Ready Player One may not be the disaster many people assumed it would be. That sound you’re hearing is the release of bated breath that Ready Player One fans have been holding since the film was first announced. Other critics were concerned that Ready Player One would be nothing more than nostalgia-bait; a sea of cute references without purpose. Although there were some concerns from a few audience members, Ready Player One seems to be a crowning achievement for Spielberg. Ready Player One hits

Ready Player One may not be the disaster many people assumed it would be. That sound you’re hearing is the release of bated breath that Ready Player One fans have been holding since the film was first announced. Other critics were concerned that Ready Player One would be nothing more than nostalgia-bait; a sea of cute references without purpose. Although there were some concerns from a few audience members, Ready Player One seems to be a crowning achievement for Spielberg. Ready Player One hits

There’s a wisp of faint but palpable hope lingering in the air that Steven Spielberg might be able to turn Ready Player One into something more than nostalgia-bait. Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One never managed to find its own story outside of reference points. To properly examine the nostalgia effect that Ready Player One capitalized on, let’s examine a very important year for pop culture: 2011. Technology, like virtual reality in Ready Player One, allows us to surround ourselves with nothing b

There’s no reason to play a Nintendo Switch on a black-and-white CRT in the year 2018, when its games are optimized for and look beautiful in HD. Vince’s setup is fairly complicated, requiring numerous connectors from the Switch’s HDMI port into a VCR with rabbit ears attached. The way it works is that the Switch isn’t physically connected to the 1986 Watchman Pocket Television hardware; games are basically broadcast to the Pocket Television through the VCR and the RF antenna hooked up to it. Th

The first few episodes of Jessica Jones’ second season didn’t wow me. Jessica Jones has not lost its edge, it turns out. The first season of Jessica Jones was about single, abusive monster. With great power comes great responsibilitySo goes the adage, referenced early in the season — but Jessica Jones takes us further. If you’re willing to give Jessica Jones’ second season four hours to hit its stride, you have my encouragement and recommendation.

We’ve been looking forward to real-time strategy game Iron Harvest for years, mainly on the strength of the game’s premise and its gorgeous concept art. It’s an alternate-history, World War I-era game with 1920s-style mechs, a beautiful juxtaposition of war machines and rural European settings. Iron Harvest is in development for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Developer King Art Games is bringing the game to Kickstarter today, hoping to fund development of the title. You can take a look at first

We’ve been looking forward to real-time strategy game Iron Harvest for years, mainly on the strength of the game’s premise and its gorgeous concept art. It’s an alternate-history, World War I-era game with 1920s-style mechs, a beautiful juxtaposition of war machines and rural European settings. Iron Harvest is in development for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Developer King Art Games is bringing the game to Kickstarter today, hoping to fund development of the title. You can take a look at first

And the My Arcade line of licensed Data East games — which includes Burger Time, Bad Dudes and Karate Champ — is able to walk that line very well. The machine is 6 inches tall, but doesn’t conform to the expected dimensions of arcade cabinets; it’s low and squat instead of being narrow but long. The buttons are all red, instead of the red and yellow combination that evoked ketchup and mustard in the original arcade machine. The joystick can be unscrewed so you can use it as a standard directiona

The weird thing about Fortnite celebrations is that they just celebrate loving the game. But it shows they love the game, and when it comes to Fortnite celebrations that’s all that matters. Will Fortnite celebrations come to the USA? Fortnite DC — Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) March 4, 2018It is smh. — Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) March 4, 2018I got 81 squad wins and 5 Solos — Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) March 4, 2018@derekcarrqb put the team on my back pic.twitter.com/p24zzHgcuY — Erik Ha

“There’s not a lot of information about Elisa in the game,” said Nikita Ordynskiy, the director of Papers, Please. “We took her lines from the game, but when we were creating the character we were working with very little information. Like the Inspector in his game, he judged their credentials and listened to their personal appeal, and it resonated. “Liliya and Nikita’s idea was almost fully formed and, especially, short,” Pope told Polygon via email. For now, he, Tkach and Ordynskiy are happy w

“There’s not a lot of information about Elisa in the game,” said Nikita Ordynskiy, the director of Papers, Please. “We took her lines from the game, but when we were creating the character we were working with very little information. Like the Inspector in his game, he judged their credentials and listened to their personal appeal, and it resonated. “Liliya and Nikita’s idea was almost fully formed and, especially, short,” Pope told Polygon via email. For now, he, Tkach and Ordynskiy are happy w

