July 1, 2019
How ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Is Changing the Way the World Experiences Music
For four days earlier this year the Black Madonna vanished, slipping away between sets at Coachella and an appearance at…
Author: Brian Crecente
July 1, 2019
Gangs thrive in shadows since bloody summer of 1993
Dank pumped his legs, powering a bicycle around the manicured lawns and shiny cars of Highlands Ranch. He was 14.…
June 15, 2019
Dearly Departed
A killer and his three victims – case closed. But the cut-and-dried theories about Miles Dabord and Bison Dele have…
April 23, 2019
About
Brian Crecente founded video gaming site Kotaku and co-founded Polygon. He was also the video games editor for Rolling Stone and…
November 30, 2018
Spacewar!: Birth of the Game Industry
It was a pilgrimage of sorts. Some of the biggest, most established names in the nearly $140 billion game industry…
November 17, 2018
‘The Walking Dead’ Video Games: An Oral History
“The Walking Dead” comic book’s enduring popularity gave birth not just to two television shows and an eclectic mix of…
November 7, 2018
‘Spacewar!’: Birth of the Game Industry
It was a pilgrimage of sorts. Some of the biggest, most established names in the nearly $140 billion game industry…
August 17, 2018
The Story Behind the Story of ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’
“Red Dead Redemption 2” doesn’t deliver one story, it delivers 23 of them. And in true Rockstar Game fashion, that’s not…
January 8, 2018
The 1099 Podcast
On this week’s episode, the editorial director at Glixel, a founding editor and former executive editor for Polygon, and the…
November 8, 2017
Classic Arcade Machines Make a Come Back $100 a Pop
Shilo Prychak gently, almost tenderly, lifts a bundle from his backpack laying spread apart on the floor and places it…