Q&A
The latest in Q&A
![With The Wild Robot, Chris Sanders finally set computer animation free](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/the-wild-robot-gallery5.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
Polygon’s 2024 fall preview
By Petrana Radulovic
![The Never Stop Blowing Up cast breaks open their time in the Dimension 20 dome](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/IMG_2827.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.675%2C0%2C66.65%2C100&w=2400)
Actual Play
By Pete Volk
![In Beyond the Throne, Game of Thrones’ Hodor gets raw and personal](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/BeyondTheThroneCoverDetail.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.80487804878%2C0%2C74.390243902439%2C100&w=2400)
Polygon’s 2024 fall preview
By Tasha Robinson
![Brennan Lee Mulligan talks the ‘freedom and joy’ of Never Stop Blowing Up](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25463616/IMG_2681.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.675%2C0%2C66.65%2C100&w=2400)
![Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster is making changes; the developers explain why](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25565570/Dead_Rising_Deluxe_Remaster___Screenshot_6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster is making changes; the developers explain why](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25565570/Dead_Rising_Deluxe_Remaster___Screenshot_6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
Polygon’s 2024 fall preview
![Glen Powell is thinking a lot about friendships and weddings](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/glen_noborder.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.676944639103%2C0%2C64.646110721794%2C100&w=2400)
Polygon’s 2024 fall preview
By Matt Patches
![How Overwatch 2’s new hero Juno went from fighter pilot alien to anxious teen from Mars](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/OVR_PK_S12_H41Juno_Abilities_UltimateOrbitalRay_001.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![How Overwatch 2’s new hero Juno went from fighter pilot alien to anxious teen from Mars](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/OVR_PK_S12_H41Juno_Abilities_UltimateOrbitalRay_001.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
Overwatch
![Lorelei and the Laser Eyes’ Daniel Olsén channeled Twin Peaks’ moody music](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25404214/ss_5fb55deabca4eb6e739dbc7349d22aa812f19345.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![Lorelei and the Laser Eyes’ Daniel Olsén channeled Twin Peaks’ moody music](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25404214/ss_5fb55deabca4eb6e739dbc7349d22aa812f19345.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
Tune into Polygon FM
![Elden Ring composer Yuka Kitamura used Zelda songs to motivate her piano practice](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23324312/20220226170146_1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![Elden Ring composer Yuka Kitamura used Zelda songs to motivate her piano practice](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23324312/20220226170146_1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
Tune into Polygon FM
![A Short Hike’s composer might never have gotten into games if not for The Binding of Isaac](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25565047/mark_sparling.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.675824175824%2C0%2C66.648351648352%2C100&w=2400)
![A Short Hike’s composer might never have gotten into games if not for The Binding of Isaac](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25565047/mark_sparling.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.013736263736263%2C0%2C99.972527472527%2C100&w=2400)
Tune into Polygon FM
![Every game soundtrack is a ‘try and fail’ journey for Payday’s Simon Viklund](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25561931/payday2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=26.25%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![Every game soundtrack is a ‘try and fail’ journey for Payday’s Simon Viklund](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25561931/payday2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
Tune into Polygon FM
![Jesper Kyd composed Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s soundtrack using 100-year-old instruments](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25564201/Jesper_Kyd.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.675824175824%2C0%2C66.648351648352%2C100&w=2400)
![Jesper Kyd composed Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s soundtrack using 100-year-old instruments](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25564201/Jesper_Kyd.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.013736263736263%2C0%2C99.972527472527%2C100&w=2400)
Tune into Polygon FM
![When does video game music get too repetitive?](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25565617/jinhwajang_f3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The Runaways’ Jackie Fox is reimagining her rock ‘n’ roll story in tabletop form](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25565706/1072757118.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C67.188519243314%2C100&w=2400)
Tune into Polygon FM
By Maddy Myers
![How Dicey Dungeons’ soundtrack found the sweet spot between Earthbound and disco funk](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25565981/diceydungeons.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.625%2C0%2C66.75%2C100&w=2400)
Tune into Polygon FM
By Chelsea Stark
![Indie darling Jessica Curry fell hard for Mass Effect 3’s soundtrack early on](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25564948/melt_mass_effect_3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=26%2C0%2C66.75%2C100&w=2400)
![Indie darling Jessica Curry fell hard for Mass Effect 3’s soundtrack early on](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25564948/melt_mass_effect_3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.062421972534324%2C100%2C99.875156054931&w=2400)
Tune into Polygon FM
![Helldivers 2 composer Wilbert Roget thinks of game scoring as ‘first-person’ and ‘third-person’](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25307868/Screenshot_2024_02_27_120244.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=23.060087544767%2C0%2C53.879824910466%2C100&w=2400)
