I grew up playing all sorts of first person shooters because of Doom—so I’m obviously happy that the Doom franchise is alive and well, and still inspiring games outside of […]

I searched Glitchpunk’s Steam page for any reference to early Grand Theft Auto games, specifically the first two, but I’m surprised to find no mention. That’s because, if you’re at […]

The phenomenon of slow TV is somewhat recent—who knew that people would enjoy watching mundane things like fires burning or the countryside from inside of a train. Video games have […]

I’m a huge fan of cooperative multiplayer games. I love brawlers and action role-playing games, especially if you can play them with friends, either locally or online.  Blightbound looked like […]

Halloween is technically still a little ways off, but it’s never too early to get into the spooky spirit. Video games, in my opinion, have a way of making you […]

There’s nothing quite like couch competitive multiplayer games. Something about sitting around with a group of people who you know while mercilessly beating them in a video game is wholesome […]

A History of the Chicago Portage: The Crossroads That Made Chicago and Helped Make America By Benjamin Sells Northwestern University Press Let me tell you: I’m a huge Chicago history […]

A common element that visual art and music share is their power to evoke an emotional response. Artists and musicians create works that not only unlock emotions, but also alter […]

In roughly the last year, the world has celebrated the past works of award-winning songwriter and performer Lin-Manuel Miranda with the filmed releases of Hamilton and In the Heights, but […]

After working almost exclusively for several years on the first two Guardians of the Galaxy movies (as well as contributing in no small part to the last couple Avengers movies […]

In case you missed it, check out our interview with City of Gangsters developers SomaSim. Chicago in the 1920s has a sort of mythical quality to it, and has been […]

I’ve played a lot of platformers and puzzle platformers over the years—and while I definitely got sick of platformers when I was younger, I’ve been finding myself craving a good […]