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Jason Venter

Contributor Since August, 2016
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Nintendo, The Legend of Zelda, PlayStation
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About Jason Venter

Jason Venter is a long-time gamer from beautiful Oregon who has spent much of his life inside playing games or writing. He contributes to Polygon to share those passions, after previously freelancing at sites like IGN, GameSpot, GamesRadar, and HonestGamers, among others.

What's your origin story?

Jason discovered video games while playing Mario Bros. and other old classics on an Apple IIe computer at the local elementary school, which led to an obsession with video games in general that persists to this day.

What's a recent obsession?

Jason spends his evenings with streaming shows like Severance and Only Murders in the Building, when he's not busy enjoying the digital movies and TV shows he collected for his home video library. Away from screens, he winds down by reading crime fiction.

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Luigi, Mario, Yoshi, and Peach fly through space in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
12 games that deserve movie or TV adaptations
Polygon Lists

There's more to the story

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A closeup of mutated Watchmen monsters, resembling monkeys with rat-like faces and tails, snarling.
Metro 2039 dev reveals how the Ukraine war led to the series' darkest game yet
Previews

No time for heroics

a Japanese man holding a wireless Super Nintendo Entertainment System controller
10 classic game series that started on the SNES
Polygon Lists

They come from a good place

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Super Mario's head on a red background
Decades before the Switch, Nintendo blurred the lines between handhelds and consoles
Nintendo

The SNES let handheld gamers experience their portable faves in a whole new way

Scalebound
10 canceled games we're still upset about years later
Polygon Lists

Best games ever from an alternate timeline

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Cyberpunk 2077
The 12 biggest gaming flops of all time
Polygon Lists

They're the bombs

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Leon Kennedy aims a pistol while explosions explode behind him in key art for the Resident Evil 4 remake.
10 forgotten games that need modern-day remakes
Polygon Lists

Well worth remembering

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Super Mario's head on a red background
The 13 most influential games of all time
Polygon Lists

The original influencers

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A cover art sample cropped from the official Famicom Disc System release of The Legend of Zelda
40 Years Later, This Is Still The Greatest Video Game Quote of All Time
Opinion

Going it alone

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Emma fights an enemy in Beast of Reincarnation.
Beast of Reincarnation's biggest hurdle is its serious difficulty problem
Opinion

Taking it (too) easy

3
Raul Batista in a white suit standing against a washed out background
The 10 most ambitious games of all time
Polygon Lists

Because bigger can be so much better

NES Classic ad screencap 1920
40 years ago, a Nintendo classic kickstarted a genre that's more popular than ever today
Analysis

A woman and her aliens

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Zirian has a sword slung over his back as he looks toward an A-frame building in some trees.
Kingdom Hearts meets Mario and Skylanders in one of the coolest new platformers in years
FYI

Remembering the old magic

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Master Chief talking to Williams during a cutscene in Halo: Campaign Evolved.
10 games to play if you liked Halo: Campaign Evolved
What to Play

The 2000s FPS never died, it's just missing in action

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beast of reincarnation sad
The Pokémon team officially returns with a brand-new game in 1 week
FYI

This beast is a beauty

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse suit in the Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales video game
The 10 best Marvel video games of all time
What to Play

They're just super!

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A screenshot of Super Mario Galaxy with Mario grabbing a star
10 games where every level is a masterpiece
What to Play

Who has time for filler?

9
Artwork from Conker: Live and Reloaded cover art shows Conker in military fatigues, holding a rifle.
10 original Xbox games Microsoft should make backward-compatible on PC
Opinion

It's time for some classics to reach a whole new audience

1
Control Resonant
25 years ago, Remedy set the stage for Control Resonant’s Manhattan setting
Max Payne

We've been here before

A closeup of Codsworth, floating in front of a ruined house in Sanctuary
10 things we want to see from Fallout 5
Polygon Lists

Make global cataclysms fun again.

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