December 2025

Why throw something away if you can reuse it? Where some might apply this philosophy to food packaged in glass or ceramic containers, it’s also applicable to Pokémon card tins. As such, trading card aficionado Nicole just wanted to show off how she was giving her Pokémon tins a second life on social media. Instead, […]

Avatar: Fire and Ash left me thinking about Shakespeare. Not because James Cameron’s dialogue is up there with the Bard’s (sorry, Spider), but because it was full of the same harrowing drama as Hamnet, the least obvious Avatar comp of 2025. An adaptation of one of the most beloved books of the decade, and now […]

Stranger Things fans are waiting in suspense until New Year’s Eve, when the final episode of the hit Netflix series will be released, bringing an end to the story of the unlikely heroes of Hawkins, Indiana. In a virtual roundtable Polygon attended, series star Noah Schnapp said he was just as anxious to read the […]

Movement is something we might take for granted in games. Characters are expected to move in certain ways, and controls are often similar across games (an A button to jump, clicking in a left stick to sprint). Some of 2025’s best games disregarded expected movement mechanics to challenge the player to think differently in the […]

After pulling off a sweep at The Game Awards earlier this month, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is still making headlines — though likely not any that Sandfall Interactive is celebrating over. On Dec. 18, the acclaimed RPG added two more awards to its growing collection, nabbing Best Debut Game and Game of the Year at […]

Different people want different things from a holiday movie. Some want a cozy story that’s expressly about the spirit of the holiday and what it represents. Others want to stick with their usual favorite genre, but spiced up with a holiday backdrop, whether that means a Santa-themed horror slasher, a Hanukkah comedy, or a Kwanzaa […]

In Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Side Mission 18, “A Pan-tastic Pot of Tea” will ask you to bring Pansage, Pansear, and Panpour to a café manager. Finding all three of these monkeys can be tricky at first, since the game doesn’t really help you with any guidance on where exactly to find these little scamps. We […]

In Pokémon Legends: Z-A‘s Mega Dimension DLC, you can catch the mythical Pokémon Zeraora and even Mega Evolve it, but you’ll need to complete a somewhat hidden set of tasks first. As with many of the other special Pokémon in this game, you’ll need to craft a special donut to get to it, after you […]

Sometimes I find myself pining for something that recreates the magic of the PlayStation games I grew up with. I can’t help it! My memories of gaming in the late ’90s are filled with experiences unlike anything I get today. I have a vision of mystifying games filled with secrets, ones that weren’t afraid to […]