Giovanni Colantonio
@marioprime.bsky.social
Video game critic, Editor-at-Large @ Polygon. Formerly Digital Trends, Inverse, Hard Drive
i am never doing “discourse” i do not know what random post you are talking about
i am never doing “discourse” i do not know what random post you are talking about
I can’t believe that this app isn’t talking about The Chair Company 24/7. Are you fuckers seeing this shit?
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I can’t believe that this app isn’t talking about The Chair Company 24/7. Are you fuckers seeing this shit?
Might be in for an all-time Oops All Defense football game tonight.
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Might be in for an all-time Oops All Defense football game tonight.
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Games people you have mere weeks to play this before you start voting for GOTY and if you wait too long you will regret your words and deeds!!!
Don't turn away from the truth.
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Games people you have mere weeks to play this before you start voting for GOTY and if you wait too long you will regret your words and deeds!!!
It is SO obvious that it's an AI chatbot.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It is SO obvious that it's an AI chatbot.
I applaud this review for threading a very difficult needle. It's always tricky whenever you reach beyond the thing on the page to critique the development story around it. This does a great job at not just stating "genAI bad," but making the case for why its use is actively at odds with the art.
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I applaud this review for threading a very difficult needle. It's always tricky whenever you reach beyond the thing on the page to critique the development story around it. This does a great job at not just stating "genAI bad," but making the case for why its use is actively at odds with the art.
big weird formal swing review coming tomorrow. sorry
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
big weird formal swing review coming tomorrow. sorry
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Vote for the greatest game of a very weird console generation www.polygon.com/best-game-ps...
Let's name the greatest game of the console generation: round 1
Vote now to determine which PS5 or Xbox Series X game deserves to be crowned the best of the generation
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November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Vote for the greatest game of a very weird console generation www.polygon.com/best-game-ps...
In trying to build on the unreplicatable Before Your Eyes, Goodnight Universe goes grander with a Spielbergian homage. But a noncommittal use of eye-tracking and a swerve into sentimental sci-fi leaves it struggling to fully communicate a good idea. My review. www.polygon.com/goodnight-un...
I'm getting real Boss Baby vibes from Goodnight Universe
The Before Your Eyes follow-up struggles to find as good a use for webcamera controls
www.polygon.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
In trying to build on the unreplicatable Before Your Eyes, Goodnight Universe goes grander with a Spielbergian homage. But a noncommittal use of eye-tracking and a swerve into sentimental sci-fi leaves it struggling to fully communicate a good idea. My review. www.polygon.com/goodnight-un...
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A new Legend has appeared! We are thrilled to announce that Pokémon will be the recipient of the Andrew Yoon Legend Award at the 15th Annual New York Game Awards on 1/18! Catch the show LIVE in person or online & celebrate 30 years of Pokémon.
Tickets: tinyurl.com/yxd9ak2c
Tickets: tinyurl.com/yxd9ak2c
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A new Legend has appeared! We are thrilled to announce that Pokémon will be the recipient of the Andrew Yoon Legend Award at the 15th Annual New York Game Awards on 1/18! Catch the show LIVE in person or online & celebrate 30 years of Pokémon.
Tickets: tinyurl.com/yxd9ak2c
Tickets: tinyurl.com/yxd9ak2c
at least aaron rodgers sucks at football. it doesn’t make up for anything, but i will take any small comfort
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
at least aaron rodgers sucks at football. it doesn’t make up for anything, but i will take any small comfort
Pats
The New England Patriots
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Pats
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This week: community and continuity form a thematic throughline for seventeen new picks:
critical-distance.com/2025/11/09/n...
critical-distance.com/2025/11/09/n...
November 9th
Welcome back readers. Okay, I lied a small lie last week. I’m not going to plug our money stuff this week. Instead keep your focus on The Jamaican government’s official portal for Hurri…
critical-distance.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This week: community and continuity form a thematic throughline for seventeen new picks:
critical-distance.com/2025/11/09/n...
critical-distance.com/2025/11/09/n...
The New England Patriots
November 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The New England Patriots
Shell has this series of ads with employees talking to their “AI past selves.” It is horrifying and depressing, all that, but the script of each one is especially bizarre?
“Any advice?”
“I do wish you had gotten a haircut, though.”
????????
