Over the last decade, long-form video essays have grown in popularity — arguably entering into a boom all their own. Viewers can easily look up a video essay on just about any topic they’d like to, ...

If you’re looking for timely cultural criticism, you might more easily find it on YouTube than through a digital or print article. “When I was first writing blogs, the only people that would see those ...

Polygon’s latest series, The Masterpieces of Streaming, looks at the new batch of classics that have emerged from an evolving era of entertainment. Like every medium before it, “video essays” on ...

Video game addiction has been a touchy, controversial subject among experts (and gamers) in the field since it was first introduced and described as a formal condition. “Games may have been part of ...

A screenshot of an opening scene in The Game: The Game. Sitting alone at a bar at night awaiting the arrival of late friends can make anyone a little anxious. For a lone woman especially, the sense of ...

A screenshot from Animal Crossing: New Horizons. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nintendo’s recently released life simulator, every day is full of opportunity. As the sun rises on a quiet island ...

For the last few years, video essays have gained more and more prominence on YouTube. With more and more creators choosing a video essay — or video essay-inspired — format, there are video essays ...