X & Y generation and the first to be written by Atsuhiro Tomioka, who later went on to write Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel […]

India Is The Perfect Setting For A Pokemon Game

There’s a theory that the next Pokemon game is going to take place in India. Features editor and resident Chad Pokemon enjoyer Ben Sledge has already broken down this theory for us, so I’m going to assume a little bit of knowledge on your behalf and skip the specifics to jump right into the merits […]

The Biggest Gaming News For December 18, 2021

It’s the weekend, but the gaming community certainly isn’t taking a break. From spotting an upcoming Steam port, to speaking out against industry abuse, it’s certainly been a busy one today. The Witcher is also in the news today, marking the premiere of season two on Netflix. We already have an update about season three, […]

The Pokemon Multiverse Is Happening, But I’m Already Disappointed

The current season of the Pokemon anime has been doing a lot of ambitious things lately. Throughout both globe-trotting seasons of Pokemon Journeys, Ash has reunited with fan-favorite trainers like Cynthia and Dawn. Last month, the series began a multi-episode arc that reintroduces the time and space Pokemon Dialga and Palkia, as well as the […]

Why Are Game Studios So Invested In NFTs?

There is a lot of hullabaloo over NFTs lately, with more game studios jumping onto the bandwagon to introduce elements of NFT into their offerings. There’s Peter Molyneux, whose new NFT game has already bagged him $53 million. There’s Ubisoft and its brand new platform called Ubisoft Quartz, which lets you collect NFTs called “digits” […]

Nix Umbra is this year’s scariest and most enigmatic game

A sword hovers a few feet in front of you, calling out from the pitch-black void. It sings like a hymn as you draw closer; it radiates like a condensed sun. In thick, gothic typeface the game tells you, “Light is my Sword, Darkness shall perish.” You collect the blade and there’s a blinding flash […]