Reviews

The Circle, Netflix’s new reality show, sounds like a mediocre episode of Black Mirror. But it’s actually a fun, and often touching, look at how we relate to each other...

It’s telling that the DualShock controller, with its two analog sticks, four shoulder buttons, and quartet of face buttons, has remained effectively unchanged since 1997. Over time there have been...

In the first episode of Netflix’s new animated post-apocalyptic fantasy series Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, the protagonist, excitable 13-year-old human Kipo (Karen Fukuhara), is on a quest to...

It’s a ritual nearly as predictable as a Marvel movie in May or romantic movies in February: The first weekend of every January sees the release of a new horror...

In the run-up to the latest season of Britain’s long-running science fiction series Doctor Who, showrunner Chris Chibnall promised that “Spyfall,” the two-part premiere, would be the biggest story in...

Gaming PCs, especially powerful ones, may be more expensive than consoles, but PCs have flexibility, moddability, and power unavailable in the competition. As a result, PC gaming is able to...

There has never been a better time to dive into the Xbox ecosystem with the Xbox One or Xbox One X, especially now, six years after the console’s debut. It...

The PlayStation 4 has had a great life, and it’s not over yet, despite the upcoming launch of the system’s successor in 2020. But don’t worry if you’re just now...

A brooding hero, one of the last members of a race of legendary warriors, wanders through a wild, dangerous world, finding nothing but trouble. Violence is his livelihood, and yet...

[Ed. note: This review reveals no specific plot points from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Polygon will have more in-depth story analysis in future reviews and essays after the...