The compensation the modders receive will come out of a monthly pool initiated by Nexus Mods (at a value between $5,000 and $10,000) and supplemented by users who wish to donate. The points modders receive are redeemable in Nexus Mods’ storefront, though they can also be converted to cash as a PayPal remittance or an Amazon gift card. Robin Scott, the owner of Nexus Mods, said that he hoped the storefront would offer items and options desirable to modders. What Nexus Mods proposes is not the sam

I’M BACK, LOSERS!”But the thing in the issue that I can’t stop thinking about is this small fish:He only appears in one panel. Talking to fish has always been the jokiest of Aquaman’s powers, right? But given how small fish is and how subtle his color, you might not notice him — until your eye wends its way down the bending, bubbly current of his speech ballon to …A very small purple fish. A very small purple fish who just exclaimed “MY LEIGE!”That’s it. This is how you make Aquaman talking to

That’s until I spent a few days with the Okami HD re-release, which is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. I’ve always been impressed by how stunning Okami looked, especially as it launched when so many games were dreary-looking and far less visually inspired. Okami was stunning then, and now that the game is in 4K, it’s only become better. Based on the original PlayStation 3 HD remaster from 2012, Okami HD borrows the ability to set the game to widescreen, which is definitely the best

Nyko’s Battery Pack for the Nintendo Switch is an interesting combination of good ideas that are marred by the reality of execution. The Nintendo Switch can burn through its internal battery in as little as 2.5 hours, which means that it’s relatively common to run out of juice while traveling. The battery adds approximately 6.75 ounces to a system that weighs close to 14.25 ounces with the Joy-Cons attached. You also need to remember to turn on the battery pack using the button on the back of th

Magic Leap has enjoyed massive buzz for years based more on its high levels of funding and secretive nature than anything concrete, but the company has finally shown off its upcoming mixed reality goggles today. “Field of view we think is, we’d call it workable and good for ML1,” he says of what will be the first consumer headset. “It is one of the things we will continue to iterate on in Magic Leap 2 and 3 and beyond. This is an image from the company’s official site:Here is Facebook’s Nate Mit

Magic Leap has enjoyed massive buzz for years based more on its high levels of funding and secretive nature than anything concrete, but the company has finally shown off its upcoming mixed reality goggles today. “Field of view we think is, we’d call it workable and good for ML1,” he says of what will be the first consumer headset. “It is one of the things we will continue to iterate on in Magic Leap 2 and 3 and beyond. This is an image from the company’s official site:Here is Facebook’s Nate Mit

In each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? For this special two-part episode, co-host Charlie Hall talks with entertainment editor Susana Polo about her review of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. This isn’t our first time doing a deep dive on the Star Wars movies:Quality Control c

It also made finding a good headset for the system next to impossible, which is why we brought up the need to buy a silly licensed product just for the audio splitter in our guide to gaming headsets. SteelSeries has since pushed us toward the Arctis 3 Bluetooth headset as another possible solution, and sent a pair to try for ourselves. There are no gaudy colors or flashing lights to make the headset look like a toy; SteelSeries kept the hardware’s aesthetics understated and almost bland. They do

It also made finding a good headset for the system next to impossible, which is why we brought up the need to buy a silly licensed product just for the audio splitter in our guide to gaming headsets. SteelSeries has since pushed us toward the Arctis 3 Bluetooth headset as another possible solution, and sent a pair to try for ourselves. There are no gaudy colors or flashing lights to make the headset look like a toy; SteelSeries kept the hardware’s aesthetics understated and almost bland. They do

MoviePass, the service that allows subscribers to watch one movie per day at participating theaters in the United States for $9.95 a month, just surpassed one million users. Despite MoviePass’ obvious success and Lowe’s bright-eyed view of the company’s future, theater chains are still concerned about how MoviePass could alter the future of their business. That means MoviePass subscribers probably need to keep their subscriptions even during film season’s dry months so they can use it for back-t

