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About Matt Patches

Matt Patches is the Editor in Chief of Polygon. A veteran culture journalist covering the nexus of Hollywood, gaming, and online entertainment, Patches was previously an editor at Esquire.com and a regular contributor for New York Magazine’s Vulture, Grantland, Vanity Fair, and The Hollywood Reporter.

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The major question that DC’s Lanterns must answer (regarding Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros.)

Free HBO — at motels or from Skydance's grasp

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You need to watch this epic 'Kill Bill meets Fury Road' movie now with the biggest audience possible

Blades of the Guardians probably won't be in theaters for much longer, yet it's mind-blowing blockbuster cinema

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Demon Slayer fans set to be thrilled yet absolutely furious on March 6

Infinity Castle returns to theaters next month, despite cries for a streaming release

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Can we all agree censorship is bad?

Obviously you can watch the Stephen Colbert video CBS didn't want you to see on YouTube

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Martin Scorsese brokers peace with nerds by joining the Star Wars universe

A new Mandalorian and Grogu trailer teases the director's latest cameo

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5 Steam games you'd probably never discover without this list

Take a chance and wishlist

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Gandalf and Magneto have nothing on Ian McKellen performing a 400-year-old pro-immigrant Shakespeare monologue on live TV
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The English actor wielded 16th-century words to protest ICE on Stephen Colbert's The Late Show

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Lego is making KPop Demon Hunters dreams come true in 2026

Golden brick when

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Cowboy Bebop musical legend Yoko Kanno to perform with Seatbelts in the U.S. for the first time ever

The two-day tour comes with a twist, too

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Jurassic Park Super Bowl commercial's de-aged actors, ranked from least to most bizarre-looking
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What hath Big Game commerce done to Dr. Alan Grant?

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Long may the new King of January movies reign

Ric Roman Waugh is the guy behind both Shelter and Greenland 2 — and he couldn't be happier

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Jason Statham's new movie is destined to be #1 on Prime Video streaming charts for the next 300 years

With Shelter, he's done it again, folks

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Ball x Pit shoots balls on the way to becoming one of the best games of 2025 in Ball x Pit
This awards show thankfully didn’t confuse Clair Obscur consensus with complete agreement

The New York Gaming Awards announces an eclectic list of winners, on top of another E33 GOTY

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The best thrillers to watch on Netflix this January

When the cold really sets in and the couch feels like a survival strategy, it's thriller season bb

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Quiz: Can you guess the franchise-starter movie from its opening frame?

No we didn't put Star Wars on this that's too easy c'mon

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‘Maybe it's a video game, maybe it's a movie, maybe it's both’: How an indie filmmaker wound up making Zelda by way of David Lynch

Video game movies rarely capture what it's like to play. Albert Birney's Obex hits differently.

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3 masterpieces buried on Prime Video right now

Good movies, painful UX

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Avatar without James Cameron feels impossible, unless this one director replaces him

If Fire and Ash is the end for Cameron — and sure it feels like a finale — Hamnet proves Chloé Zhao could take on the franchise

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You can still get Nex Playground, 2025’s hottest toy — but only a few days after Christmas

Retailers like Amazon and Target still promise to ship you the hot-ticket item arriving before Jan. 1

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If you miss opening a new Zelda on Christmas morning, buy this game now (then wait)

Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo promises and delivers on 2D adventure

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