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Latest articles by Yussef Cole

1000xResist isn’t just mind-bending sci-fi — it’s also an allegory for diaspora
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 is less personal, more spectacle
Modern Warfare 3’s campaign has finally unmoored Call of Duty
How Cuba’s Street Network used spy tech to access pop culture
Deep Cover: Polygon’s Spy Issue
By Yussef Cole and Emile Bokaer
Destiny 2: Lightfall offers a future with too much past
James Cameron and Hayao Miyazaki’s beautiful cursed dreams
Movies
By Yussef Cole and Vivian Chan
Co-op game Haven understands life as a couple during Covid
Best of the Year
By Yussef Cole and Vivian Chan
Call of Duty: Vanguard continues the trend of mythmaking and tokenization
Mass Effect’s revival reminds us it’s time to abolish the space police
How modern science fiction is imagining the future
By Yussef Cole
In Black Ops Cold War, all the world’s your stage
Reviews
By Yussef Cole

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