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.
Rise of drug-resistant superbugs could make Covid pandemic look ‘minor’, expert warnsThe Covid-19 pandemic will “look minor” compared with what humanity faces from the growing number of superbugs resistant to current drugs, Prof Dame Sally Davies, England’s former chief medical officer, has warned.
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.
A State Supreme Court Justice Decries the “Horrors and Treachery” Coming From SCOTUSThis is part of How Originalism Ate the Law, a Slate series about the legal theory that ruined everything. Perhaps no lower court judge has condemned the U.S. Supreme Court’s reliance on bogus history and racist values as sharply as Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Todd Eddins.
Rogue Waves: New Tech Captured This Elusive, Freakish Phenomenon In Ocean WavesWe used three-dimensional imaging of ocean waves to capture freakish seas that produce a notorious phenomenon known as rogue waves. Our results are now published in Physical Review Letters*.
As Europe’s power shrinks, its fear is growing – and the result is huge mistakesEurope no longer wields the power it once did in world affairs, when there was a liberal international order that hinged on US power and in which international cooperation flourished.
A ‘World-Changing’ Underwater UFO—Caught on Video—Is a Legit Threat, Says Ex-Navy OfficerA retired U.S. Navy admiral believes that the government should look to the oceans to help solve a mystery in the skies. Rear Admiral Timohy Gallaudet, former Oceanographer of the U.S.
Life Imitating Art Imitating LifeI wondered, while I was watching Baby Reindeer, what kind of aftermath a show like that might have. The unexpected Netflix hit, written and directed by its star, the British comedian Richard Gadd, was based on his real experience of being stalked by a middle-aged woman.
How to Use Microsoft Designer to Make Quick and Unique AI ImagesKey Takeaways Microsoft Designer offers AI-powered social media posts, ideal for those lacking graphic design skills. Users can easily create unique images and posts with prompt suggestions and customization options.
Inside the Rise of Jesse Lyu and the Rabbit R1Everyone seems entranced by Jesse Lyu, the new AI prophet. Clad head to toe in black, Lyu stands on stage and fires off live demo after live demo using a bright orange-colored AI gadget called the R1. He speaks to the pocket-sized device and the AI voice assistant responds back.
‘It was a horrific night’: 30 years on from the on-set death of Brandon LeeJeff Most remembers the last time he saw Brandon Lee alive. “I was in my office on Carolco lot in Wilmington and I was on the phone,” he says. “Brandon was in this white shirt and he walked by and he was waving to me through the window.