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A view of a board game from directly above shows a large number of small green discs and medium brown discs, and four colorful beetles all on a log themed platform sitting on a wooden table. I the lower right two hands hold a blue insect shaped piece up to the board as if to measure a piece between the blue mandibles.
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The board game box for Concept sits on top of it’s colorful board of icons with little game pieces and scoring tokens strewn across the table.
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Concept reboots the whole concept of a guessing game

Simone de Rochefort, a brunette white woman in a black t-shirt, points at the original 1925 cover of The Great Gatsby.
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Sungwon “ProZD” Cho and XTina GG face each other down across a table, holding hands of cards and laughing.
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We challenged ProZD to a card game

A notebook with blue ink drawings of puzzles and codes from the video game Fez, which includes tetrominos, directional arrows, and an alphabet translation.
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Taking notes makes gaming more fun

In a grungy ’90s-style font, the image reads: Can you still call it a game if you can NEVER LOSE? A brunette woman with a Photoshop-enlarged head stares at you in question.
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Cheating used to be fun

A colorful, glitchy banner for Polygonathon 2022. It has the Polygonathon logo and a cool faded 2022, and below that it says “in support of Trans Lifeline”
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Polygon is hosting a charity livestream for Trans Lifeline!

An aerial shot from Immortal Empires in Total War: Warhammer 3
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The new Total War: Warhammer 3 Immortal Empires trailer shows off dream alliances

A character from Elden Ring with an orb-like helmet stands between a giant glowing purple skeleton from Elden Ring and a giant skeleton from an old Japanese wood print.
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Why Elden Ring’s skeletons have such good bones

A Noise Marine rocking out. Yes, that’s a thing. He’s covered in freehand designs, including leopard print and zebra stripes.
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Painting miniatures? You’re probably overthinking it

A skull-faced figure festooned with grenades and trinkets stands in front of two golden AK-47 rifles as green smoke mushrooms from oversized soda cans.
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How Call of Duty turned war into a profitable circus

The prisoner figure, in a distorted metal helmet that covers its entire face, is being squashed by a giant boulder.
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Elden Ring wants you to stop hitting yourself

An armored warrior stands against a sunset in Elden Ring
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Elden Ring’s complex lore explained by an expert in just 30 minutes

The Bread Boy dances
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On the right, a man with an iPad taped to his face with an image of Sonic voice actor Ben Schwartz on it. On the left images of Sonic, Tales, and Knuckles from the Sonic the Headgehog 2 movie.
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Ben Schwartz is an iPad helmet in our Sonic 2 interview sequel

Margit, is a hairy, beastly man with a cluster of goat-like horns growing from his head. He clutches a wooden can in his right hand and leers at the camera.
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What’s up with Margit?

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A blue Armored Core robot covered in weapons stands in front of a blue gradient background.
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Why FromSoft fans should be excited for Armored Core

Cover art for Call of the Netherdeep.
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Critical Role’s new D&D campaign book features a rival group of antagonistic adventurers

a mid 30s white male stands in a suburban lawn with his hands on his hips. Behind him, the phrase “dad games” is drawn on a house.
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I reviewed a bunch of dad games and now I’m sad

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