Chelsea describes the audio/visual joys of Tetris Effect, Jenna details her experience with the Fallout 76 beta, and Ashley talks about the Spyro Reignited Trilogy. Also, there is a lot of talk about egg nog and WOW WHAT IS AMBROSIA, SERIOUSLY? Fallout 76 survivor. The Polygon Show will be available for you to listen to every Friday on Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. If you like what you hear, don’t forget to rate and review The Polygon Show on Apple Podcasts — seriously, every little bit helps!

Pokémon: Let’s Go! The games follow the path of Pokémon Yellow, though there are some key differences and updates for Nintendo Switch. With the Kanto setting and the appearance of some beloved characters, we can’t help but think of the original anime and its iconic theme song. https://t.co/3HnZviJOTA pic.twitter.com/eOgRAfnz3N — Pokémon (Let’s Go!) Hearts overflow, eyes get even mistier, there’s a strong urge to sing along: You’ll teach me and I’ll teach you~Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!

If you were hoping that Nintendo would follow its NES Classic and SNES Classic with a miniaturized version of its Nintendo 64, Reggie Fils-Aimé, president of Nintendo of America, has some bad news. Nintendo could, of course, still release an N64 Classic at a time beyond its “planning horizon,” but Fils-Aimé explained why the company may not trot out a third mini-version of one of its consoles. “That was the very strategic reason we launched the NES Classic system.”With the Nintendo Switch’s rece

A Pokémon Go update has added a new evolutionary item into the game: Sinnoh Stones, items that allow Pokémon from previous generations to become their Sinnoh-region forms. Only one Sinnoh Stone is required to evolve compatible Pokémon, alongside 100 candies. But players receive just one Sinnoh Stone at a time when they complete the week’s worth of research challenges. With 11 Pokémon that have Sinnoh-specific evolutions, that means it will take 11 weeks of research to collect all of them. Until

That is to say, the hat-tip that this week’s episode of The Good Place offers to Lost makes so much sense that it’s almost surprising it look this long for it to happen. The Good Place’s bread and butter is sharp-witted interrogation of ethical dilemmas, but it also traffics in twists like no other show on the air (since Lost, anyway). Everything is finite, including, presumably, the tank The Good Place is running on. “Don’t Let the Good Life Pass You By” makes the case that it might not be. Sin

Thunderlord is the original Exotic in Destiny, the first one players ever got to see in the game’s first gameplay demo. Now it’s back in Destiny 2 as this game’s first machine gun weapon (more are coming in the Black Armory DLC). But the Thunderlord of Destiny past has seen a significant upgrade in the sequel. The Intrinsic Perk for Thunderlord in Destiny 2 is Reign Havoc, which causes kills made with Thunderlord to rain lightning down on nearby enemies. Against large groups of enemies, Thunderl

Destiny 2’s Black Armory — the first of three expansions included in the game’s Annual Pass — will launch on Dec. 4, and include a wide variety of mysteries to discover. While we know the date for Black Armory, Bungie is still being quiet on the details of the expansion itself. In the studio’s weekly blog post, Bungie announced that it’ll release a video preview that will detail Black Armory on Nov. 27, which should help players know what they’re in for. As with Forsaken, Destiny 2 will have a s

Black Mirror episode “Nosedive,” the harrowing tale of social media-fueled anxiety from the sci-fi show’s third season, is now a board game. Games, designed for between three and six players, typically take about 45 minutes to play, the publisher says. Nosedive is published by Asmodee and will be available at Target on Nov. 25. Black Mirror’s “Nosedive” episode debuted on Netflix in 2016. According to Vox’s review of the episode:

By the time you first go to the town of Valentine in Red Dead Redemption 2, you might’ve stopped by the smaller, second saloon in town. The mission, “The Noblest of Men, and a Woman” will have you tracking down four gunslingers across the map. Once you accept the mission, four locations will appear on your map for Black Belle, Emmet Granger, Flaco Hernandez and Billy Midnight. You can complete them in any order, but you won’t get to complete the mission until after Chapter 4. To safely get off t

Black Friday 2018: The best deals on gaming hardware and video games All the best gaming, console and accessory dealsBlack Friday is here, and 2018’s deals are as good as ever. All your favorite retailers, like Amazon, Best Buy, Target and Walmart are already posting their ads showing off their discounts on games, hardware, accessories and more. Here are some of the best deals we’ve found for Black Friday 2018. Check back often to see the latest updates, and don’t forget to follow Polygon Deals

