Your Guide to This Year’s Summer Video Game EventsWith E3 gone, a bunch of events have taken its place, including Summer Game Fest, Gamescom, the PC Gaming Show, and more.
Scrabble, Anonymous“I’m not bragging. I’m confessing to being addicted to an ostensible word game that occupies more space in my brain than I’d prefer.”
Indus, Garuda Saga, Detective Dotson, Kamla: How Devs Are Putting 'India' First In Their GamesGaming worlds are a fascinating place to get lost in.
Not sure what game to play? Leave a comment, we’ll helpShare All sharing options for: Not sure what game to play? Leave a comment, we’ll help Chris Plante co-founded Polygon in 2012 and is now editor-in-chief. He co-hosts The Besties, is a board member of the Frida Cinema, and created NYU’s first games journalism course.
Your Life Is Ruled by Games You Don’t Even Know You’re PlayingOur overreliance on the simplicity of game logic explains why capitalism got out of control.
The Insidious Legal Movement to Make Pregnant Women Second-Class Citizens Is GrowingShould the very state of being pregnant place women in a subclass of citizen, vulnerable to criminal prosecution or civil penalties for behavior that would be perfectly legal from a nonpregnant person? Judging by their proposed legislation and various legal antics, the anti-abortion movement says: Y
‘Menopause should be optional’: the doctor demystifying care for millions on TikTokIf you are a woman born in the 70s who has Googled “menopause” on an iPhone, you probably know who Mary Claire Haver is.
TypeScript Meets API Design in Microsoft's Game-Changing TypeSpecMicrosoft recently introduced TypeSpec, a new API definition language and platform designed to meet the evolving needs of API developers, architects, and managers in an increasingly complex environment.
This Microsoft Add-On Is the Ultimate Windows 11 Customization ToolThere's no shortage of utilities to tweak, customize, and modify Windows, but one of the best utilities is made by Microsoft itself.
Keeping Up With the Trump Trials: The Classified Documents Trial Is off the CalendarKeeping up with Donald Trump’s court schedule is a dizzying task, since he faces two federal trials, a criminal trial in Georgia, and two separate civil and criminal trials in New York. (Oh, and he’s running for president.
Scientists Taught Bees To Play With Legos, Then Marveled At What HappenedExamples of insect collaboration pop up often in nature, but do the critters’ tiny brains have anything to do with their teamwork or is it merely instinctive behavior? Curious to explore that question as it relates to bumblebees, researchers in Finland got the winged buzzers to play with one of th
Peloton’s Diehards Are Gaming Out Which Instructors Might Get the AxPeloton used to make so much money. Back at the end of 2020, the company made more than $1 billion in a single quarter just from selling its fitness equipment and subscriptions.
‘I have a lot of affection for titties’: one woman’s quest to reclaim her breastsThroughout her life, Sarah Thornton hadn’t given much thought to her breasts. They were there, of course, and they’d fed two children.
My Sister and I Have Always Lamented Our Lack of Inheritances. Then Her Husband Let the Truth Slip.As we approach middle age, my sister and I have spoken frequently about how different our circumstances are compared to our social circles.
The animated sci-fi mystery Mars Express aims high and lands among the starsScience fiction has always been a fertile genre for telling stories that revolve around mysteries. From Ridley Scott’s classic Blade Runner to Mamoru Oshii’s 1995 anime Ghost in the Shell, sci-fi and mystery go together as perfectly as a culprit’s hand in a blood-stained glove.