Game Review: Celeste – Anxiety, Strawberries and Speedrunning
Developer Matt Makes Games, best known for their debut hit Towerfall, have captured the tight controls and pixel art that made their first game so popular- and packaged it in […]
Artists Connect: Bit Bash – Interactive Influence at Art Institute
Some may argue that video games don’t have a place amongst world famous works of art, but on Thursday night at the Art Institute we got to experience just that […]
Joysticks and Lightsabers: A Personal History with Star Wars Games
When the The Last Jedi was announced at the end of 2016, I thought I was pretty much done with Star Wars. I liked The Force Awakens well enough, but […]
Game Review: Subnautica Succeeds with a Sea Of Mysteries, Terrors
Subnautica has been in development for over four years, and has been in Steam’s Early Access program for nearly as long. With it, Unknown Worlds Entertainment, best known for their […]
Five Apps To Keep You Healthy and Motivated in 2018
The first month of 2018 is already ending, and ending with it are so many failed New Year’s resolutions. Whether it’s tools to help you track calories, apps that make […]
Van Gogh and Video Games: Art Institute and Bit Bash To Collaborate Thursday
Manet, Monet, Van Gogh, Dali…Mario? Worlds are about to collide in a unique and wonderful way at the Art Institute of Chicago and Bit Bash’s collaborative event, Artists Connect: Bit Bash- Interactive Influence. […]
Game Review: Innerspace Fails to Stay Aloft
Innerspace by PolyKnight Games is a game about peaceful exploration through a beautiful, mysterious world. You play as a nameless cartographer – a sort of AI inhabiting an ancient machine […]
Five of Our Favorite Reveals from CES 2018
Record breaking rains in Las Vegas last week dampened the annual Consumer Electronics Show and even sent it into a blackout for a short while. Despite the weather, this […]
Six of 3CR’s Favorite Games You May Have Missed in 2017
When we look back at the gaming landscape of 2017, what will we see? Will it be the turning point for Nintendo with smash hits like Zelda: Breath of the […]
Game Review: Hand of Fate 2 Deals Out Unique, Exciting Card Game and Combat
The original Hand of Fate was a fun mashup of a deck-building style trading card game meshed with combat reminiscent of the Batman Arkham series. In practice Hand of […]
Game Review: Far from Noise Offers Poignant Contemplation
I first came across George Batchelor’s Far from Noise during this year’s Bit Bash. I never got to experience the game hands on, as it seemed to have a constant […]
There Was Great Local Talent at Logan Theatre’s Playtest Party 2017
Last Friday the usually spacious Logan Theatre Lounge was packed with local game designers and developers eager to show off their prototypes. Hosted by the Logan Theatre and the Nerdologues […]