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 ...

Polybius is an urban legend that has been around for a few decades, with stories detailing a supposedly mind-altering arcade game planted by the government in Portland, Oregon. No evidence exists to ...

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 ...

For those that missed the cameo, an image of the arcade machine can be seen in a Tweet from @Atreya300 embedded below. Loving the Polybius machine in the background ...

Back in the early 1980s (or so the story goes) a mysterious video game called Polybius popped up in a few local arcades in and around Portland, Oregon. Those unlucky enough to drop a few coins into ...

Inspired by the mythical '80s arcade game. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Jeff Minter—maker of Space Giraffe, Tempest 2000, and ...

Game developer Jeff Minter, creator of trippy arcade game fare like Tempest 2000, Space Giraffe, Gridrunner and TxK, is bringing his next game to PlayStation VR exclusively, according to a post on the ...

Developers typically feel like they know what kind of story they're telling when making a new game. After release, however, every game takes on a life of its own. Once players get their hands on a ...

Eagle-eyed urban legend fans might have spotted an old friend in Marvel’s Loki: a sinister black arcade cabinet labeled Polybius. Or you might have seen it in The Simpsons or in the music video for ...

From the beginning, video games have been burdened with ulterior motives. For instance, Willy Higinbotham made the first computer game, “Tennis for Two,” for the annual visitors day at Brookhaven ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Atari and Jeff Minter have announced that they are working together to create a reimagining of I, Robot -- no, not the movie. I, Robot is an Atari ...