Patrick Gill-Senior Video Producer

Patrick Gill

Contributor Since October, 2016
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PlayStation, Xbox One, The Last of Us Part 2
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About Patrick Gill

Patrick Gill has been making videos for Polygon since 2016. Before that, he made videos about bugs and dirt for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Patrick writes and produces video essays about games, with a focus on action and martial combat, Souls-likes, fighting games, pro wrestling, Monster Hunter, and the like. He also co-hosts and produces Polygon’s weekly livestreams and special event streams on Twitch.

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Monster Hunter Wilds weapons cover
All weapon types in Monster Hunter Wilds
Monster Hunter Wilds Guides

Choose from 14 methods of beating up monsters

first-person view: a demonic archer mounted on a pink horned beast leers at the camera. the player hold a shotgun at the ready
Doom: The Dark Ages could be the weird sequel the series needs
Impressions

The boomer shooter’s new ideas are united behind medieval brutality

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A group of players sit around a wooden table with role playing game character sheets resting in front of them. In the foreground, the Game Master gestures, sort of like a conductor.
I asked Brennan Lee Mulligan and Matt Mercer to invent some new fantasy deities
Video

The Dimension 20 and Critical Role Game Masters showed me how to invent God

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In an arid canyon, a bird-like raptor with a human rider glides gracefully towards the camera
Turning off Monster Hunter Wilds’ Seikret autopilot lets you have more fun
Monster Hunter Wilds

And your bird can drift

A character from Monster Hunter Wilds riding on a Seikret (a large birdlike mount) across a desert plain
The ultimate Monster Hunter Wilds beginner’s guide
Monster Hunter Wilds Guides

Give a gamer a monster, and they’ll eat for a day…

An enlarged screenshot of Spider-Man on an old CRT TV.
The Cousin Game is one of the oldest and most underappreciated genres
Video

Are you normal, or are you a Cousin Gamer?

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Sonic the Hedgehog - Sonic frowns into the camera
Sonic star Ben Schwartz answers our shadow questions
Movies

The trilogy is complete.

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Two Elden Ring player characters who look suspiciously like Shrek and Fiona from the Dreamworks Shrek franchise look out at a fantastical vista. Shrek is holding a greatsword.
The Elden Ring seamless co-op mod makes it easy to play with friends
Polygon Archives

Everything else is still hard

Messmer from Shadow of the Erdtree, the cloth of his cloak very bright red against a desaturated background.
Elden Ring’s secret weapon is cloth
Video

It’s the culmination of FromSoftware’s obsession with cloth physics

Big furry guy with a big sword in front of a mountain
What makes a greatsword great?
Analysis

Carrying its weight means making sacrifices

Kasuyz slams his fist into his hand while lightning courses through his body in Tekken 8
Tekken 8 is a great Tekken game, but that might not be enough
Reviews

Smart new mechanics combine with a lackluster cast

A blocky, low-poly infantryman carrying a rifle runs in the foreground. In the background, several more similarly shaped soldiers run from an explosion
Battlebit Remastered is the second coming of Battlefield: Bad Company
Reviews

Slick mechanics and sim-like systems combine in this deceptively deep sandbox shooter

Peppino Spaghetti, a stout cartoon pizza chef poses dramatically alongside a cast of unusual friends, including two large sentient pineapples in sunglasses.
Pizza Tower is paradise for Wario freaks
Reviews

A frantic, fantastic retro platformer that goes above and beyond its inspirations

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Polygon employees Simone de Rochefort and Samit Sarkar share a victorious high five as Patrick Gill looks on approvingly. They are standing behind a newly constructed PC with its side panels removed. A monitor on the table shows the PC’s BIOS screen, indicating that it is working— in theory.
We built a PC live on Twitch
Video

It even booted up!

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king from tekken
How to get into fighting games without losing your mind
Video

A gentle shove into the punch pool

A skull-faced figure festooned with grenades and trinkets stands in front of two golden AK-47 rifles as green smoke mushrooms from oversized soda cans.
How Call of Duty turned war into a profitable circus
Video

Welcome to the Military Entertainment Complex

Margit, is a hairy, beastly man with a cluster of goat-like horns growing from his head. He clutches a wooden can in his right hand and leers at the camera.
What’s up with Margit?
Video

An examination of Elden Ring’s overpowered gatekeeper

a mid 30s white male stands in a suburban lawn with his hands on his hips. Behind him, the phrase “dad games” is drawn on a house.
I reviewed a bunch of dad games and now I’m sad
Video

What’s better than this?

A gray-haired and gray-bearded martial artist in Sifu
Sifu would be a blast, if it could get out of its own way
Reviews

Bad Teacher

YouTube user xKorellx pours a can of Game Fuel down the sink
The Halo 3 Game Fuel fandom is dying
Halo

A eulogy for Mountain Dew’s forgotten flavor

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