These personal essays will examine the best, most important and weirdest moments that occurred in television, film, streaming and YouTube/Twitch in 2017. The series will end with Polygon’s Best of TV and Best of Movies pieces. When we’re inundated with so much television, it’s important to acknowledge the best of the best. Big Mouth gives its characters an entity to point to and blame for all of life’s mishaps; by shaping puberty as an unrelenting gargoyle, Big Mouth reinvigorates one of televis

Nvidia announced today a new Freestyle feature for its GeForce Experience software allowing players to add more than 35 image filters to whatever game they’re playing. “Gamers can even use night mode, which reduces blue color so users can sleep better after a night of gaming.”The list of games the Freestyle feature supports can be seen on this list. Freestyle game filters will be available to download on Jan. 9. In order to download the updated feature, Nvidia has listed step-by-step instruction

Nvidia announced today a new Freestyle feature for its GeForce Experience software allowing players to add more than 35 image filters to whatever game they’re playing. “Gamers can even use night mode, which reduces blue color so users can sleep better after a night of gaming.”The list of games the Freestyle feature supports can be seen on this list. Freestyle game filters will be available to download on Jan. 9. In order to download the updated feature, Nvidia has listed step-by-step instruction

According to a new report, video game companies are failing to employ a sufficiently diverse workforce, despite increasing demand among employees to hire more women and minorities. In the International Game Developers Association’s 2017 Developer Satisfaction Survey, released today, 81 percent of game developers said that diversity in the workplace is “very important” or “somewhat important,” up from 78 percent in 2016 and 63 percent in 2015. Only 42 percent of respondents said the game industry

According to a new report, video game companies are failing to employ a sufficiently diverse workforce, despite increasing demand among employees to hire more women and minorities. In the International Game Developers Association’s 2017 Developer Satisfaction Survey, released today, 81 percent of game developers said that diversity in the workplace is “very important” or “somewhat important,” up from 78 percent in 2016 and 63 percent in 2015. Only 42 percent of respondents said the game industry

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds launched on the Xbox One with some performance issues that surprised some fans while being exactly what other fans expected. The game is in the game preview program, after all. The game has received yet another incremental patch today that is expected to at least slightly improve the state of the game. This patch will help, but the team is very much aware that there is more work to be done. “Crash fixes, like all areas of the game, will be something we continue to i

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds launched on the Xbox One with some performance issues that surprised some fans while being exactly what other fans expected. The game is in the game preview program, after all. The game has received yet another incremental patch today that is expected to at least slightly improve the state of the game. This patch will help, but the team is very much aware that there is more work to be done. “Crash fixes, like all areas of the game, will be something we continue to i

Games Done Quick, a charity event that marathons speedruns of video games to raise money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, instituted a $5 channel subscription fee in order to participate in chat for this week’s Awesome Games Done Quick event. In light of the frustration some viewers have with the current chat system, Games Done Quick released a statement explaining why it instituted the subscription fee. To circumvent the $5 fee, viewers began turning to other channels that are hosting Games D

Games Done Quick, a charity event that marathons speedruns of video games to raise money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, instituted a $5 channel subscription fee in order to participate in chat for this week’s Awesome Games Done Quick event. In light of the frustration some viewers have with the current chat system, Games Done Quick released a statement explaining why it instituted the subscription fee. To circumvent the $5 fee, viewers began turning to other channels that are hosting Games D

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association also awarded Best Actress to the incredibly deserving Frances McDormand and Best Screenplay to Martin McDonagh. James Franco was awarded Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical — Motion Picture for his portrayal as the illustrious Tommy Wiseau in The Disaster Artist. Big Little Lies, HBO’s mini-series that starred Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Nicole Kidman and Shailene Woodley, won Best Limited Series. Best TV Drama was awarded to Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, w

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association also awarded Best Actress to the incredibly deserving Frances McDormand and Best Screenplay to Martin McDonagh. James Franco was awarded Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical — Motion Picture for his portrayal as the illustrious Tommy Wiseau in The Disaster Artist. Big Little Lies, HBO’s mini-series that starred Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Nicole Kidman and Shailene Woodley, won Best Limited Series. Best TV Drama was awarded to Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, w

