Dailyposts

Everyone is preparing for the launch of Grand Theft Auto 6 in their own way. Some people are booking vacation days. Others are presumably preparing elaborate excuses for why they suddenly came down with an illness on Nov. 19. After 13 years without a new mainline Grand Theft Auto game, plenty of fans are carving out time well in advance to disappear into Vice City. source https://www.polygon.com/gta-6-us-army-reenlistment-rockstar-games-release-date/

After the back-to-back crushing blows that Marvel had canceled Disney Plus series Wonder Man and was never going to make the Blade movie with Mahershala Ali , fans called out the obvious common denominator between the two projects. Both Marvel superhero titles were led by Black actors, a relative rarity for Marvel Studios. source https://www.polygon.com/marvel-wonder-man-blade-canceled-yahya-abdul-mateen-interview/

The Pacific Northwest in video games is pretty uniformly creepy, dark, and wet. But how did it get like that? Polygon's Simone de Rochefort traces the history of the Pacific Northwest in media, from Alan Wake 2 and Pacific Drive, all the way back to Twin Peaks — and the new high-tech world that we live in now, dominated by Amazon and Microsoft. source https://www.polygon.com/video/why-are-creepy-games-always-set-in-washington/

In Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes , we as readers only get a few incidental looks at what either of Calvin's parents do when Calvin isn't around. Watterson wrote in the Calvin and Hobbes 10th anniversary collection that Calvin's father is a patent attorney, like Watterson's own father was, although there's all of one strip that ever specifically refers to that. Meanwhile, Calvin's mother stays home in a largely fruitless attempt to keep Calvin under control. source https://www.polygon.com/calvin-and-hobbes-best-quote-on-work/

2024 was a banner year for Sony's Spider-Man Universe, with no less than three Spidey-adjacent spinoffs released in theaters: Madame Web , Venom: The Last Dance , and Kraven the Hunter . All three films were met with acidic critical response, and all but one — the third Venom movie — were box office bombs. It seems that Kraven the Hunter's biggest prey was Sony Pictures' Marvel-esque ambitions: The Aaron Taylor-Johnson-led superhero movie effectively killed the "SSU" after grossing just $62 million globally . source https://www.polygon.com/kraven-the-hunter-streaming-date-disney-plus-september-2026/

Horror games usually put you in the shoes of someone desperately trying to survive. Maybe you’re creeping through a dark hallway with three bullets left, hiding under a bed while something searches the room, or running away from a creature you have absolutely no hope of killing. source https://www.polygon.com/steam-sale-carrion-steam-sale-80-percent-off-august-2026/