Shahrzad: The Storyteller

Onimusha: Way of the Sword director Satoru Nihei told Polygon about the history, films, and myths that inspired the samurai revival.

In the 2nd episode of our new comic explainer show, Issue At Hand, Susana explores the post-Crisis patch history of the DC Universe through two of DC Comic's most complicated characters: Super Girl and Powergirl.

In this episode of Issue At Hand, Susana answers your biggest questions about the final Wolverine movie. She also delves into the backstory of X-23, otherwise known as that creepy girl from the Logan trailer.

Showa American Story succeeds in crafting an unforgettable, eccentric B-movie world. However, its deliberate jank and niche style mean its general polish still lags behind other modern AAA action games at this point. The sheer density of cultural parodies is impressive, but whether the game can sustain this tone over a dozens-of-hours-long campaign without exhausting players remains to be seen. Coupled with its current shortcomings in combat depth and mechanical feel, Showa American Story is shaping up to be an incredibly unique, highly flawed, yet undeniably fascinating ride.

BioShock Infinite's Bread Boy went viral on Twitter in February, so we asked developer Gwen Frey to weigh in on how exactly she made this king of crumb. The reasons the Bread Boy exists in the Burial at Sea DLC point to the strange, specific problems that developers have to overcome every day. Gwen is now hard at work on a satirical puzzle game called Lab Rat, with her own studio.