Before July 2024, the Neil Gaiman subreddit was a relatively chill place by internet discourse standards. “It was a very quiet and almost peaceful community,” says JN, a forum moderator who did not want to be identified for reasons of privacy and safety. r/NeilGaiman, an unofficial outlet for discussing the...
How to turn off auto-crafting in Monster Hunter Wilds
Auto-crafting in Monster Hunter Wilds automatically creates items as you collect resources throughout the game.From the first steps you take in the desert sands of Monster Hunter Wilds, the game’s default settings make it so it will automatically craft a whole bunch of items, like potions, as you play.This feature...
Despelote might be the best game ever about childhood
One of the great magic tricks of art — or perhaps just of the human brain — is the ability to transmute something hyper-specific and personal into something universal. Despelote is an autobiographical, semi-documentary game about being a kid in Ecuador during the country’s first successful qualifying run for the...
Maybe Doom: The Dark Ages didn’t need mechs and dragons after all
Doom: The Dark Ages gets a lot right with its gameplay. The shield parrying is a welcome addition to the FPS space, and each of its weapons — a personal favorite being the evergreen shotgun — is both useful and fun. The Dark Ages is extremely my thing, too. What’s...
Summer Game Fest and ‘Not-E3’ 2025 schedule: All conference dates and times
Summer Game Fest 2025 returns in June to fill the vacuum left by E3 — may it rest in peace — and will be joined by a long list of showcases from the likes of Xbox and tireless independent organizers who will put on shows like Day of the Devs...
Pokémon Go Machop Community Day guide
Pokémon Go is having a Machop Community Day event on Saturday, May 24, from 2-5 p.m. in your local time.As expected with a Community Day event, Machop will spawn in huge numbers with a high chance for it to appear shiny in Pokémon Go. There are also several other bonuses...
A definitive ranking of Tom Cruise’s 26 best action movies
After spending several months doing not much besides watching Tom Cruise movies, I now spend a lot of time wondering about Tom Cruise running.The Mission: Impossible star is a high-cadence runner. He’s famously short of stature, low to the ground and with short legs. But that build is perfect for...
How to get the Vault Key and find Bushranger in Fortnite
There is a hidden vault in the Nightshift Forest in Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 1. To open it, you’ll need to go on an adventure to find Bushranger and retrieve his vault key. However, he won’t give the key to just anyone!You’ll need to provide him one of the new...
Mickey 17, Fountain of Youth, Wolfs, and every movie new to streaming this weekend
Each week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.This week, Mickey 17, the science fiction comedy from Oscar-winning Parasite writer-director Bong Joon Ho, starring Robert Pattinson as an expendable clone,...
Warner Bros. just killed a bunch of Cartoon Network games
Additionally, the Adult Swim Games-published Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time has also been removed from sale. That delisting follows similar removals from July, when Adult Swim Games titles Traverser, Zenzizenzic, and Mega Coin Squad were removed from sale.On Steam, each of the new removed games includes a short message announcing...