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The Continental picked the right guy to define its retro John Wick action
Action director Larnell Stovall spoke to Polygon about how the Peacock show found its voice but kept ‘that Wick-ish flavor’
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Wheel of Time’s Seanchan act like colonizers — exactly as they’re supposed to
Episode 5 of the Prime Video series gives them their due
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Michael Jai White talks his long-awaited spiritual sequel to Black Dynamite
The director/writer/star of the ‘West-ploitation’ comedy Outlaw Johnny Black explains his latest passion project
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Corsair’s warehouse workers make pennies compared to CEO’s millions — and now they’re fighting back
Union election scheduled for Sept. 28
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Baldur’s Gate 3 fans have created their own ad-free wiki
A repository of knowledge for fans, by fans
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Can the Harry Potter fandom carry on while ignoring J.K. Rowling?
Fans are focusing on eras outside core canon, particularly the Marauders
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The race to mod Starfield
Starfield already has more than 700 mods just hours after release
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Netflix knew it had to change One Piece’s world for live action
But it was always committed to the vision of the manga and anime
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Dune’s set photographer climbed desert cliffs to capture Denis Villeneuve’s vision
Photographer Chiabella James has collected her incredible set images in the book Dune Part One: The Photography
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Baldur’s Gate 3 is changing the way people play D&D for the better
A crash course in dense mechanics paves the way for more possibilities around the table
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Starfield owes its existence to Traveller, one of the first tabletop RPGs
‘What would happen if Dungeons & Dragons didn’t exist?’
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How Banana Fish and Attack on Titan fandoms created a star
The musician sees your anime edits, and thanks you for them
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The Gran Turismo movie’s most important true story: Its hero really does love Kenny G
Jann Mardenborough discusses the games, music, and cars of his ‘gamer to racer’ career
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The King Arthur story that inspired Magic: The Gathering’s Wilds of Eldraine
How The Once and Future King inspired the upcoming expansion
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Broken Sword dev ‘simply couldn’t afford’ to remake it without using AI
Charles Cecil on bringing back his most famous creation
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If video games taught real-life skills like in Gran Turismo and TMNT: Mutant Mayhem…
Jann Mardenborough got gud. Why aren’t we experts in all the following skills by now?
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Zack Snyder tells us Rebel Moon is his Star Wars — and an ultimate vindication
Snyder and his partners discuss the project’s origins and how it found its own footing
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Turning popular video games into great board games is a lot harder than it sounds
Polygon spoke with several teams beating their heads against this particular wall
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Casey McQuiston is flattered when people compare Red, White & Royal Blue to fanfiction
With the Amazon movie adaptation now streaming, McQuiston reflects on their first novel
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Gal Gadot’s Heart of Stone team broke a lot of cameras to protect its 500-year-old locations
Stunt coordinator Jo McLaren says Netflix’s new Gal Gadot spy thriller was everything she looks for in a movie
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How Dan Harmon kept Rick & Morty’s cynicism out of Strange Planet
Webcomic creator Nathan W. Pyle breaks down some of the series’ important elements, and working with Harmon
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Paul Reubens and Pee-wee’s Playhouse made it okay for TV to be weird
The campy counterculture of the show is so much of what’s missing from today’s pop culture
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Oink Games’ colorful collection of small-box board games wows at this year’s Gen Con
The quirky Japanese publisher is known for its sharp design
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Star Trek’s first-ever musical episode divided the Strange New Worlds cast
To boldly go...
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For fans, dressing for the Barbie movie completes the Barbie fashion experience
It’s a Barbie World and we’re just living in it
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Anita Sarkeesian is shutting down Feminist Frequency after 15 years
‘We were talking about representation very early on in a mainstream way’
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Oppenheimer undoes decades of American denial about The Bomb
How Hollywood finally made The Bomb personal
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The Witcher season 3’s big twist was part Met Gala, part Red Wedding, and all details
The Thanedd battle has been a long time coming and was ‘every designer’s dream’
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The creators of Venture Bros. reflect on the end — the real one
Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer’s team-up resulted in one of the greatest animated comedies of the 2000s
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Anime helped make Teen Titans one of the 2000s’ most important shows
Teen Titans go anime
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Gloomhaven’s designers took board games by storm — now they’re coming for RPGs
Isaac Childres looks to combine RPG mechanics with flexible, character-driven stories
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I lived like Mario for a week
Running, jumping, kart racing, dining on mushrooms — the Mario lifestyle!