2018 in Review: Our Favorite Video Games
2018 is now gone, so we’re going to take a look at some of our favorite games from a year full of great releases. It was a great year for […]
This Year’s Logan Playtest Party Brought Great New Games to Light
Contributing Authors: Marielle Shaw and Antal Bokor This was the second year we headed to the Logan Theatre for their annual Playtest Party and found it as packed with people […]
Blizzcon Catchup: What’s Next for all Blizzard’s Games
Blizzcon is massive, as we mentioned, and there’s tons to see and do during the convention. Whether you’re live on the floor at the Anaheim Convention Center or you’ve purchased […]
Blizzcon Round-Up: The Best and Worst of Blizzard’s Annual Con
Blizzcon, though perhaps not exactly as anticipated as San Diego Comic Con, E3 or even GamesComm, is still a huge event in the world of gaming. Blizzard Entertainment is an […]
Nintendo Dedicates Entire Direct Presentation to Super Smash Bros Ultimate, and We’re Excited
Ever since the original iteration of Super Smash Bros. was introduced for the N64 back in 1999, it’s been a big deal in the world of fighting games. It had […]
The Chicago Video Gamers Club is Great for Social Gamers
I Play Games (IPG) is an organization we’ve become familiar with at video game events around the city, from Bitbash to C2E2 and even out in Milwaukee for the Midwest Gaming […]
Review: Business Wars’ Sony/Nintendo Six-Part Series, Featuring an Interview with Author Tristan Donovan
In June of 1991, Chicago played host to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Summer Show, featuring all the latest tech—music, TVs, games and other devices. It was also the stage for […]
E3 has Officially Begun! Check Out Our Favorites From the Major E3 Presentations
The huge Electronics and Entertainment Expo’s floors open today after a weekend of exciting conferences full of announcements. Some of them, we predicted in our pre-E3 round-up, but even so, […]
Your E3 2018 Preload is Ready
The yearly Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3, is almost upon us. In fact, there has been a steady stream of hype and news about the event coming in […]
Interview: Bonus Round Game Cafe’s Drew Lovell on Opening Chicago’s First Board Game Cafe
This past Friday in Wrigleyville, it was game time. Not for the Cubs, who were still in Spring Training out in the sunshine in Arizona, but for Chicago’s first board game […]
Amazon’s Alexa is Freaking Everyone Out – Games & Tech Discusses the Alexa Laugh
If you hadn’t heard it on the internet today, the Amazon Echo’s ubiquitous smart assistant Alexa is attracting what we suspect is unwanted attention because it is….laughing at people randomly. […]
The Death of a Game: The Last Seven Days of Demon’s Souls
Demon’s Souls is dead. The massively popular cult hit hails from all the way back in 2009, but its presence has been felt in video games since. Then, on February 28th, at […]