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Best of the Year

The best movies of 2022, so far

By Polygon Staff, Tasha Robinson, and 1 more
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The best TV shows of 2022, so far

By Polygon Staff, Zosha Millman, and 1 more
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The best video games of 2022, so far

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The best anime of 2022, so far

By Toussaint Egan and Polygon Staff
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The best science fiction and fantasy books of 2022, so far

By Nicole Clark and Sadie Gennis
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Guitar Hero meets Undertale in Everhood, 2021’s overlooked gem

By Diego Arguello
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Before Your Eyes tells a brilliant story about regret, our legacies, and the afterlife

By Kazuma Hashimoto
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The 10 best action scenes of 2021

By Alex Rallo
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Placement games were 2021’s most calming trend

By Cameron Kunzelman
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The GTA Trilogy remaster is flawed, but so much more accessible

By Stephen Wilds
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Co-op game Haven understands life as a couple during Covid

By Yussef Cole and Vivian Chan
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Our favorite memes of 2021

By Nicole Clark and Ana Diaz
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7 games that pushed accessibility forward in 2021

By Courtney Craven
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Our favorite stories of 2021

By Polygon Staff
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Horror games made living in 2021 more bearable

By Tauriq Moosa
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The games, movies, TV shows, and moments that shaped 2021

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Board games heavily influenced some of 2021’s best video games

By Charles Theel
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Inscryption is the best video game of 2021

By Mike Mahardy
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Nix Umbra is this year’s scariest and most enigmatic game

By Ewan Wilson
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Chicory: A Colorful Tale showed us how to color outside the lines

By Ana Diaz
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Halo Infinite fulfills promises that were two decades in the making

By Austen Goslin
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Metroid Dread gives Samus new power — and new humanity

By Maddy Myers
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Resident Evil Village is a greatest hits of video game horror

By Ryan Gilliam
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Hitman 3 is absurd and hilarious, like trying to return a dead parrot

By Russ Frushtick
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The 10 (or 11) best documentaries of 2021

By Noel Murray
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Death’s Door balances a grim world with never-ending charm

By Nicole Carpenter
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Wildermyth is the video game miracle of 2021

By Chris Plante
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The best tabletop games that we played in 2021

By Charlie Hall
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Psychonauts 2 tells one of the best stories games have ever told

By Matt Leone
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Unsighted is an exquisite fight for survival

By Nicole Clark
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The best science fiction and fantasy books of 2021

By Nicole Clark, Sadie Gennis, and 1 more
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The 50 best video games of 2021

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