Ever want to know where the Avengers tower is in real life? The gallery totals 230 images and spans Stranger Things to several flicks in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Baby Driver and even older classics like My Cousin Vinny. It’s the work of Steve Peterson, who has shot filming locations in many other locations and chronicles his visits on his Instagram page. Hawkins National Laboratory from Stranger Things (there is a lot of Stranger Things in this gallery) is a building now owned by Emory Uni

The image that touched off the controversy was first reported by The Disney Pin Blog, a website dedicated to reporting on official Disney Parks pins, on Dec. 31, according to the site’s page. (Disney Pin Blog is not an official Disney website.) The pin is described as an “open edition pin spotted at Walt Disney World featuring Marvel’s Black Panther,” selling for $12.99. Polygon called the World Spring Marketplace pin store to inquire about the Black Panther pin, but got a message saying the off

The image that touched off the controversy was first reported by The Disney Pin Blog, a website dedicated to reporting on official Disney Parks pins, on Dec. 31, according to the site’s page. (Disney Pin Blog is not an official Disney website.) The pin is described as an “open edition pin spotted at Walt Disney World featuring Marvel’s Black Panther,” selling for $12.99. Polygon called the World Spring Marketplace pin store to inquire about the Black Panther pin, but got a message saying the off

Ever want to know where the Avengers tower is in real life? The gallery totals 230 images and spans Stranger Things to several flicks in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Baby Driver and even older classics like My Cousin Vinny. It’s the work of Steve Peterson, who has shot filming locations in many other locations and chronicles his visits on his Instagram page. Hawkins National Laboratory from Stranger Things (there is a lot of Stranger Things in this gallery) is a building now owned by Emory Uni

The series will end with Polygon’s Best of TV and Best of Movies pieces. This wasn’t the charming Peter Parker from the Amazing Spider-Man movies, played by Andrew Garfield, and this wasn’t the much older version played by Tobey Maguire in the original Spider-Man movies. The Big SickThere were few movies in 2017 that I cried and laughed through as much as The Big Sick. Johnson created one of my favorite Star Wars movies of all time, and I’m left with excitement over what the next generation of S

The series will end with Polygon’s Best of TV and Best of Movies pieces. This wasn’t the charming Peter Parker from the Amazing Spider-Man movies, played by Andrew Garfield, and this wasn’t the much older version played by Tobey Maguire in the original Spider-Man movies. The Big SickThere were few movies in 2017 that I cried and laughed through as much as The Big Sick. Johnson created one of my favorite Star Wars movies of all time, and I’m left with excitement over what the next generation of S

Its sixth, Opus Magnum, is not among them, and for reasons that are literally inexplicable. I’ve had a bunch of people ask me if Opus Magnum will ever be available on GOG. pic.twitter.com/Nwb7JzLVI1 — Zachtronics (@zachtronics) January 5, 2018Opus Magnum, a puzzle game, has won strong praise in the month since its launch. To Barth, GOG.com said only “it did not pass our internal curation system. — Zachtronics (@zachtronics) December 8, 2017Still, it’s touched off a controversy in gaming forums a

Enchantress is the next fighter coming to Injustice 2, available in early access beginning Tuesday Jan. 9 for those who have either the game’s premium Ultimate Edition, Ultimate Pack or Fighter Pack 3. Everyone else can buy Enchantress on Jan. 16. Naturally, NetherRealm Studios and WB Games are saving the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — announced in November along with Atom and Enchantress — for last in Fighter Pack 3. They’ll probably show up sometime in February, as Atom became available last m

Modders behind an ambitious project to bring 2010’s Fallout: New Vegas into the Creation Engine of Fallout 4 have released a tantalizing video showing the beginning of that game. The mod is called Fallout 4 New Vegas and it’s by Team F4NV, which announced their project back in August. The goal is not only to update Fallout: New Vegas, beloved by many fans as the best in the series, but also to expand and refine its gameplay. Take a gander at that perk system, for example, as the Courier strolls