The popular series of Legacy board games continues this month with the release of Betrayal Legacy, published by Wizards of the Coast under the Avalon Hill imprint. In Risk: Legacy, players actually change the game board itself each time they play. Called Pandemic Legacy: Season 1, it was hands down my pick as the best board game of 2015. SeaFall: A Legacy Game had a very slow ramp-up to the action and a troubled end-game. Inside the box of Betrayal Legacy, you’ll find a sheet of stickers and a g

A refresher: In July 2008, Whedon directed Dr. Horrible from a script he wrote with Zack Whedon, Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen. Dr. Horrible: Best Friends Forever, a one-shot story from Dark Horse Comics featuring Dr. Horrible and Captain Hammer, is on shelves now. And I think that’s something that’s rareI think “participate” is an important word. And I think that’s something that’s rare that I’ve never thought about before, but I think that’s part of that. The cover is Captain Hammer and h

On Monday, Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee passed away at the age of 95. On Wednesday, Lee’s official Twitter account posted a short video of him, capturing a spontaneous and authentic moment in which he talked about his fans. pic.twitter.com/WTX8U1afLm — stan lee (@TheRealStanLee) November 14, 2018“Sometimes, at night, when I’m sitting here, and I’m thinking, ‘Oh, what’s it all about?,’” Lee said. The use of Lee’s Twitter account to promote the video is also an eerie reminder of his troubling fin

Nintendo and the operators of two ROM sites it sued this summer have reached a proposed settlement, for a sizable amount. Whether the owners of LoveROMs.com and LoveRETRO.co end up paying Nintendo $12.2 million remains to be seen. The settlement calls for both sides to take care of their own legal fees. Perhaps more importantly, the settlement contains a permanent injunction keeping the Mathiases out of the ROM sharing business, at least as it pertains to Nintendo’s games, for good. They must al

Desert Bus for Hope, the absurdist gaming marathon for a good cause now in its 12th year, eclipsed $5 million in money raised, lifetime, yesterday evening. So far, this year’s marathon has raised more than $590,000 and has driven Desert Bus, an excruciatingly boring, unreleased minigame for Sega CD, for more than six days nonstop. In Desert Bus for Hope, marathoners commit to driving the virtual bus for an hour, whose “price” is seven percent higher than the preceding hour’s. This morning, Deser

Overwatch is going free over the Thanksgiving holiday for players on all platforms. Progress earned in the free weekend will carry over for those who decide to buy Overwatch. PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live Gold memberships are required for Overwatch on those two consoles; a free Blizzard account (and download of the Battle.net client) is required for PC. On PS4, search for Overwatch Free Trial in the PlayStation Store; On Xbox One, search for Overwatch: Origins Edition in the Xbox One Store, and

Sony and the PlayStation brand will not have a presence at E3 2019, a representative for the company confirmed Thursday to Polygon. As a result, we have decided not to participate in E3 in 2019. PlayStation Experience had been running annually in December for each of the past four years. There’s no word yet on whether Sony will revive PlayStation Experience at some point in 2019. At this time, Sony is the only platform holder to say that it will skip E3 2019.

Pokémon: Let’s Go! The exclusive Pokémon in Let’s Go, Pikachu! include:SandshrewSandslashOddishGloomVileplumeMankeyPrimeapeGrowlitheGrimerMukScytherThe exclusive Pokémon in Let’s Go, Eevee! Collecting both Pikachu and EeveeJust because you choose Eevee version doesn’t mean you won’t be able to get a Pikachu, and vice versa. Pikachu lovers who want an Eevee will most likely have to rely on trading with someone else — someone who already traded themselves an Eevee from Pokémon Go.

Founder’s EraWith Game of Thrones still the most popular TV series on the planet, it would make sense to explore similar territory by way of Harry Potter. This story would tackle heightened medieval fantasy, the looming threat of Slytherin’s eventual departure and a glimpse into the Wizarding World before Hogwarts even existed. It’s the perfect set-up for an eerie and spooky take on the Potter world, since Voldemort was no normal kid. The Quintaped storyIf there’s gonna be Fantastic Beasts adapt

The season finale of American Horror Story: Apocalypse saw the few surviving witches from Coven band together to save Earth’s population from a fiery nuclear apocalypse. Eliot as he spoke of the world’s end, Apocalypse’s finale ended “not with a bang, but with a whimper.”[Ed. note: The rest of this article contains spoilers for the entire season of American Horror Story: Apocalypse, including the finale.] Ryan Murphy told fans that their favorite witches would return to battle the spawn of Murde