They may not realize it at the time, but putting together a LEGO set can lead kids to professional opportunity. The three-year-old nonprofit supports robotics education for students throughout the ...

In the midst of barroom chaos during Valve's party in downtown San Francisco last night, I pulled Team Fortress 2 director Robin Walker aside for a short impromptu chat. Highlights? How about a TF2 ...

The latest patch to Team Fortress 2 introduced some very mysterious mechanics--primarily, the addition of a 50-slot "backpack" to store items, and a new slot for headgear to accompany the traditional ...

The story of Half-Life 2: Episode Two, released in 2007, finally picks up again in Half-Life: Alyx, released in 2020. That’s a 13-year wait between entries in the series, and Polygon had a simple ...

You need a virtual reality headset to play Half-Life: Alyx. For now. But PC games end up in places that are often very far from where they began, and no one knows this better than Valve’s Robin Walker ...

Team Fortress 2 is shaping up to be one of the multiplayer PC games of the year (providing it comes out in this one, obviously). In and around our recent playtest, we were able to ask designer Robin ...

Robin Walker cranks out portraits in less time than it takes to get a meal at most fast-food restaurants. It takes Walker between five and 15 minutes per portrait, so the chairs in front of his kiosk ...

There’s an unmistakably classic sensibility to Robin Walker’s songwriting. Her versatile voice is central to the appeal of each of these songs, but like her creative use of ukulele in crafting ...

Everybody knows that Mondays suck, but Tuesdays? Tuesdays are the best! You’ve gotten over the shock of another weekend ending and you’re realizing that the next weekend is just four days away — three ...