Editor's note: Jeff Minter's Polybius is out now, but the origins of that mythical game go back decades, and venture to some dark places. The Polybius story has everything. Shady government agents ...

According to legend, a mysterious new arcade game swept through Portland in 1981. It was incredibly addictive; people lined up for hours just to get a shot at playing it, even fighting over who got to ...

One of the Urban Legends in the U.S. is an imaginary arcade game "I was working in 1981"Polybius"there is. It is not clear whether Polybius is a real arcade game or an imaginary game developed from ...

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Jeff Minter, the man behind Space Giraffe, TxK and GoatUp, is re-imaging the classic arcade game Polybius (you know the one) as a PlayStation VR exclusive. If you don't remember Polybius you're not ...

The game is named after the fictional Polybius arcade game, which supposedly caused psychological effects, seizures, amnesia, and men in black suits to show up at your door. Like the urban legend, the ...

Game developer Jeff Minter, creator of trippy arcade game fare like Tempest 2000, Space Giraffe, Gridrunner and TxK, is bringing his next game to PlayStation VR exclusively, according to a post on the ...

So my crazy aunt once told me that videogames were a secret first strike weapon, created by the Japanese, to exact revenge on their defeat in World War II. Their diabolical scheme was to get American ...

Slight spoilers ahead for Episode 5 of Marvel's Loki! The latest episode of Marvel's Loki featured one of video gaming's best urban legends - the Polybius arcade cabinet - and we're here to dive deep ...

This article contains Loki episode 5 spoilers. Marvel’s Loki episode 5 has a really unique Easter egg showcasing a video game that barely even existed, yet whose reputation has grown thanks to the ...