| Return to Monkey Island will have a hint system because the internet exists now |
Joshua Rivera, Polygon |
2024-07-04T16:54:33-0500
354
|
The Intersection of Puzzle and Story |
Game Design, Narrative, Production |
| Why Dream kept his face hidden — and why he revealed it (2022) |
Ana Diaz , Polygon |
2023-08-04T02:14:30-0500
316
|
Cheating, Part 2 |
Game Design, Gaming |
| YouTube’s big Minecraft cheating scandal, explained (2020) |
Patricia Hernandez, Polygon |
2023-08-04T02:14:30-0500
316
|
Cheating, Part 2 |
Game Design, Gaming |
| Nintendo’s classic Ultra Hand toy lives on in Tears of the Kingdom |
Michael McWhertor, Polygon |
2023-06-11T09:50:54-0500
308
|
Lessons from Tears of the Kingdom |
Game Design |
| Strange Horticulture, a game about selling plants, is one of the best games this year |
Nicole Carpenter, Polygon |
2022-04-21T08:00:45-0500
258
|
GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) |
Events |
| Dune: Spice Wars launches in early access in April |
Oli Welsh, Polygon |
2022-04-21T08:00:45-0500
258
|
GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) |
Events |
| How to pause Elden Ring |
Jeffrey Parkin, Polygon |
2022-03-10T03:11:55-0600
251
|
Wikis and Guides |
Gaming |
| Untitled Goose Game is getting a second goose and local co-op |
Nicole Carpenter, Polygon |
2022-02-17T11:38:35-0600
248
|
What We Did On Our Winter Break (2021-2022) |
IRL, Meta |
| Cyberpunk cat adventure Stray will let you do highly accurate cat stuff |
Michael McWhertor, Polygon |
2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600
246
|
Most Anticipated (for 2022) |
Gaming |
| Developers explain why 4 is the magic multiplayer number |
Cass Marshall, Polygon |
2021-12-03T12:48:11-0600
245
|
Player Count |
Game Design, Hardware |
| Balan Wonderworld is a strange game of furry musicality |
Michael McWhertor, Polygon |
2021-03-18T16:01:54-0500
208
|
Jank |
Game Design |
| Paper Mario: The Origami King is a laugh-out-loud funny RPG on the Switch |
Andrew Webster, Polygon |
2020-12-26T12:08:30-0600
206
|
Nicest (2020) |
Nicest |
| "Queer identity in Watch Dogs: Legion should be more than flavor text" |
Carolyn Petit, Polygon |
2020-11-18T22:00:11-0600
201
|
Worldbuilding |
Game Design, Narrative |
| Why I’m not buying the Harry Potter game |
Stacey Henley, Polygon |
2020-10-07T05:43:05-0500
195
|
Games in Other Media |
Game Design, Gaming, Narrative |
| What Spider-Man PS4 gets right (and wrong) about New York City |
Simone de Rochefort, Polygon |
2020-06-11T23:54:53-0500
178
|
Establishing a Sense of Place |
Game Design, Narrative |
| 15 things you can do to make Breath of the Wild feel new again |
Patricia Hernandez, Polygon |
2020-05-19T06:54:46-0500
175
|
Fun in Games |
Game Design |
| How Warframe built an ethical free-to-play economy |
Ben Kuchera, Polygon |
2020-05-13T15:37:52-0500
173
|
Economies |
Game Design |
| The reason Rebecca Sugar made Steven Universe Future, and why it’s the actual end |
Tasha Robinson, Polygon |
2020-04-21T09:32:52-0500
171
|
Ending Projects |
IRL, Production |
| Control taught me to love the ugliest architecture |
Polygon |
2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600
161
|
Nicest (2019) |
Nicest |
| The Outer Worlds has some unusual (and awesome) character-building options |
Patricia Hernandez, Polygon |
2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600
160
|
Writing for Games |
Game Design, Narrative |
| How to deal with your Steam backlog |
Michael McWhertor, Polygon |
2019-08-06T01:00:00-0500
142
|
Game Libraries |
Gaming |
| Anti-loot box bill poses a real threat to sports video games |
Owen S. Good, Polygon |
2019-07-16T01:00:00-0500
139
|
Designing Sports Games |
|
| When the power went out at E3, Nintendo was prepared |
Michael McWhertor, Polygon |
2019-06-18T01:00:00-0500
135
|
Stephen’s Travelogue! |
Events |
| "Where Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker came from" |
Michael McWhertor, Polygon |
2019-06-04T01:00:00-0500
133
|
Extra Modes |
Production |
| "Assassin’s Creed Odyssey really picks up after the first 15 hours" |
Ben Kuchera, Polygon |
2019-05-21T01:00:00-0500
131
|
Game Length |
Game Design |
| "Valve redesigns Steam game library, adding Steam Events" |
Michael McWhertor, Polygon |
2019-03-26T01:00:00-0500
124
|
GDC 2019 Sessions |
Events |
| Pokémon Snap was ahead of its time |
Jenna Stoeber, Polygon |
2018-11-15T00:00:00-0600
112
|
Pokémon |
Gaming |
| Telltale hit with class-action lawsuit for breaking labor laws |
