Synopsis
Senior reporter Charlie Hall and guides editor Dave Tach host in-depth conversations each week about the latest games, movies, comics, and gear reviewed and recommended by the Polygon team. Produced by Polygon and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
Episodes
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Persona 5
06/04/2017 Duration: 19minIn each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? Also: Did they play it wrong? This week, Polygon’s Phil Kollar joins editor-at-large Justin McElroy to discuss his review of Persona 5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
28/03/2017 Duration: 23minIn each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? Also: Did they play it wrong? This week, senior reporter Charlie Hall asks reviews editor Arthur Gies about his review of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: http://www.polygon.com/2017/3/2/14753500/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-review-nintendo-switch-wii-u Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mass Effect: Andromeda
22/03/2017 Duration: 25minIn each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? Also: Did they play it wrong? This week, Polygon’s Arthur Gies joins editor-at-large Justin McElroy to discuss his review of Mass Effect Andromeda Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Torment: Tides of Numenera
14/03/2017 Duration: 19minIn each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? Also: Did they play it wrong? In this episode, guest host Charlie Hall talks with Carli Velocci about her time with Torment: Tides of Numenera, a review which you can find right here: http://www.polygon.com/2017/3/9/14859716/torment-tides-of-numenera-review Thanks for sticking with us while we're been off the air. Here's what we've been working on! http://www.polygon.com/gdc http://www.polygon.com/pax Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Horizon: Zero Dawn
01/03/2017 Duration: 26minIn each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? Also: Did they play it wrong? This week, Polygon’s Phil Kollar joins editor-at-large Justin McElroy to discuss his review of Horizon: Zero Dawn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nioh
15/02/2017 Duration: 16minIn each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? Also: Did they play it wrong? In this episode, guest host Charlie Hall talks with Phil Kollar about his take on Nioh, which you can find right here: http://www.polygon.com/2017/2/8/14445452/nioh-review-ps4-playstation-4-team-ninja-sony-koei-tecmo Polygon's guide to Nioh: http://www.polygon.com/nioh-guide/2017/2/3/14472566/beginners-tips-tricks-help-stances-weapons-armor-shrine-stats-leveling-kodoma-skill-prestige-ki Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Lego Batman Movie
08/02/2017 Duration: 20minIn each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? Also: Did they play it wrong? This week, Polygon entertainment editor Susana Polo joins editor-at-large Justin McElroy to discuss her review of The Lego Batman Movie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Horizon Zero Dawn pre-review
31/01/2017 Duration: 19minIn each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? Also: Did they play it wrong? In this episode, guest host Charlie hall talks with Michael McWhertor about his pre-review of Horizon Zero Dawn, and about the concept of a pre-review to begin with. You can read that story right here: http://www.polygon.com/2017/1/30/14435128/horizon-zero-dawn-hands-on-ps4-pre-review-preview Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Resident Evil 7
26/01/2017 Duration: 15minIn each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? Also: Did they play it wrong? In this episode, Polygon editor-at-large talks with Phil Kollar about his review of Resident Evil 7, which you can find right here: http://www.polygon.com/2017/1/23/14287196/resident-evil-7-review-re7-vii-biohazard-ps4-playstation-4-vr-psvr-pc-windows-xbox-one-capcom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Games of the Year 2016, part 3
24/01/2017 Duration: 31minIn each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? Also: Did they play it wrong? In this episode, Polygon editor-at-large Justin McElroy talks with Christopher Grant and Ashley Oh about their takes on Polygon's top games of 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Games of the Year 2016, part 2
11/01/2017 Duration: 24minIn each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? Also: Did they play it wrong? In this episode, Polygon editor-at-large Justin McElroy talks with Allegra Frank and Samit Sarkar to talk about their favorite games of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Games of the Year, part 1
06/01/2017 Duration: 28minIn each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? Also: Did they play it wrong? In this episode, guest host Charlie Hall talks with Matt Leone, Michael McWhertor, Russ Frushtick and Simone de Rochefort about Polygon's Games of the Year. http://www.polygon.com/2017/1/2/14129312/the-last-guardian-games-of-the-year-2016 http://www.polygon.com/2017/1/2/14147110/titanfall-2-games-of-the-year-2016 http://www.polygon.com/2017/1/3/14129368/stardew-valley-games-of-the-year-2016 http://www.polygon.com/2017/1/3/14107538/dishonored-2-games-of-the-year Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, part 2
27/12/2016 Duration: 01h41minIn each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? Also: Did they play it wrong? For this special two-part episode, guest host Charlie Hall talks with entertainment editor Susana Polo about her review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. They're joined by Polygon's Dave Tach and Jeff Ramos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, part 1
20/12/2016 Duration: 01h27minIn each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? Also: Did they play it wrong? For this special two-part episode, guest host Charlie Hall talks with entertainment editor Susana Polo about her review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. They're joined by Polygon's Dave Tach and Jeff Ramos. You can find the review right here: http://www.polygon.com/2016/12/13/13869428/rogue-one-star-wars-story-review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Steep
14/12/2016 Duration: 23minIn each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? Also: Did they play it wrong? In this episode, Polygon editor-at-large talks with Chris Plante about his take on Steep which you can find right here: http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/7/13856386/steep-review-ubisoft-ssx-snowboarding-game Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Last Guardian
06/12/2016 Duration: 18minIn each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? Also: Did they play it wrong? In this episode, guest host Charlie Hall talks with Phil Kollar about his review of The Last Guardian, which you can find right here: http://www.polygon.com/2016/12/5/13767468/the-last-guardian-review-playstation-4-ps4-trico-sony-fumito-ueda-gendesign Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Final Fantasy XV
30/11/2016 Duration: 23minIn each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? Also: Did they play it wrong? In this episode, Polygon editor-at-large talks with Phil Kollar about his review of Final Fantasy 15 which you can find right here: http://www.polygon.com/2016/11/28/13661570/final-fantasy-15-review-xv-ff15-ps4-playstation-4-xbox-one-square-enix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dishonored 2
22/11/2016 Duration: 24minIn each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? Also: Did they play it wrong? In this episode, guest host Charlie Hall talks with reviews editor Arthur Gies about his review of Dishonored 2, which you can find right here. http://www.polygon.com/2016/11/16/13655060/dishonored-2-review-ps4-xbox-one-pc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Pokémon Sun and Moon
16/11/2016 Duration: 21minIn each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? Also: Did they play it wrong? In this episode, Polygon editor-at-large Justin McElroy talks with Allegra Frank about her review of Pokémon: Sun and Moon which you can find right here. http://www.polygon.com/2016/11/15/13637246/pokemon-sun-and-moon-review-nintendo-3ds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
08/11/2016 Duration: 21minIn each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? Also: Did they play it wrong? In this episode, features writer Charlie Hall talks with Polygon's Russ Frushtick about his review of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare which you can find right here: http://www.polygon.com/2016/11/4/13408584/call-of-duty-infinite-warfare-review-ps4-pro-playstation-4-xbox-one-windows-pc Also check out our feature story on the game. http://www.polygon.com/features/2016/11/2/13358380/call-of-duty-infinite-warfare-peter-w-singer-lost-touch-with-reality Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices