I love indie games–there’s a freedom in storytelling and game mechanics in most indie titles that you don’t often see in more mainstream games. It doesn’t mean that every indie is a […]
Ever since I was a kid I’ve had a bit of an obsession with nuclear apocalypse and catastrophe. It’s no wonder, then, that I was a bit of a nerd about the […]
A film that debuted a year ago at Fantastic Fest is finally making its way to Shudder this week, but in that year, co-writers/directors David Charbonier and Justin Powell have already put […]
Algerian-born actress Sofia Boutella has had many occupations in her nearly 20-year career. After years of training in nearly every style of dance, her big break came when she was discovered by […]
In the new Netflix film from director/co-writer Peter Thorwarth, Blood Red Sky, two things become eminently clear early on: there are hijackers onboard a redeye flight from Germany to America; and there’s […]
I wasn’t big into horror in my childhood years–maybe it’s because I’m easily scared. Even so though, when The Blair Witch Project came out, I saw it. Hardly anyone didn’t go for […]
Landscapes of Hope: Nature and the Great Migration in Chicago By Brian McCammack Harvard University Press For African Americans who took part in the Great Migration in the first half of the […]
I love a good underdog story, and I love a good adventure—and it looks like The Forgotten City meets at the intersection of that combination. Made by a core three person development […]
Antonin Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, op. 95—better known as The New World Symphony—was the featured piece at this past weekend’s Grant Park Music Festival. The Grant Park Orchestra performed this well-loved piece, […]
I love rhythm games, and played a whole lot of Guitar Hero and Rock Band growing up. It was a little sad when the Rock Band house party stopped being a thing, […]
The Orcs Must Die! Series has been around since all the way back during the Xbox Live Arcade Days, and even on one of the earliest streaming services: OnLive—which I found as […]
Trap Door Theatre’s new production, And Away We Stared, is an example of “devised theater,” a mode of expression that’s been popular in the theater community for years. It‘s a process that […]
