Karen's Fault

Polybius is gaming's oldest urban legend. It's a cursed arcade machine that supposedly caused illness, amnesia... death. Of course, Polybius is just a story. But the legend is so believable because of real shady business dealings: knock-off Atari games, shell corporations, and military propaganda. Jenna Stoeber explains the true story behind Polybius.#polybius #atari

When I wrote, barely six weeks ago, that I liked to occasionally re-read Tom Bramwell's "Microsoft kills game ownership and expects us to smile" editorial to remind me what it's all about, I didn't mean I wanted to actually re-write a tribute act version of that article myself. I also didn't mean I wanted to be writing something like it so soon after bringing it up. And I definitely didn't mean I wanted to have to re-write it not once, but twice, within the space of a few days. I already had to take one stab at it just last week, as the impervious Rockstar nudged the first domino in the ultima