Something has got to stick, and in my experience if fans of a genre don't rally around a good option, you end up with a terrible one by default. How did we ever let "MOBA" take its place in the canon?

SXSW 2025 is coming to a close and it was truly a banger year for the festival when it came to genre showings. From goopy sci-fi to a sex worker’s journey through Trashtown, the genre films on ...

Certain genres have completely reinterpreted what music is to the world, and their style continues to reflect what they truly mean. So, let’s look at five genres that changed how modern music ...

Two things I truly love and will never part with are television and reality shows. These two genres define me, and I am meant to be in them." Managing a demanding career alongside personal life ...

There are a lot of genres in video games but the one that stands out the most is RPG (Role-Playing Games). Playing the best RPGs on your PS5 lets you take on the role of a character and delve into ...

The BL genre is vast, evolving past basic romance to encompass nearly every other genre for complex narratives. Wholesome, innocent romances are great starting points for BL beginners to learn ...

For those who have followed his career, Snoop's genre-hopping isn't entirely surprising. He's explored reggae as Snoop Lion, dabbled in gospel, and even dipped into funk. But stepping into country ...

But is there a predominant genre at this year’s event at Worthy Farm, and should rock fans be worried? Whether you’re a fan of the current line-up or one of those who thinks that this year’s ...

Console titles tend to appeal to a broader audience with familiar experiences, while PC players engage with a wider range of genres. What that means for each audience is open to interpretation ...

So allow this to be my formal complaint about director Alex Parkinson’s Last Breath and its genre classification. The new film certainly has markings of a thriller – it’s based on a true ...

Pete Volk (he/they) is Polygon’s Curation Editor, with a particular love for action and martial arts movies. Gray Alys’ powerful illusion magic is a rich vein for the movie to explore visually ...

Split Fiction found a way. Zoe and Mio are fantasy and sci-fi authors respectively, and the action is essentially divided equally between the two genres, but the fantasy and sci-fi branches of ...