Marielle Bokor

Long about the original demo, I excitedly watched some Ooblets gameplay. Cute pastel village, dancing anthropomorphized animal/plant things, and a card battle structure vaguely reminiscent of Slay the Spire? Sounds […]

It’s crazy to think that back in December, we were at McCormick Place for C2E2 (or CHI/IL, but …six of one) and that there will be yet another C2E2 in […]

Nature is healing. Summer is in full swing, and Lollapalooza is behind us. Fan Expo kicked off our summer convention circuit, and we, the nerds, will be returning to the […]

Day Two is already in the books for the everything old is new again Wizard World turned Fan Expo. So far, as we’ve explored the floor we’ve seen that it’s […]

What you once knew as Wizard World is now under the banner of Fan Expo, and this year’s first major Chicago area convention kicks off in just one day! Fan […]

If you’ve spent any time with Star Trek growing up or now as an adult, you’re probably aware of its central themes. Going back all the way to the original […]

Well, all good things must come to an end. As much as we’ve enjoyed ourselves at Star Trek Mission Chicago, it had to come to a close sometime. Unlike most […]

  With a convention like Star Trek: Mission Chicago the cosplay scene is a little different. And while you might think all you’d see was Starfleet uniforms, as they always […]

What a day it turned out to be at Star Trek Mission Chicago! The floor was packed and so were the panels, and with exclusive sneak peeks in abundance, fans […]

Today was the first day of the very first Star Trek Mission Chicago, and Trekkies never fail to show up in force. Doors opened to a smaller con than expected, […]

It’s been a long road getting from there to here. Conventions were one of the big parts of Chicago tourism culture that took a huge hit when COVID made its […]

It was March, 2020. We’d just finished covering C2E2 and were anticipating a return to McCormick Place for the annual International Home and Housewares Show, newly redubbed the Inspired Home […]