Tasha Robinson
@tasharobinson.bsky.social
Polygon Entertainment Editor. Former editor at Verge, The Dissolve, The A.V. Club. Next Picture Show podcaster. My wheelhouse is full of weird stuff. She/her.
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· Sep 28
Today in "Wait, WHAT?" I learned that Gene Wolfe — recondite, abstruse SF/F author Gene Wolfe — invented the machine that makes Pringles potato chips. It's on the company's own FAQ, which also implies his signature mustache may have inspired their ad mascot. www.pringles.com/en-us/faq.html
Oh @captainawkward.bsky.social, I believe you were specifically requesting your own copy of BLOODSONG OF WYCARO. Here you go! Just don't take it to one of Carol's signings, I hear she's pretty cranky, especially if you call her out on important maritime details.
Apple Makes ‘Pluribus’ Character’s ‘Bloodsong of Wycaro’ Book Available For Download
Apple has provided some companion reading for fans of 'Pluribus', full of proud, haughty corsairs and Mandovian spicefruit.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Oh @captainawkward.bsky.social, I believe you were specifically requesting your own copy of BLOODSONG OF WYCARO. Here you go! Just don't take it to one of Carol's signings, I hear she's pretty cranky, especially if you call her out on important maritime details.
Absolutely wild. I could understand POKER FACE being too expensive for Peacock to want to continue it, but the idea of losing Natasha Lyonne in the lead role and replacing her with Peter Dinklage makes it such a profoundly different show. I mean, he's great, but Charlie is the heart of the series.
Mike Fleming Jr: Peacock Folds On ‘Poker Face’ Season 3; Rian Johnson Wants 2-Season Deal With Peter Dinklage As Lie Detector Sleuth Charlie Cale
Peacock Folds 'Poker Face' Season 3; Rian Johnson Wants A New Deal, Two Seasons With Peter Dinklage As Lie Detector Sleuth
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November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Absolutely wild. I could understand POKER FACE being too expensive for Peacock to want to continue it, but the idea of losing Natasha Lyonne in the lead role and replacing her with Peter Dinklage makes it such a profoundly different show. I mean, he's great, but Charlie is the heart of the series.
This is a gorgeous, insightful review.
"Without its humor, PLURIBUS might be too sad and too lonely to enjoy, but while Carol is isolated inside her own strange new world, her reactions are so funny and so human that she's easy to attach to as a character.
And still, it is so, so sad."
"Without its humor, PLURIBUS might be too sad and too lonely to enjoy, but while Carol is isolated inside her own strange new world, her reactions are so funny and so human that she's easy to attach to as a character.
And still, it is so, so sad."
One of the best shows in forever—achingly sad, hugely entertaining, and really REALLY thoughtful about important things like … the value of humanity. Really! And I gave away as little as I possibly could—almost nothing that’s not in the very opaque trailer.
In 'Pluribus,' isolation is the price of a frictionless life
The haunting new show from Vince Gilligan, who created Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, is set in Gilligan's now-signature location, Albuquerque.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This is a gorgeous, insightful review.
"Without its humor, PLURIBUS might be too sad and too lonely to enjoy, but while Carol is isolated inside her own strange new world, her reactions are so funny and so human that she's easy to attach to as a character.
And still, it is so, so sad."
"Without its humor, PLURIBUS might be too sad and too lonely to enjoy, but while Carol is isolated inside her own strange new world, her reactions are so funny and so human that she's easy to attach to as a character.
And still, it is so, so sad."
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Vince Gilligan's PLURIBUS premieres today on Apple TV, and it's hard to overstate how fascinated the Polygon crew has been with this show. It's addictive, it's startling, and it's easily the biggest discussion-starter series I've seen in 2025. I'm hoping it takes off like SEVERANCE. It deserves to.
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Vince Gilligan's PLURIBUS premieres today on Apple TV, and it's hard to overstate how fascinated the Polygon crew has been with this show. It's addictive, it's startling, and it's easily the biggest discussion-starter series I've seen in 2025. I'm hoping it takes off like SEVERANCE. It deserves to.
Found this spectacular 1963 interview during research for our latest @thenextpictureshow.bsky.social. Famed Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci interviews Federico Fellini about 8 1/2. She calls him a liar. He calls her a bitch, and a treasure, and tries to get her in bed. It's packed with revelation.
FEDERICO FELLINI: FAMOUS ITALIAN DIRECTOR - Interview by Oriana Fallaci - Scraps from the loft
Oriana Fallaci interviews Federico Fellini
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November 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Found this spectacular 1963 interview during research for our latest @thenextpictureshow.bsky.social. Famed Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci interviews Federico Fellini about 8 1/2. She calls him a liar. He calls her a bitch, and a treasure, and tries to get her in bed. It's packed with revelation.
