It’s the scariest week in Chicago as we still wait to see the final results of the Presidential election! While that will likely continue on for while, so will these […]

Sometimes, it’s good to be the bad guy. I think my first experience with playing as “the big bad” was 1997’s Dungeon Keeper. In it, you play as an evil […]

Competitive real-time strategy gaming is beyond me. I grew up playing real-time strategy, but in a realm where winning is determined by actions per minute on a highly competitive stage, […]

With the new console generation quickly approaching, cloud gaming isn’t the biggest attention-getter. That’s why, perhaps, I’m not seeing a ton of coverage on Amazon Luna and its accompanying controller. […]

Part 2 of Two Parts. Read Part 1 here. Like the rest of the world, Atlantic Monthly Press and Northwestern University historian Carl Smith weren’t planning on COVID-19. But that’s […]

The 2020 election cycle has already broken multiple records in the Chicagoland area, and once all the votes are counted, could set a few others.  The Chicago Board of Election […]

Hide and seek is something we’re all familiar with—it’s probably one of the games everyone plays at least once in their childhood. Witch It doesn’t need much explanation in that […]

Ah, the days of being young, awkward, and looking for love. We all make dumb, awkward choices that will be fond memories—or haunt us for the rest of our lives. […]

Part 1 of Two Parts. Carl Smith’s Chicago’s Great Fire, published in August by Atlantic Monthly Press, is an important book of Chicago history, and a rousing crackerjack work that’s […]

The Dirt series is probably my favorite racing franchise. Not only are there  high quality versions coming out of Codemaster every other year or so, you can get them in […]

Guest author: Alex Orona Torchlight is a popular isometric action RPG series that has gained a cult following since its inception in the days of the Xbox 360. Now with […]

I love when video games shuck off normalcy and embrace ideas that might be considered avant-garde. Non-traditional storytelling, heavily stylized graphics, and experimental gameplay are great because they shift what […]