The best sci-fi and fantasy books of 2023 so far (www.polygon.com)
It’s already been a stellar year in speculative fiction
[Polygon] D&D’s latest campaign book feels specially made for fans of Baldur’s Gate 3 (www.polygon.com)
Apple’s Invasion wouldn’t exist without Star Wars and X-Men (www.polygon.com)
SimonSimon Kinberg grew up in what he calls the “golden age of science fiction,” when Star Wars, Terminator, Alien, and Blade Runner weren’t cross-media IP, but banger movies you got to watch on big screens. For Kinberg, growing up in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Westwood Village in the late 1970s and ’80s put him in...
Baldur’s Gate 3 is changing the way people play D&D for the better (www.polygon.com)
Being horny for Astarion has made players better at the Rogue class in regular D&D
Starfield design director Emil Pagliarulo says you may find God in its space — or lose faith (www.polygon.com)
Starfield leaker faces felony charges for stealing 67 copies of unreleased game (www.polygon.com)
The best ‘class’ in Baldur’s Gate 3 is ‘barrelmancer’ (www.polygon.com)
Strong players can load up barrels in their pockets, and use them as explosives later
All of Netflix’s weird interactive movies and shows, ranked (www.polygon.com)
2018’s Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and 2019’s You vs. Wild marked a new phase for Netflix’s interactive shows, which started off with relatively simple interactive experiments for kids in 2017, designed to test the waters for actual Netflix games down the road. These Choose Your Own Adventure-style stories became some of...
TIL that Sandman was created in 1974 (www.polygon.com)
HOLY SHIT...
Disney Lorcana, a guide for absolute beginners (www.polygon.com)
Never played a trading card game before? Start here
[Polygon] D&D’s next iteration needs to keep things simple, too (www.polygon.com)
Nimona’s radical page-to-screen story changes were a queer necessity (www.polygon.com)
Call of Duty: The Board Game and how it works on the table (www.polygon.com)
Taking it with a grain of salt and does not seem to be a game I would like. But maybe someone is interested
A Hades player defies the gods, completes ‘impossible’ run (www.polygon.com)
Anita Sarkeesian is shutting down Feminist Frequency after 15 years (www.polygon.com)
‘We were talking about representation very early on in a mainstream way’
Telltale’s The Expanse nails the vibes of one of TV’s most overlooked sci-fi dramas | Polygon (www.polygon.com)
Palia is the perfect game for chill vibes, either alone or co-op (www.polygon.com)
A cozy take on MMOs that elevates the genre
Reddit’s 2023 r/Place turned into a battleground for dunking on the CEO (www.polygon.com)
Hello Kitty Island Adventure is for Animal Crossing fans with wanderlust | Polygon (www.polygon.com)
Payday 3 closed beta announced for Xbox and Steam (www.polygon.com)
Payday 3 closed beta announced for Xbox and Steam (www.polygon.com)
Reddit’s 2023 r/Place turned into a battleground for dunking on the CEO (www.polygon.com)
In spacefaring management sim The Banished Vault, no one can hear me scream | Polygon (www.polygon.com)
PS2’s Two Towers was the coolest way to miss the whole point of the Lord of the Rings (www.polygon.com)
Blizzard’s bringing its PC games to Steam, starting with Overwatch 2 (www.polygon.com)
Players will still need a Battle.net account, however
