'Trainspotting' Meets 'Zodiac' in This Star Wars Actor's 10/10 Cult Classic Thriller
Polygon.comby Oli Welsh·22 Aug 2026
The movie that shot Ewan McGregor to stardom was, unquestionably, 1996's Trainspotting: a relentless and stylishly unhinged depiction of the depravity of heroin addiction, based on the novel by...
27 Years Later, the Best 'Peanuts' Snoopy Quote Is Still in a League of Its Own
Polygon.comby Adam Barnhardt·22 Aug 2026
In the realm of comic strips, few stand as tall as Charles Schulz's Peanuts, which ran a staggering 50 years from 1950 to 2000.
7 Years Later, the Best Outer Wilds Quote Hits Harder Than Ever
Polygon.comby Rebecca Corgan·22 Aug 2026
“Be curious on your journey,” says Bells, one of the ancient Nomai from Outer Wilds, the 2019 time-loop exploration game from Mobius Digital.
Marvel's Best Mobile Game Is About To Get Its Most Requested Feature
Polygon.comby Tomas Franzese·22 Aug 2026
After years of clamoring from its player base, Marvel Snap will finally get a Draft mode on Aug. 24.
Fortnite's New Season Kicks Off With Bot-Infested Lobbies
Polygon.comby Ashely Claudino·22 Aug 2026
Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 started this week, so players are still exploring the new loot pool and gameplay mechanics.
5 Sci-Fi Shows That Are Perfect From Start to Finish
Polygon.comby Debopriyaa Dutta·22 Aug 2026
Science fiction comes in many flavors. Some, like The Twilight Zone and Black Mirror, take a speculative look at our futures.
Celebrate the SNES's 35th Birthday With the 5 Weirdest Switch Online Games
Polygon.comby Josh Broadwell·22 Aug 2026
The Super Nintendo is 35 years old. The same as me. Rather than curling up and dying when I realized how much time has passed since 1991, I figured a better way to mark the occasion would be...
6 Hugely Popular Video Games We'd Love to See in Fortnite's New Season
Polygon.comby Ashely Claudino·22 Aug 2026
Fortnite Override is here, and it's all about video games. The island has been hacked. The Zero Point has been stolen.
Double Fine Is Not Currently Working On A Sequel To 'Brütal Legend'
Polygon.comby Tomas Franzese·22 Aug 2026
If you were hoping that a new Brütal Legend game was in the works now that Double Fine is independent again, Tim Schafer unfortunately confirmed that's not the case.
The Best New Card From Magic's Hobbit Set Made My Dr. Eggman Deck Unstoppable
Polygon.comby Ryan Epps·22 Aug 2026
The Hobbit has finally arrived in Magic: The Gathering, bringing Middle-earth back to the game with a new collection of cards built around Bilbo's journey.
HBO Max's R-Rated 116-Minute Action Sci-Fi Sequel Is Officially a Streaming Smash Hit
Polygon.comby Polygon Staff·22 Aug 2026
The Mortal Kombat franchise has always had its ups and downs over the past 35 years, both in video game form — see Mortal Kombat: Special Forces, for example — and in live-action adaptations.
Prime Video's $175M Action Fantasy Flop Is Officially Soaring on Global Streaming
Polygon.comby Sam Hill·22 Aug 2026
Hollywood has gotten pretty good at turning childhood nostalgia into box-office gold. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie became the first movie of 2026 to cross $1 billion worldwide and we're still...
7 Years Later, One 'Vinland Saga' Line Remains Anime’s Greatest Lesson About Violence
Polygon.comby Ryan Epps·22 Aug 2026
Vinland Saga initially looks like the kind of anime built around everything its story eventually comes to reject.
19 Years Later, Doctor Who Officially Has a Chance to Fix Its Worst Mistake
Polygon.comby Aimee Hart·22 Aug 2026
With 63 years of timey-wimey adventures under its belt, Doctor Who has had a slew of characters that many a Whovian would cite as some of the most underappreciated in the Whoniverse.
League of Legends Spinoff Cancellation Leaves Players Fuming
Polygon.comby Elijah Gonzalez·22 Aug 2026
2026 is shaping up to be a surprisingly depressing year for game fans. On Thursday, Riot Games announced that it is ending active development on its League of Legends-themed fighting game 2XKO...
Steven Spielberg’s 115-minute Sci-fi Masterpiece Soars Back to the Top of the Streaming Charts
Polygon.comby Sam Hill·22 Aug 2026
Steven Spielberg has spent more than five decades making the kinds of movies that become permanent fixtures of pop culture.
Nintendo Blurred the Lines Between Handhelds and Consoles Decades Before the Switch
Polygon.comby Jason Venter·22 Aug 2026
When the Super Nintendo officially launched in North America on Aug. 23, 1991, Nintendo immediately set to work proving the hardware could offer ambitious experiences the original NES simply could...
Taylor Sheridan Meets 'Breaking Bad' in FX's Near-Perfect 10-Part Detective Thriller Series
Polygon.comby Brian VanHooker·22 Aug 2026
Perhaps the most essential thing about adapting a movie into a TV show is getting the balance right between the old and the new.
5 Times Disney’s Sci-Fi Ambitions Crashed and Burned at the Box Office
Polygon.comby Ryan Epps·22 Aug 2026
Disney has never shied away from high-stakes science fiction. By rendering Pixar’s digital landscapes and mapping Marvel’s cosmic universe, the studio has spent decades proving audiences will...
5 Must-Play New Steam Games to Try This Weekend
Polygon.comby Giovanni Colantonio·22 Aug 2026
If it seemed like this week would be a good time to catch up on your Steam backlog, you were woefully mistaken.
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