Chris Grant

The good shit

Strong Museum of Play faces $500,000 shortfall after losing federal grants for new exhibit, preservation efforts ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Strong National Museum of Play has learned two of its federal grants have been terminated and it’s hoping private donors will step up to fill the gap.  A promised $400,000 grant ...

Calling video game industry folks! You know the Strong Museum of Play, right? The museum that understands us & is documenting OUR history?

Federal budget shenanigans have them in a surprise $500K hole.

If you're able to support them, now's the time. Here's the link: www.museumofplay.org/support/

if you cancel your NYT games subscription there’s great alternatives for newspaper games like @puzzmo.com … www.puzzmo.com

The award that changes the lives of its winners Plus: a limited, hand-numbered launch poster by Sonny Ross

For years, I hoped NPR, NYTimes, or the ghost of Gimlet would make a video game podcast. A weekly, hour-long audio magazine with essays, interviews, tight editing, and a cheeky sense of humor.

Nobody made the show I wanted to hear.
So, I made it myself.

Here's the first episode of Post Games.

I see a bug hard at work. Ty for your service, critter! 🫡

I remember this! And the double sourcing. Was a great scoop

KCD dingus losing it on this story, everyone so offended by the IDEA that maybe fantasy worlds can be diverse lmao. This is an all-time Polygon fav for me, thank you ❤️

(I remember the very reasoned responses to this piece)

😭👀😭👀

This is one of my ALL TIME favs!

The Xbox Series X costs $100 more than it did yesterday First-party games will go to $80 this holiday

the comments on this story are really sweet (ty for the heads up @losowsky.com) www.polygon.com/news/581992/...

the person that I presented that deck to on the third floor of that DC townhouse, with no furniture was ... Jim Bankoff. Things aren't always as simple as they seem.

If you or anyone you know has work for me, you can reach me at tylercolp at gmail dot com!

As of this morning, I no longer have a job at Polygon. If you know of anyone looking for writers — guides or otherwise — please let me know. And please, please, please keep an eye out for all of my immensely talented colleagues who are in the same situation.

I'm not trying to! I'm just being me. Sorry!

I also manage our company's anti-harassment efforts and as much as it's fun to get mad at people, I draw the line at threats. It's hard enough being a public figure in the media space, having anyone from the internet threatening your family because of your job has to stop.

I'll never forget you, Entergamement

Thx for your good faith concerns about the optics of my situation, e6n dot lol

I'm staying at Vox Media for now but not sure what's next for me ... outside of taking time off to think through that exact question.

My most heartfelt thanks to the entire team, I'm so sorry things ended this way. ❤️

I really, truly (!) hope that the remaining Polygon team gets a chance to continue the work we all cared about so much! But somehow this is the end of my journey with the thing I created.

Their press release proudly calls Polygon a "premium gaming publication" but Valnet literally refused to meet with me or answer a single question of mine throughout this process. They were wildly incurious about how a gaming publication even becomes "premium."

14 years ago I pitched what would become Polygon to a startup called Sports Blogs Inc on the unfurnished third floor of a DC townhome. I held a laptop on my knees and went through a deck.

Today that same company -- now called Vox Media -- sold Polygon to Valnet.

having a bad day, lol

It's so good!!! I never saw it in the wild but I cherish it now.

eat your heart out, roger ebert

as a former aol-er, congratulations 👀

like a true patriot

THERE IS NO WRONG ANSWER when it comes to Geometry Wars <3

IM GONNA FLIP A CYBERTRUCK

Kyle I'ma have to proselytize, put 5 hrs on my cal