MoviePass, the service that allows subscribers to watch one movie per day at participating theaters in the United States for $9.95 a month, just surpassed one million users. Despite MoviePass’ obvious success and Lowe’s bright-eyed view of the company’s future, theater chains are still concerned about how MoviePass could alter the future of their business. That means MoviePass subscribers probably need to keep their subscriptions even during film season’s dry months so they can use it for back-t

Ed Piskor’s X-Men: Grand Design promises to condense 280 issues — nearly 40 years — of X-books into a single six-issue series. Throw in alien worlds and a big helping of time travel, and it’s easy to see why someone might hesitate to pick up their first X-Men comic. Namor is the ruler of Atlantis, but was also implied to be the world’s first mutant in an early X-Men comic, nearly thirty years after his creation. Like Grand Design, Hip Hop Family Tree juggles a huge cast that runs from Grandmaste

Ed Piskor’s X-Men: Grand Design promises to condense 280 issues — nearly 40 years — of X-books into a single six-issue series. Throw in alien worlds and a big helping of time travel, and it’s easy to see why someone might hesitate to pick up their first X-Men comic. Namor is the ruler of Atlantis, but was also implied to be the world’s first mutant in an early X-Men comic, nearly thirty years after his creation. Like Grand Design, Hip Hop Family Tree juggles a huge cast that runs from Grandmaste

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is a thrill to watch it for the first time. [Warning: The following contains major spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi.] There were elements familiar to any Star Wars fan; The Resistance is on the run after a big victory. Johnson is telling viewers, in no uncertain terms, that we must find new stories to tell when it comes to Star Wars. Down with the JediAnother important moment happens in Johnson’s Star Wars tale: The Jedi are knocked off of their lofty, arrogant perc

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is a thrill to watch it for the first time. [Warning: The following contains major spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi.] There were elements familiar to any Star Wars fan; The Resistance is on the run after a big victory. Johnson is telling viewers, in no uncertain terms, that we must find new stories to tell when it comes to Star Wars. Down with the JediAnother important moment happens in Johnson’s Star Wars tale: The Jedi are knocked off of their lofty, arrogant perc

Dark Nights: Metal has an editor’s note that consists entirely of a hand throwing up rock horns. But what’s most consequential for the DC Universe is the issue’s an expansion of its creation story, from the mouth of none other than Dream of the Endless, the protagonist of Neil Gaiman’s timelessly enduring The Sandman. And that story adds a new level of complexity to the creation of the DC Universe. That Great Dragon rose to kill the Forger, becoming the dark god Barbatos, the ultimate enemy of D

In each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? For this special two-part episode, co-host Charlie Hall talks with entertainment editor Susana Polo about her review of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. This isn’t our first time doing a deep dive on the Star Wars movies:Quality Control c

Magic Leap, a notoriously secretive tech startup that has been working on augmented reality for the past few years, finally offered a peek at its hardware today. Magic Leap said on its website that its software development kit and creator portal will be available early next year. Magic Leap’s augmented reality technology promises to mix real-world vision with computer-generated digital objects, in the vein of Microsoft’s HoloLens or Google’s Glass goggles. On its website, Magic Leap presents a f

Back in 2006, I attended a conference in Scotland where the subject of games as emotional experiences was a theme. A decade on, we live in a world where emotive games are no longer a rarity. Generally speaking, the big emotional punches come at the end of these games, though that is not always the case. Set in a painterly world, its characters convey universal patterns of human behavior, without use of dialog. If you’re looking for emotional depth from your average shooting game, you’re likely o

Back in 2006, I attended a conference in Scotland where the subject of games as emotional experiences was a theme. A decade on, we live in a world where emotive games are no longer a rarity. Generally speaking, the big emotional punches come at the end of these games, though that is not always the case. Set in a painterly world, its characters convey universal patterns of human behavior, without use of dialog. If you’re looking for emotional depth from your average shooting game, you’re likely o