May I recommend: Thin Mints dunked in day-old coffee

Maybe we should go back to dial-up, slow things down a bit

Design Room is six months-old (and we're having a sale) Six months in, we look back at what we've gotten up to so far, look ahead at what's coming up, and announce a subscription sale.

We just passed our six-month anniversary, so it seems like a good time to check in and post a sale on subscriptions.

There’s still room for a Chuck Klosterman of games

The biggest sign that games have achieved mainstream (old school) status with film and music

The best part of Psychonauts 2 is a single line near the end Get out of your head

Well this was an unexpected (and lovely) piece to read today about #Psychonauts2 on @polygon.com from @fionnthebrave.bsky.social. 🥲 
It's always the best to hear how our games resonate; thanks for writing about it! 

Todd Howard tried to steal my girlfriend in Tomodachi Life Welcome to Skyrim

This is the kind of hard hitting journalism I need to get me through 2026

www.polygon.com/tomodachi-li...

Channing Tatum drinks from a coffee pitcher at a Toys 'R' Us employee room in Roofman

Still thinking about Roofman, a movie many people would enjoy if they knew it existed

The Imagine Dragons Brothers Try to Take on the Video-Game Market With ‘Last Flag,’ lifelong gamers Dan and Mac Reynolds are trying to enter an overcrowded market

Two decades ago, Dan Reynolds overcame near-impossible odds when he started Imagine Dragons, which went on to become one of the most successful rock bands of all time.

Now he's trying to do something even less plausible: release a successful video game in 2026: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Ex-Marvel Studios artists speak out on Disney layoffs and possible AI use in the MCU Former Marvel artists discuss the impact of the Visual Development team's layoff on the MCU's future and whether it was all to benefit AI.

"I do know that a lot of these different departments, specifically costume design, didn't like having us around." www.polygon.com/marvel-studi...

Pragmata (2026)

36 years later, The Secret of Monkey Island's combat is still unrivalled How appropriate, you fight like a cow!

The best games www.polygon.com/secret-of-mo...

Todd Howard tried to steal my girlfriend in Tomodachi Life Welcome to Skyrim

Peak @marioprime.bsky.social www.polygon.com/tomodachi-li...

I‘ve read the manga but the anime hasn’t done much for me!

Saved By the Bell: The New Class… The Movie!

Can Mando and Grogu bail out Star Wars‘ declining relevancy? My kids are, against all odds, beyond excited. We have not watched the show. We have not watched any of the movies. They have seen Grogu on stuff at the store and one trailer in theaters. Such is the power of Baby Yoda.

I don't need another Pirates of the Caribbean movie per se but I do need more pirate movies

The Discord alert noise freaked me out

a screenshot of the Criterion Collection page for the 1992 film The Crying Game, coming to 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray on July 14, 2026

[the name Tasha Robinson is circled in magenta] DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Neil Jordan, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features • Audio commentary featuring Jordan • New interviews with Jordan and actor Stephen Rea • Making-of documentary from 2005 featuring interviews with Jordan, Rea, and producer Stephen Woolley • Alternate ending featuring audio commentary by Jordan • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • PLUS: Essays by film critics Tasha Robinson and Willow Catelyn Maclay New cover by Sara Singh

computer, ENHANCE...

ayyyyyyyyy it's @tasharobinson.bsky.social!

No!!

Nintendo's next big sequel gives you permission to get intricately stupid Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream begs you to wield the Miis in the dumbest ways possible

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream brought me back to the golden age of dumb tech. Where computer programs were a proving ground that challenged you to outsmart a machine. It’s a joyous shitpost factory where every ridiculous screenshot feels like a victory. My review. www.polygon.com/tomodachi-li...

The Comedy my #1 of 2012

WWE star DOMINIK MYSTERIO on the Strawberry Lemonade carton

He made it

Star Wars fans are so lucky that the actor who played the franchise's main character is a genuinely wonderful guy.

Star Wars' Mark Hamill: ‘If you want Luke Skywalker to be gay, he is’ Mara Jade discourse arrives just as Hamill weighs in on the character's sexuality.

Talked to Mark Hamill about the question he gets the most from Star Wars fans, and why he’s always happy to answer it (plus a very funny Carrie Fisher story) www.polygon.com/mark-hamill-...

This was fun. Hamill, as always, is a treasure.

Star Wars' Mark Hamill: ‘If you want Luke Skywalker to be gay, he is’ Mara Jade discourse arrives just as Hamill weighs in on the character's sexuality.

Talked to Mark Hamill about the question he gets the most from Star Wars fans, and why he’s always happy to answer it (plus a very funny Carrie Fisher story) www.polygon.com/mark-hamill-...

Review: ChainStaff It may appear to be desperately nostalgic for times gone by, seeing as I’m running around as a muscular, quip-laden soldier with an alien parasite on top of his head, busy shooting my way thr…

My ChainStaff review's now available for everyone to read! This is a gorgeous and brilliantly inventive action game - you've got to try it!

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Lists like this are very hard becuase no matter what you do, people will disagree with you, but that also makes it fun. Anyways, I have thought long and hard (five minutes) and here are my extremely subjective personal top video game quotes not included in this list 😏