Worst Cat in a rare morning moment of not being The Worst. Most mornings, Violet presents herself for washing and he gives her two vague licks, then bites her ear, like he's trying to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop.
November 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Worst Cat in a rare morning moment of not being The Worst. Most mornings, Violet presents herself for washing and he gives her two vague licks, then bites her ear, like he's trying to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop.
Pictures really can't do justice to what's going on in the sky over Chicago right now, but here's the closest I've got.
November 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Pictures really can't do justice to what's going on in the sky over Chicago right now, but here's the closest I've got.
My favorite part of curating an annual #Noirvember recs list from the Polygon staff is learning about noir movies I've never seen. There are some bangers in the "deep cuts" section here.
The best noir movies to stream this #Noirvember
Join the Noirvember project, streaming noir picks from Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock to hidden gems and modern neo-noirs.
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November 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
My favorite part of curating an annual #Noirvember recs list from the Polygon staff is learning about noir movies I've never seen. There are some bangers in the "deep cuts" section here.
Have a buffalo.
October 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Have a buffalo.
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Big day! Here's the thing I've been working on for the past few months.
🚨🚨🚨
We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.
• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site
We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.
• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site
Design Room
Video game oral histories
designroom.site
October 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Big day! Here's the thing I've been working on for the past few months.
I'm feeling weirdly down about the end of PEACEMAKER. Yeah, I get it, Chris Smith is not a good guy, he's done terrible things for terrible reasons, and he earns a lot of his pain through bad choices. But James Gunn so consistently offers him a tiny spark of hope just to twist the knife on him.
October 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I'm feeling weirdly down about the end of PEACEMAKER. Yeah, I get it, Chris Smith is not a good guy, he's done terrible things for terrible reasons, and he earns a lot of his pain through bad choices. But James Gunn so consistently offers him a tiny spark of hope just to twist the knife on him.
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
Cosplay at the HAZBIN HOTEL sing-along was lit.
October 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Cosplay at the HAZBIN HOTEL sing-along was lit.
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This only happens to you once
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This only happens to you once
So... It's all about putting on an elaborate show for him, and she has no choice in the matter?
Katie Miller joked about her husband being a “sexual matador” in an interview with Jesse Watters.
Stephen Miller's Wife Drops Cringe-Inducing Sexual Brag
Katie Miller joked about her husband being a “sexual matador” in an interview with Jesse Watters.
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September 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
So... It's all about putting on an elaborate show for him, and she has no choice in the matter?
Is the open goal here to have Austin entirely staffed by robots by 2030? Why is "You might have to say hi to another human being" an unbearable burden?
September 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Is the open goal here to have Austin entirely staffed by robots by 2030? Why is "You might have to say hi to another human being" an unbearable burden?
Welp, I did it. I booked an autonomous car ride back to the hotel after my last #FantasticFest screening. And it was creepy.🧵
September 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Welp, I did it. I booked an autonomous car ride back to the hotel after my last #FantasticFest screening. And it was creepy.🧵
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Tried to water the baby asparagus but the spout was blocked so I tried to shove the blockage down into the can but the thing inside shoved back.
Computer…enhance.
#garden #gardening #oopsfrog
Computer…enhance.
#garden #gardening #oopsfrog
September 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Tried to water the baby asparagus but the spout was blocked so I tried to shove the blockage down into the can but the thing inside shoved back.
Computer…enhance.
#garden #gardening #oopsfrog
Computer…enhance.
#garden #gardening #oopsfrog
It's Fantastic Fest's 20th anniversary, so all week, we've been getting preshow screenings of wild events from past fests, and it had me wondering where this year's over-the-top stunts were. Well, tonight's secret screening was Yorgos Lanthimos' BUGONIA...
September 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It's Fantastic Fest's 20th anniversary, so all week, we've been getting preshow screenings of wild events from past fests, and it had me wondering where this year's over-the-top stunts were. Well, tonight's secret screening was Yorgos Lanthimos' BUGONIA...
Well here's a creepy-ass thing just hanging out behind the scenes at #FantasticFest.
September 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Well here's a creepy-ass thing just hanging out behind the scenes at #FantasticFest.
Chris Colfer is at #FantasticFest for RESTORATION AT GRAYSON MANOR, and he has SO much pompadour going on.
September 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Chris Colfer is at #FantasticFest for RESTORATION AT GRAYSON MANOR, and he has SO much pompadour going on.
What movie do you consider perfect?
September 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
What movie do you consider perfect?
Huh, just realizing as I'm writing that "a lot of elements at work" and "a lot of elements in play" mean fundamentally the same thing. Seems like they should be opposites.
September 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Huh, just realizing as I'm writing that "a lot of elements at work" and "a lot of elements in play" mean fundamentally the same thing. Seems like they should be opposites.