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Few anime films have cast a longer shadow over queer and arthouse animation than Kunihiko Ikuhara’s Adolescence of Utena . The surreal 1999 feature, which radically reimagines the already-iconic Revolutionary Girl Utena TV series, has only grown more influential in the decades since its debut. Nearly 30 years later, Polygon exclusively reveals that this cult-classic anime is returning to the silver screen for two nights in June. source https://www.polygon.com/one-of-animes-most-celebrated-arthouse-movies-is-finally-coming-to-theaters-27-years-after-it-debuted/

When Brian David-Marshall first unveiled Cataclysm Arcade at PAX Unplugged last year, the veteran Magic: The Gathering commentator and tabletop designer pitched the upcoming trading card game as something deliberately different. Set in a bizarre, post-apocalyptic “retroverse” where gangs, mutants, synthetics, and monsters battle for survival in a gladiatorial blood sport, the game was built around one central idea: what if opening a booster pack was enough to start playing immediately? source https://www.polygon.com/cataclysm-arcade-kickstarter-launch-interview/

The A24 horror movie Backrooms tells a start-to-finish story: A troubled man (Chiwetel Ejiofor) discovers a portal to a mysterious, seemingly endless space, and finds something there that changes his life. But by the end of the film, it’s clear this experience is just one among many. And the events in this movie potentially set up endless other Backrooms stories. So is Backrooms 2 on the way? source https://www.polygon.com/will-there-be-backrooms-2-sequel-kane-parsons/

Nintendo has announced that Rare's Donkey Kong 64 — which, until last year's Donkey Kong Bananza , was the only fully 3D Donkey Kong platformer — is coming to the Nintendo 64 collection in Nintendo Classics next week. The 1999 game will be added on Wednesday, June 3, for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers. source https://www.polygon.com/donkey-kong-64-nintendo-classics-switch-online/

Horror fans who aren’t already well-versed in the viral “Backrooms” creepypasta may have a hard time understanding, at first glance, why a bunch of empty rooms with yellow wallpaper and fluorescent lighting are inherently creepy enough to drive an entire movie. They may also wonder why A24 initially chose to market that movie, Backrooms , with a teaser that simply pans down floor by floor through a series of those rooms . source https://www.polygon.com/backrooms-review-how-scary-is-it-horror-movie/

Before No Man's Sky , there was Cube World . If you haven't heard of it, that's not surprising. The voxel exploration game began development back in 2011 and footage of its blocky paradise stole the internet's collective heart back in 2013. Cube World receded back into obscurity after a controversial Steam alpha in 2019. As I write this, there are a mere 19 people playing Cube World . The game is still in an unfinished alpha state and has a "mostly negative" review score on Steam. It's been years since a new Cube World build was uploaded to the PC platform. source https://www.polygon.com/cube-world-steam-minecraft-15-years-later/