Chicago is currently fully reopened and a new normal is now rapidly coming as in-person events begin to overtake the digital ones (having both as an option would be cool). […]

It was the original Mirror’s Edge that convinced me that first person games can be about movement as they are about combat—or even more so. There was a time when […]

I’ve been a sucker for the Sniper Elite games for about a decade now. I’m especially fond of the Zombie Army games, but I’m definitely partial to Sniper Elite’s brand […]

We’re inching closer and closer to the release of Jyroscope latest EP, Happy Medium. The hip-hop group consisting of I.B. Fokuz, Collasoul Structure and DJ Seanile are collaborating with producer […]

Although technically the long-delayed Black Widow film is said to be the first chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase Four, I find it interesting that everything Marvel has put […]

One Sunday afternoon a number of years ago I found a finger puppet lying outside Maclean House, the former dormitory (now apartments) named in honor of the late Norman Maclean, […]

Most gamers want games that are solid: no bugs, no jankiness, just great gameplay mechanics and solid presentation. But sometimes it’s fun to play a game that’s ridiculously janky. I’m […]

I’m a sucker for CRPGs, and one of the first games that got me into them was Fallout and its sequel Fallout 2. While the 3D first person continuation of […]

There seems to have been an established way to set up deckbuilding games. I think many developers were taking cues from each other, and especially from massively addictive Slay the […]

I have to admit: I came into Bang-On Balls: Chronicles with lowered expectations. Maybe it was the inexplicable internet Countryball or Polandball meme. This wouldn’t be the first Polandball game, […]

In past years, the Grant Park Music Festival’s Independence Day Salute came a few weeks into its outdoor season. While rich in nostalgia and patriotic sentiment, the concert had become […]

Chicago is known for its public art and you usually find it in high-traffic areas like Michigan Avenue or on Loop office building plazas. But this summer, we suggest you […]