I’ve been a huge fan of the NeoGeo Pocket Color releases for Nintendo Switch. I never had a Pocket Color when I was younger, so I missed out on its […]

Visual novels have enjoyed steadily popularity despite their somewhat niche status—they’re not quite novels, but they’re not exactly fast paced enough to be adopted by the mainstream. Still, there have […]

Gloam Collective wears its influence on their sleeve with their new Early Access title Bravery Network Online; a Pokemon-esque turned based RPG with a style and flair that surpasses the […]

When COVID-19 closed taprooms and cancelled festivals, I looked for ways to still engage with Chicago’s craft beer scene. I therefore decided to finally work my way through The Complete Beer […]

Completing a feature film is no small task for any artist, from an independent drama to a superhero blockbuster. From script to production to editing and final touches, crafting a […]

From the writer/director of the supremely strong and naturalistic First Girl I Loved, Kerem Sanga, comes another work about a romance that seems fated not to work, with far more […]

Another offering this week that features shitty people doing shitty things to less fortunate people is writer/director J Blakeson’s I Care A Lot, in which Rosamund Pike plays professional, court-appointed […]

The latest from writer/director John Swab (Run with the Hunted), Body Brokers opens with a statement about the Affordable Care Act made in the law that health insurance companies must […]

There are several films out this week about people who made a lot of money finding loopholes (usually legal, but not always) in the system and exploiting them (see also: […]

Although it has been a while since I’ve revisited the 1945 David Lean adaptation of Noël Coward’s play Blithe Spirit, I’ve always counted it as one of my favorite early […]

Ever since I read the first book in the Boxcar Children series back in elementary school, I’ve liked the idea of being a resourceful survivor–finding a way to survive a […]

I absolutely love asymmetrical multiplayer games.  Some of my best memories are in Evolve with my friends. Despite some similar monsters, Monstrum 2 isn’t Evolve, nor does it try to […]