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About Samantha Nelson
Samantha writes about movies, TV, games and comics for Polygon. Her work has also appeared in IGN, GamesRadar+, The A.V. Club and Dicebreaker. When she’s not writing about supervillains, TTRPGs and epic fantasy, she’s covering restaurants and bars for Eater Chicago and the Chicago Tribune. She lives in Amsterdam with her husband and two cats who enjoy sitting in board game boxes.
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