When I first saw Despot’s Game  I immediately thought of Smash TV—you know, that ancient arcade game that vaguely resembled the Running Man movie. Okay, that’s a lot of 80’s […]

As we’ve established, there was a lot to see and do this past weekend at Wizard World Chicago 2021. We’ve been keeping you up to date on everything we saw […]

Even in years past, Wizard World Chicago has seemed simultaneously long and short, with long days filled with panels, merch, cosplay and after parties. It seemed like we’d just gotten […]

I love rhythm games. They’re definitely one of my favorite genres to just sit back with and relax–even despite their ocassional intensity. Even games like Beat Saber have a calming, […]

I played a lot of Bubble Bobble on NES when I was very little. It was one of my first introductions to simultaneous two player co-op, and it’s a game […]

I’m a huge fan of atmospheric first person shooters, but lately the trend of single player shooters has seemed to diminish a bit. Instead, most first person games are either […]

I played Darksiders 3 when it was released on Playstation 4 back in 2018. I am a big fan of the series and was excited to play a new member […]

Though Sunday is oft considered a winding down period, this year’s Sunday crowd was dressed to the nines in great cosplay. [soliloquy id=”99439″] Enjoy the fruits of their labor and […]

What little I know about the universe of Dune is limited to one read-through of the first Frank Herbert novel long ago and a couple viewings of David Lynch’s 1984 […]

The Chicago International Film Festival is well underway, with screenings happening at venues around the city and a full slate of films available via the Festival’s virtual platform, too. Through […]

I love co-op games, especially of the four player variety.  I spent a lot of time playing Left 4 Dead, which is the game that invented the formula. Originally developed […]

We spent much of our day in panels at Wizard World Chicago on Saturday. There was a long list of programming that included fandoms that ran the gamut from Outlander […]