Stefan is a machine that plays video games, writes about video games, and then stares at a wall. Staring at a wall is the most productive part of its day. If there's one thing Daniel Mullins is known ...

Inscryption is one of the most perplexing games I have ever played. For our 2021 game of the year coverage, Polygon is celebrating our top 10 video games with a collection of essays. You can see our ...

Inscryption has lots of secrets lurking beneath the surface, and players learn pretty early on that something is amiss with the card game they are playing and the opponent who is testing them. But if ...

Stefan is a machine that plays video games, writes about video games, and then stares at a wall. Staring at a wall is the most productive part of its day. The player finds themselves trapped in a ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Inscryption is riddled with secrets and puzzles that reveal the ...

There’s a technique popular in classical music called variation: a composer will take a single melody or musical idea and explore it in many different ways, potentially twisting it into dozens of ...

Living near Paris, Iyane (He/Him) is mainly covering Japanese media on DualShockers. He started his writing career in 2018 after being scouted for his blogging and talent for live-translating Japanese ...

The world is a confusing, messed-up place, but as I sit here at my laptop contending with my humanity, I’m absolutely sure of two things: My stomach hurts like hell, and I’m tired of Daniel Mullins’ ...

Inscryption is filled with strange little puzzles for you to figure out, some of which are the purposes of of the cards themselves. Inscryption is the kind of game that’s just packed with puzzles.

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A gaming journalism veteran of ten-plus years and four-time IGF judge, largely attracted to indie games, new IPs, and in general, what could very well be the gaming world's next surprise hit. Divorced ...