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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Charge multiple items from the new Polybius arcade cabinet charging hub, while it glows and entices you in a creepy way on your desk ...

Jeff Minter returns with one of the best – and strangest – arcade games you’ll ever play… When you first start Polybius there’s no explanation of what the game’s about or what the controls are. It ...

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 ...