Samit Sarkar, Polygon |
2018-11-06T00:00:00-0600
111
|
Unions |
IRL |
| Polygon Sims jazz piano video |
Clayton Ashley, Polygon |
2018-10-17T01:00:00-0500
108
|
Video Game Soundtracks |
Audio |
| https://www.polygon.com/2017/12/25/16817700/elite-dangerous-fuel-rats-rescue-cmdr-persera |
Owen S. Good, Polygon |
2018-10-02T01:00:00-0500
106
|
Space Exploration games |
Gaming |
| "Star Citizen’s $27,000 bundle raises eyebrows" |
Charlie Hall, Polygon |
2018-10-02T01:00:00-0500
106
|
Space Exploration games |
Gaming |
| “Not-for-profit game developer faces major obstacles” |
Colin Campbell, Polygon |
2018-08-29T01:00:00-0500
101
|
Pitching to Consoles |
Hardware, Marketing |
| “How to choose the least annoying Octopath Traveler” |
Brian Gilbert, Polygon |
2018-08-29T01:00:00-0500
101
|
Turn-Based RPGs |
Gaming |
| The passion of the checkpoint: Why gaming's most frustrating failure is so hard to fix |
Ben Kuchera, Polygon |
2018-07-10T01:00:00-0500
94
|
Language of Games |
Game Design |
| A new direction for David Cage |
Samit Sarkar, Polygon |
2018-05-15T01:00:00-0500
87
|
Player Agency |
Game Design, Narrative |
| Wolfenstein 3D returns with a twist in Wolfenstein 2 |
Patrick Gill, Polygon |
2018-01-23T00:00:00-0600
68
|
Games in Games |
Game Design, Gaming |
| Soul Calibur 6 |
Michael McWhertor, Polygon |
2018-01-09T00:00:00-0600
66
|
Stephen's Most Anticipated (for 2018) |
Nicest |
| Desert Bus comes to VR at long last |
Owen S. Good, Polygon |
2017-12-13T00:00:00-0600
61
|
Repetition |
Game Design |
| 18 new Nintendo Switch games are out this week — the most ever |
Allegra Frank, Polygon |
2017-11-01T01:00:00-0500
53
|
Upcoming Games |
Gaming |
| No Man’s Sky guide: alien races, languages and Monolith puzzles |
Jeffrey Parkin, Polygon |
2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500
45
|
Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers |
Audio, Game Design |
| Gaming’s favorite VR mouse uses sign language in the cutest way |
Allegra Frank, Polygon |
2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500
45
|
Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers |
Audio, Game Design |
| Hands-on with Line Wobbler: a 16 foot tall, one-dimensional dungeon crawler |
Nick Robinson, Polygon |
2017-07-31T01:00:00-0500
37
|
Game Exhibits and Installations |
Physical Games |
| Play every game from this year's Train Jam |
Charlie Hall, Polygon |
2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500
33
|
An Evil Introduction |
IRL |
| Zelda: Breath of the Wild rupee farming - How to make rupees with bowling |
Jake Lear and Jeff Ramos, Polygon |
2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500
33
|
Gamer Motivation Profile |
Gaming, IRL |
| Let's Talk About: The cultural significance of Saints Row 4 |
Chris Plante, Polygon |
2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500
33
|
Gamer Motivation Profile |
Gaming, IRL |
| A Way Out blew us away at E3, but can the devs keep pace with their own ambition? |
Charlie Hall, Polygon |
2017-06-26T01:00:00-0500
32
|
Future Projects |
IRL |
| Valve sets Steam Direct self-publishing fee at $100 |
Samit Sarkar, Polygon |
2017-06-26T01:00:00-0500
32
|
Steam Direct |
Hardware, Marketing |
| Valve is not your friend, and Steam is not healthy for gaming |
Tim Colwill, Polygon |
2017-06-26T01:00:00-0500
32
|
Steam Direct |
Hardware, Marketing |
| The hidden world of Steam trading |
Mitch Bowman, Polygon |
2017-06-26T01:00:00-0500
32
|
Steam Direct |
Hardware, Marketing |
| Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s first DLC pack sounds really neat |
Samit Sarkar,, Polygon |
2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500
30
|
Difficulty |
Game Design |
| Tim Schafer recalls when Steven Spielberg asked for a hint in Day of the Tentacle |
Owen Good, Polygon |
2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500
30
|
Difficulty |
Game Design |
| Tim Schafer's take on 'good puzzle theory' and being stuck as entertainment |
Micheal McWhertor, Polygon |
2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500
30
|
Difficulty |
Game Design |
| For Honor's accidental alt-right connection |
Allegra Frank, Polygon |
2017-03-13T01:00:00-0500
15
|
Messages and Meanings |
Game Design |
| Ladykiller in a Bind Review |
Allegra Frank, Polygon |
2017-03-10T00:00:00-0600
18
|
GDC 2017 Sessions |
Events |
| Train Jam participants heading to GDC 2017 anxious about ‘Muslim ban’ |
Charlie Hall, Polygon |
2017-03-06T00:00:00-0600
17
|
Train Jam |
Events |