“Any advice?”
“I do wish you had gotten a haircut, though.”
????????
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Shell has this series of ads with employees talking to their “AI past selves.” It is horrifying and depressing, all that, but the script of each one is especially bizarre?
“Any advice?”
“I do wish you had gotten a haircut, though.”
????????
“Any advice?”
“I do wish you had gotten a haircut, though.”
????????
was talking to @equifax.bsky.social while she was on the computer and then glanced at her laptop screen and saw this
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 AM
was talking to @equifax.bsky.social while she was on the computer and then glanced at her laptop screen and saw this
Billy Bragg doesn’t get enough credit. Just for everything.
November 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Billy Bragg doesn’t get enough credit. Just for everything.
frankly, you love to end up sucked into a circle of other sweaty dudes at the minus the bear show, all holding each other’s shoulders and shouting “let’s get a bottle and drink alone tonight” at each other
November 8, 2025 at 3:41 AM
frankly, you love to end up sucked into a circle of other sweaty dudes at the minus the bear show, all holding each other’s shoulders and shouting “let’s get a bottle and drink alone tonight” at each other
fucked up that speedy ortiz dropped foil deer 10 years ago, but lemme tell you, raising the skate still hits
November 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
fucked up that speedy ortiz dropped foil deer 10 years ago, but lemme tell you, raising the skate still hits
Age of Imprisonment is a real “be careful what you wish for” kind of game. Oh, you were mad that Calamity played it loose with lore so it could tell a real story? Here’s your “canon” Zelda game where Gorons stand around going like “okay time to fight a moblin again.”
Age of Imprisonment is really really fun to play but MAN does the plot (and its presentation) just have no aura. 2 hours in, the goings on feel super boring and reliant on me being intrinsically interested in seeing *more* of these characters doing stuff. I'm not that kind of Zelda fan I fear
November 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Age of Imprisonment is a real “be careful what you wish for” kind of game. Oh, you were mad that Calamity played it loose with lore so it could tell a real story? Here’s your “canon” Zelda game where Gorons stand around going like “okay time to fight a moblin again.”
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What a game. Deserves every award it gets
One thing we hear consistently about despelote is how much its writing resonates with people around the world—it's a personal story, in the best way.
See for yourself: ⚽️ despelote.game
See for yourself: ⚽️ despelote.game
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
What a game. Deserves every award it gets
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"To some degree, I have been able to leverage my experience, reputation, or resume -- which is like maybe 10% deserved and 90% circumstantial -- to create opportunities for other people."
@joelburgess.bsky.social on the eve of Ambrosia Sky's release.
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@joelburgess.bsky.social on the eve of Ambrosia Sky's release.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"To some degree, I have been able to leverage my experience, reputation, or resume -- which is like maybe 10% deserved and 90% circumstantial -- to create opportunities for other people."
@joelburgess.bsky.social on the eve of Ambrosia Sky's release.
www.patreon.com/posts/what-i...
@joelburgess.bsky.social on the eve of Ambrosia Sky's release.
www.patreon.com/posts/what-i...
i wish stankonia was real
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
i wish stankonia was real
for n7 day, it is time to apologize www.polygon.com/mass-effect-...
To all the Krogans I've killed before
I have shed so much Krogan blood in Mass Effect, and it is time to apologize
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November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
for n7 day, it is time to apologize www.polygon.com/mass-effect-...
lmfao this week is batshit
BREAKING: Rockstar has delayed Grand Theft Auto VI again, pushing the highly anticipated game from May to November 19, 2026. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Is Postponed Again — to November 2026
The release date for the game had previously slipped to May 2026 from fall 2025
www.bloomberg.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
lmfao this week is batshit
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History matters in Zelda games. They imagine wars as multi-generational efforts where battles of the past set up the victories of the future. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment makes that explicit, even if its thin action doesn’t feel terribly warlike. My review. www.polygon.com/hyrule-warri...
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment puts the Zelda timeline to good use
The new Zelda spin-off understands that history has always mattered in Hyrule
www.polygon.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
History matters in Zelda games. They imagine wars as multi-generational efforts where battles of the past set up the victories of the future. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment makes that explicit, even if its thin action doesn’t feel terribly warlike. My review. www.polygon.com/hyrule-warri...