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 ...

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 ...

A bold, stand-out, knockout of a card game that drips with imagination and menace. What I love about Inscryption is that not only does it manage to stand out in the card game space, which is not an ...

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 ...

When you start Inscryption, just block out a chunk of your calendar, and say goodbye to your family and responsibilities When you start Inscryption, just block out a chunk of your calendar, and say ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Scary” isn’t usually a word that comes to mind when talking about digital card games. Some deck-builders, like Hearthstone, include cards that depict menacing monsters, but those creatures are never ...