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Movies

Hollywood might finally start making mid-budget movies again soon

By Austen Goslin

Why is it Summer Game Fest and not Summer Games Fest (plural)?

By Maddy Myers

Analysis

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

By Tasha Robinson

Opinion

Video game movies keep relying on the wrong kind of violence

By Ashley Bardhan

Dungeons & Dragons

This Dungeons & Dragons book is the world-building deep dive you’ve been waiting for

By Sadie Gennis

Game of Thrones

The makers of Shogun, Wheel of Time, BSG, and more sound off on Game of Thrones’ true legacy

By Zosha Millman

Abbott Elementary’s season 3 finale, Jeopardy! Masters, and more

By Zosha Millman

The top 5 times a remastered Phantom Menace trailer made me incorrectly go ‘Star Wars is so back’

By Matt Patches

Latest Stories

Ben Schwartz and other comedy greats join Make Some Noise season 3

By Susana Polo May 20

Where to pre-order the Ursula’s Return expansion for Disney Lorcana

By Alice Jovanée and Charlie Hall May 20

Feature

Kim Kardashian: Hollywood has an unlikely, lasting place in gaming history

Looking back on Kim Kardashian’s video game legacy

By Nicole Carpenter May 14

Entertainment

The monsters that made me: Growing up disabled, all of my heroes were villains

Horror movies challenged my relationship with myself

By Matt Lee May 13

The Matrix and Friday the 13th villains join the MultiVersus roster

By Michael McWhertor May 20

Life in Reterra is the highly replayable board game that now lives rent-free in my family room

By Charlie Hall May 20

16 Updates

The best indie games of 2024 so far

By Polygon Staff May 8

Flight of the Conchords’ Bret McKenzie gave Thelma the Unicorn its gross ‘viral hit’

By Petrana Radulovic May 19

TikTok has brought back 2000s-era digital cameras — and it’s worth the hype

By Ana Diaz May 19

We wrote a huge book about Lord of the Rings!

By Chris Plante May 16

The X-Men games that are actually good

By Pete Volk, Joshua Rivera, and 2 more May 19

Is Bridgerton already setting up its promised queer romance?

By Petrana Radulovic May 18

Adult friendships can be tough. Babes gets it.

By Petrana Radulovic May 18

Spring 2024 entertainment preview

The biggest movies...

By Pete Volk, Tasha Robinson, and 3 more March 25

Spring 2024 entertainment preview

...and the biggest shows of spring 2024

By Pete Volk, Zosha Millman, and 2 more March 25

The best sci-fi movies to watch on Netflix this May

By Toussaint Egan and Polygon Staff May 18

AGGRO DR1FT puts messy incel fantasies on the screen, in neon colors

By Austen Goslin May 17

Spring 2024 entertainment preview

A guide to finally getting into Brandon Sanderson books

By Samantha Nelson March 28

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Challengers, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Madame Web on Netflix, and every new movie to watch at home this weekend

By Toussaint Egan and Pete Volk May 17

Twitch unbans shaking butts and twerking for animated emotes

By Ana Diaz May 17

Talisman, one of the OG dungeon crawlers, is back with a 5th edition this summer

By Charlie Hall May 17

Why am I crying because of a damn video game commercial?

By Chris Plante May 17

Fallout is coming to Fortnite

By Michael McWhertor May 17

X-Men ’97 wasn’t about superheroes, it was about people

By Joshua Rivera May 17

My favorite part of Mad Max: Fury Road is the circus

By Pete Volk May 17

The Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Switch game calls back one of Nintendo’s coolest events

By Ana Diaz May 17

Upgrade is a terrific cyberpunk thriller disguised as an action movie, and it’s now on Netflix

By Austen Goslin May 17

Feature

I Saw the TV Glow director Jane Schoenbrun on fighting the ‘nefarious mechanism’ of story

What the movie means, what they’re deconstructing, and how their Slenderman documentary connects all their work

By Austen Goslin May 17

Here’s your first look at EA Sports College Football 25 gameplay

By Samit Sarkar May 17

Early look at Valve’s new hero shooter Deadlock leaks

By Michael McWhertor May 17

Endless Legend, a great 2014 strategy game, is free on Steam for one week

By Ana Diaz May 17