MTG's Lorwyn Eclipsed debut is an existential rock opera with puppets

Designers and creators reveal why a Jim Henson Company collaboration was the perfect way to kick-off the new Magic: The ...

The 10 best manga I read in 2025 (that you've probably never heard of)

The always-growing world of manga still hides plenty of gems that didn't get enough exposure: here are the best ...
Polygon

Critical Role founders reveal which character they'd pick if they could only play one forever

Over the course of 10 years, the Critical Role web series has streamed three complete actual-play Dungeons & Dragons campaigns, and the latest game — Campaign 4, led by DM Brennan Lee Mulligan — ...
Polygon

Pluribus co-star says his character's secret backstory is hidden in his name

In Vince Gilligan’s science fiction series Pluribus, a world-changing event leaves “the most miserable person on Earth” even more frustrated and alone than she already was, and her attempts to change ...
Polygon

After 13 years, Laura Bailey is finally playing her dream Critical Role character

It’s been 10 years since Critical Role brought Dungeons & Dragons from the world of tabletop RPGs into the mainstream thanks to its actual play campaigns. But for Laura Bailey, thinking about her ...
TechCrunch

Character.AI will offer interactive ‘Stories’ to kids instead of open-ended chat

Character.AI announced on Tuesday that it’s launching “Stories,” a new format that allows users to create interactive fiction that features their favorite characters. The feature comes as an ...
Polygon

How to unlock every character in Kirby Air Riders

Kirby Air Riders has 21 playable characters, with most of them also having alternate colors that you'll unlock as you complete goals off of the game's massive checklists. You'll need to check the ...
Polygon

The Trails series' corniest character is also its most powerful

Among the Trails series’ protagonists, the Special Support Selection leader Lloyd Bannings (Trails from Zero) is the least impressive at first glance. Devoid of special abilities of any kind and with ...
IGN

"We won't support extreme cartoon-like features, such as oversized eyes or tiny chins."

NCSoft and Sony surprised PlayStation fans this week by announcing a Horizon MMO that’s not actually coming to PlayStation. Horizon Steel Frontiers is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game ...
Polygon

All playable characters in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment

The roster of playable characters in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment is a big one. You've got the sages from Tears of the Kingdom, a Hylian warrior who excels at parrying, Zora fighters, and even ...
Polygon

Ultimate skills are character arcs in the Trails of Cold Steel series

The Trails of Cold Steel series of role-playing games — released by Nihon Falcom across the 2010s — was an ambitious project, considering the number of characters and events involved. It took the ...