What began as a doctored joke over Twitter back in January has come to life as an Easter egg in Battlefield 1. To see it for yourself, grab the lMG 08/18 machine gun, fire it off until there are 13 rounds left in the magazine, and then reload. pic.twitter.com/2ecYO9tNEy — Flakfire (@FlakfireGaming) January 18, 2018Ryan Duffin, an animation lead for EA DICE Los Angeles, confirmed the Easter egg yesterday and its inspiration. — Ryan Duffin (@AnimationMerc) March 10, 2018The lMG 08/18 is one of the

What began as a doctored joke over Twitter back in January has come to life as an Easter egg in Battlefield 1. To see it for yourself, grab the lMG 08/18 machine gun, fire it off until there are 13 rounds left in the magazine, and then reload. pic.twitter.com/2ecYO9tNEy — Flakfire (@FlakfireGaming) January 18, 2018Ryan Duffin, an animation lead for EA DICE Los Angeles, confirmed the Easter egg yesterday and its inspiration. — Ryan Duffin (@AnimationMerc) March 10, 2018The lMG 08/18 is one of the

Sea of Thieves, the massively multipirate online game coming in 10 days from Rare, is staging its last beta. The beta is available in the Xbox One and Windows 10 stores for those who wish to play. The beta requires an Xbox Live account for Windows PC or Xbox One, with Xbox Live Gold required for Xbox One. The final open beta will introduce a new faction, the Merchant Alliance, whose members capture and exchange animals for rewards. Sea of Thieves launches March 20 and is a Windows PC and Xbox On

Sea of Thieves, the massively multipirate online game coming in 10 days from Rare, is staging its last beta. The beta is available in the Xbox One and Windows 10 stores for those who wish to play. The beta requires an Xbox Live account for Windows PC or Xbox One, with Xbox Live Gold required for Xbox One. The final open beta will introduce a new faction, the Merchant Alliance, whose members capture and exchange animals for rewards. Sea of Thieves launches March 20 and is a Windows PC and Xbox On

If you’re looking to get your hands on the game, Samsung is offering a bundle deal with a variety of their SSDs, from best-sellers to new models. 28, if you purchase an eligible SSD from Samsung, you’ll receive a digital download code for Far Cry 5. Outside of the Samsung deal, there are a few great deals on consoles right now. Polygon Deals is a biweekly roundup of the best deals on the internet, curated by Vox Media’s commerce team, in collaboration with Polygon’s editorial team. You can submi

HAL-9000, the malevolent supercomputer at the heart of Stanley Kubrick’s classic 2001: A Space Odyssey, is an icon of science fiction cinema. If you’ve seen someone swinging around a lightsaber, there’s a good chance it’s one of Master Replicas’ props, or based off of their models. The new company is made up of several former employees, who are getting back into the prop replica business with a new range of products, including an interactive replica of HAL. The device includes the Fire HD tablet

Westworld co-creator Jonathan Nolan was actively aware of the Reddit chatter, previously admitting he would sometimes jump into the conversation. Speaking at the Westworld SXSW panel, both Nolan and co-creator Lisa Joy acknowledged the community. True Detective had a lot of fan theories that proved to be theories. We’re figuring out how to sort of interact with that in the second season. Westworld’s second season premieres April 22nd.

“Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality?” It’s the question that permeated the first season of Westworld. So why shouldn’t its SXSW appearance be any different? To close out its hour-long panel, moderator Jason Tanz (site director for Wired) cued up Westworld series co-creator Jonathan Nolan to bring out his “friend Elon,” which happened to indeed be Elon Musk. Rather than talk about Westworld, Musk instead gave a small speech about how “life cannot just be about solving one miserab

“Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality?” It’s the question that permeated the first season of Westworld. So why shouldn’t its SXSW appearance be any different? To close out its hour-long panel, moderator Jason Tanz (site director for Wired) cued up Westworld series co-creator Jonathan Nolan to bring out his “friend Elon,” which happened to indeed be Elon Musk. Rather than talk about Westworld, Musk instead gave a small speech about how “life cannot just be about solving one miserab