Brian Gilbert
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I finally unraveled Pokémon edibility
For Brian David Gilbert’s final episode of Unraveled, he answers the most requested question: which Pokémon are edible? → Read More
We created the future of sports
Brian David Gilbert teamed up with Secret Base’s Kofie Yeboah to blend together esports and traditional sports into a perfect future sport. For more Unraveled, subscribe to Polygon’s YouTube channel! → Read More
What’s next for Fall Guys, and what’s up with their anatomy?
Our NYCC panel asks: Just how canonical is the Fall Guys Twitter? → Read More
I made a ’90s dimension to fully understand Crash Bandicoot
In order to develop nostalgia for Crash Bandicoot, Brian David Gilbert created a pocket dimension in his apartment to speedrun the late ‘90s. → Read More
Why did Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 include a UN-banned booby trap?
Brian David Gilbert investigates why Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 included a “pungee pit,” which is a guerrilla warfare tactic banned by the United Nations. → Read More
I spent a year reading every Halo novel
In this Unraveled, Brian David Gilbert reads every Halo novel in order to prepare of Halo Infinite and ends up becoming the Master Chief of loneliness. → Read More
I built the perfect gamer space
Brian David Gilbert unraveled how to make the perfect PC gamer space with a little help from some sponsorship money. → Read More
I tried increasing my stamina with video game techniques
On Unraveled Brian David Gilbert researched how to increase your stamina with three video game techniques from Death Stranding, Dark Souls, and Monster Hunter. It didn’t go well. → Read More
What’s up with all these eye-hand bosses?
Nintendo loves boss battles with giant eye hands. There’s Eyerok, Knucklemaster, Gohdan, Mazaal, and more. Brian David Gilbert dives into why there might be so many of them. → Read More
When will Mario have enough coins to retire?
Mario has earned so many coins on his adventures. When will he finally have enough to sit back on the beach and retire? To help him out, Brian David Gilbert unraveled Mario’s retirement plan. → Read More
Figuring out the truth of Kirby
Kirby is both adorable and extremely powerful, so Brian David Gilbert spent a year researching the pink puffball and finally unraveled the truth. → Read More
Every piece of Waluigi lore Nintendo needs to make a game
Brian David Gilbert collected every piece of Waluigi lore into one video so that Nintendo could reference it to make a Waluigi game. → Read More
I used The Sims 4 to make my apartment perfect
In this Unraveled, Brian David Gilbert recreates his apartment in The Sims 4 in order to do an experiment. in the end, he learned how to make his living space perfect. → Read More
How to tell apart Fire Emblem’s 596 playable characters
With the release of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, the Fire Emblem series has created 596 playable characters, and they’re a bit hard to differentiate. Brian David Gilbert unraveled a way to tell them apart. → Read More
Figure out your Kojima name with my simple, 11-page worksheet
Unlike Kojima games, it’s not complex. Also you need a full set of RPG dice. → Read More
I made a new genre of music for Fallout
Brian David Gilbert thinks Fallout’s music doesn’t make sense. It hasn’t changed in over 200 years. To fix this, he unraveled a brand-new genre of music that should be heard in the wasteland. → Read More
How to calculate your pet’s HP
In this Unraveled, Brian David Gilbert uses Pokemon to determine an equation for calculating the hit points of your pet. → Read More
Do Breath of the Wild recipes taste good in real life?
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild allows Link to cook, but is he any good? In this Unraveled, Brian David Gilbert cooks every recipe in the game and ranks their heart bonuses based on how delicious they are. → Read More
What Cyberpunk 2020 can teach us about Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 is based on a tabletop RPG, Cyberpunk 2020. We know Keanu Reeves is playing Johnny Silverhand, so what else might CD Projekt Red include from the original game? → Read More
The 10 keys to a perfect E3 press conference (or drinking game)
E3 press conferences and keynotes are a theatrical wonder. Brian David Gilbert unraveled the 10 keys to make a perfect E3 showcase, and if you want to, you can use these as rules for a drinking game as we stream Xbox, Bethesda, Ubisoft, and Nintendo’s keynotes just in time for E3 2019. → Read More