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Giovanni Colantonio

Contributor Since July, 2025
Qualifications New York Video Game Critics Circle Member
Expertise
Nintendo, Puzzle, Garfield Kart
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About Giovanni Colantonio

Giovanni Colantonio is a video game journalist who has covered the industry for two decades. He was formerly a senior editor at Digital Trends and has contributed to publications like Inverse, Fanbyte, and Hard Drive. His specialty is criticism, as he’s focused on a modern approach to video game reviews that’s focused on the nuances of how interactivity communicates to players. He is currently a member of the New York Video Game Critics Circle.

What's your origin story?

Giovanni got his start by reviewing Super Smash Bros. Brawl website updates on IGN's forums. He went on to host and produce Game Over, a college TV game news show, before breaking into games criticism professionally.

What's a recent obsession?

Sol Cesto, PS2 game collecting, Jackass

Baby Steps’ main character struggling to put one foot in front of another in an outdoors scene.
Feature

The brain behind QWOP has spent 20 years perfecting the art of failure

Mina swings a weapon in Mina the Hollower.
Reviews

Mina the Hollower understands the art of a great video game secret

Obelisks float in the sky in Crimson Desert.
Feature

The RAM crisis could completely change the way your games are made

Latest

An overhead view of a Minecraft city made by Mike Tomlin.
NFL star becomes YouTube legend after spending 12 years on one Minecraft city
Feature

Former Steelers coach Mike Tomlin's Minecraft city is a viral sensation

A Brumak in Gears of War: E-Day.
Gears of War: E-Day review scores are high, but likely won't stay that way
Analysis

While the campaign impressed critics, the jury is still very much out

Promotional artwork from Gears of War 2 by Epic Games
5 Xbox releasing in October you cannot miss
Xbox

Gears of War and Call of Duty lead a crucial month for Xbox

A character salutes in an Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve multiplayer lobby.
Ace Combat 8's stellar multiplayer reveals the terrors of live-service games
Impressions

Ace Combat Online's excessive microtransactions feel entirely unnecessary

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Control Resonant photo gallery 4
Control Resonant hides its best part 15 hours into the game
Opinion

Remedy makes one heck of a 3D platformer, it turns out

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Cel walks through a tunnel in End of Abyss.
Resident Evil meets Little Nightmares in terrifying new horror game
Reviews

End of Abyss makes you feel like a lost child in a menacing labyrinth

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Nintendo Switch
Switch finally gets one of 2025's best-reviewed RPGs
What to Play

Road trip RPG Keep Driving was last year's most inventive RPG

Characters carry one another on a beach in Big Walk.
The best games of 2026 (so far)
Polygon Lists

Just past the halfway point, 2026 has been nonstop bangers

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control resonant key art
Everything is a live-service game now
Opinion

Even single-player games feel as malleable as multiplayer ones these days

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A player looks up at a cross puzzle in He WHo Watches.
3 must-play September games you missed between Fire Emblem and Wolverine
What to Play

September was filled with hidden gems worth returning to

Super Mario Odyssey - Mario tipping Cappy
5 Nintendo games that still need a Switch 2 Edition
Nintendo Switch 2

There are some obvious candidates left on the board

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Control Resonant photo gallery 5
Control Resonant violates the number one commandment of video game lore
Opinion

I ain't reading all that

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Multicolored jets appear in Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve.
Ace Combat 8 is a triumphant return for one of gaming's best series
Reviews

Wings of Theve packs thrills and political intrigue into its supersized campaign

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A deformed character appears in Anomalith.
6 new October games that should be on your Steam wishlist
Wishlister

Get ready for an eclectic month of indies

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Characters clash in the forthcoming game Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave.
Everybody hates Fire Emblem's most controversial new feature
Analysis

Who knew one save file could stir up so much debate?

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The cast of Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave poses together.
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave heroes, ranked by how much I want to party with them
Humor

We're going to the club, Dietrich

Sothis in Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave basically has the same plot as Twisted Metal
Feature

Wait, hear me out

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Master Chief in Halo: Campaign Evolved.
Every Xbox studio's current status after multiple rounds of layoffs
Xbox

Layoffs and consolidations have completely changed the makeup of Xbox

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Garfield stands in a cheesy level in Garfield: Escape From Monday.
Garfield's new video game is GOTY... for 4th graders
Reviews

A 3D platformer that only a Garfield fanatic could love

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Image from Resident Evil showing Austin Abrams' holding a machine gun on a snowy street
The Resident Evil movie is a perfect video game adaptation
Opinion

Zach Cregger's Resident Evil is truer to the games than it seems

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