![Helldivers 2 composer Wilbert Roget thinks of game scoring as ‘first-person’ and ‘third-person’](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25307868/Screenshot_2024_02_27_120244.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=9.5901313171508%2C0%2C80.819737365698%2C100&w=2400)
Tune into Polygon FM
![A Hollow Knight boss fight found its groove thanks to a 17th-century violinist](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25563786/promo_04.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=3.1007751937984%2C0%2C93.798449612403%2C100&w=2400)
![A Hollow Knight boss fight found its groove thanks to a 17th-century violinist](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25563786/promo_04.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C14.462809917355%2C100%2C71.074380165289&w=2400)
Tune into Polygon FM
![House of the Dragon’s Ewan Mitchell loves not knowing what Aemond will do next](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25562257/ewan_mitchell_olivia_cooke.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
House of the Dragon
By Zosha Millman
![Why was Magic School simultaneously announced and canceled? For once, we actually know](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25563045/dinosaur_polo_club_poppyderax_concepts_interiors_04.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=25.729166666667%2C0%2C51.822916666667%2C92.12962962963&w=2400)
Q&A
By Nicole Carpenter
![Chicory made Lena Raine’s dream to write an RPG theme song come true](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23070054/2_Chicory_dark.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![Chicory made Lena Raine’s dream to write an RPG theme song come true](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23070054/2_Chicory_dark.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
Tune into Polygon FM
![Witcher 3 composer Mikolai Stroinski begins work on each game by ‘going on a date’](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25561287/Stroinski.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Witcher 3 composer Mikolai Stroinski begins work on each game by ‘going on a date’](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25561287/Stroinski.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Tune into Polygon FM
![Chrono Cross’ minimalist music drove Disasterpeace to Hyper Light Drifter and beyond](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560411/chrono_hyperlight.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.625%2C0%2C66.75%2C100&w=2400)
![Chrono Cross’ minimalist music drove Disasterpeace to Hyper Light Drifter and beyond](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25560411/chrono_hyperlight.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.062421972534324%2C100%2C99.875156054931&w=2400)
Tune into Polygon FM
![Randy Pitchford is happy there’s finally a version of Borderlands his mom can get into](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25555759/borderlands_unit_210504_13464rc6c2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Disney Dreamlight Valley update adds Tiana and her iconic restaurant in August](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25494770/tianaa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.277777777778%2C0%2C56.277777777778%2C100&w=2400)
Q&A
By Nicole Carpenter
![How Civilization 4’s Christopher Tin became the first game composer to win a Grammy](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25545766/125903861.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=23.6%2C0%2C66.5%2C100&w=2400)
Tune into Polygon FM
By Nicole Carpenter
![Gravity Falls creator on returning to his ‘little bastard’ of a character](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25555718/bill.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![Gravity Falls creator on returning to his ‘little bastard’ of a character](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25555718/bill.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
![Olympic gymnast Casimir Schmidt has a Mew tattoo — but that’s not his favorite Pokémon](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25555375/2163165880.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.745103229222%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
Q&A
By Nicole Carpenter
![Brennan Lee Mulligan and Isabella Roland go big on life, love, and improv as a comedy couple](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25550649/DOpresents_PromoPhotography_BIGGER_02.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Twister still looks great because the director put his cast through hell for it](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25533889/Twister_4K_DD_3840x2160_300dpi_EN_07.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![Twister still looks great because the director put his cast through hell for it](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25533889/Twister_4K_DD_3840x2160_300dpi_EN_07.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
Movies
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Spicy Takes Week
By Pete Volk
![Lev Grossman’s ‘one fear’ for his King Arthur novel: People who expect more of The Magicians](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25532230/Lev_Grossman__c__Beowulf_Sheehan.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C16.666666666667%2C100%2C66.666666666667&w=2400)
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![How to get into horror movies, according to Joe Dante](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23152696/GREMLINS_title_small.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=9.453125%2C0%2C81.09375%2C100&w=2400)
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Movies
By Toussaint Egan
![Jessica Alba says playing a knife-wielding Jason Bourne type was always the dream — just no one had asked](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25500325/Trigger_Warning_n_00_24_40_08_R2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=32.933333333333%2C0%2C41.866666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Karyn Kusama on the ‘wonderful and painful’ process of revisiting Girlfight for Criterion](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25462346/polygon_background__4_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.624685138539%2C0%2C66.750629722922%2C100&w=2400)
![For the Queen’s creator on the new edition, her many copycats, and her balloon-kink RPG](https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25457258/FTQ_Mock___Queen_Cards_on_White.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=13.625%2C13.75%2C72.75%2C72.75&w=2400)
Tabletop Games
By Tasha Robinson
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