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Review: A Plague Tale: Innocence is Beautiful, Horrifying, Poignant

Minor spoilers follow: You can tell when a game is made with passion, and A Plague Tale: Innocence just oozes that feeling. Developer Asobo Studio, developer of 2016’s ReCore, has […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • May 22, 2019
    • Game , Games & Tech , Preview

    Review: Days Gone is a Long, Slow Burn That is Surprisingly Good

      Very minor story spoilers follow: When I first saw the announcement for Days Gone at last year’s E3, I immediately thought, “why do we need this game?” I mean, […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • May 16, 2019
    • Game , Games & Tech , Preview

    Preview: Halo and Portal Meet in Splitgate: Arena Warfare

    If there’s one thing I prefer not to do, it’s defining a game as “X game meets Y game” because it implies a game isn’t original. Saying that Rage 2 […]

  • James Brod
  • May 13, 2019
    • Game , Games & Tech , Review

    Review: Sniper Elite V2‘s Upgraded Visuals Don’t Hide Clunky Controls

    Sniper Elite V2 was originally released in 2012 to decent critical reception. Rebellion’s sequel to their 2005 Sniper Elite puts you in the shoes of a badass American sniper who […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • May 13, 2019
    • Game , Games & Tech , Review , Tabletop

    Review:John Carter of Mars Delivers on its High Adventure Promise with this Great Roleplaying Game

    I only heard of John Carter and his adventures on Barsoom during the promotional campaign for the 2012 movie. It was a shock to me to discover that there was […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • April 25, 2019
    • Game , Games & Tech , Review

    Review:World War Z Has Impressive Number of Zombies, Little Else

      Left 4 Dead has always been, to me, one of the golden standards for co-op shooters. It has a great formula, which has been copied successfully over the years […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • April 23, 2019
    • Event , Game , Games & Tech , Round-Up

    Game Over! Day 3 of Games at C2E2: DePaul E-Sports, and Nolan North Finish Off This Year’s Con

    That’s it. C2E2’s over. It’s cos-played out, but if you missed it—or any day—we have a recap of what we saw while were there. And this year was so jammed […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • March 25, 2019
    • Event , Feature , Game , Games & Tech , Round-Up , Tabletop

    Games at C2E2 Day 2: Pac-Man vs. The Chicago River, How to (Not) Suck at Tabletop Storytelling, and More

    Saturday at C2E2 was absolutely bonkers. It was packed to the brim on the show floor, and every panel seemed to fill up. Games continue to be an important part […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • March 24, 2019
    • Game , Games & Tech , Preview , Technology

    Google Reveals Stadia at GDC, Aims to Bring Powerful Cloud-Based Gaming to All

    Cloud-based game streaming isn’t a new idea, but it has been implemented to mixed results over the years.  Cloud-based game streaming services mean that you don’t have to have a […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • March 19, 2019
    • Art & Museums , Event , Game , Games & Tech , Installation

    Polymorphism: Queer Encounters of Intimacy in Games Continues Through April at VGA Gallery

    If love or sex comes up in a video game, it’s often the muscle-bound male protagonist bedding buxom women. Some games even have an accompanying minigame to put you in […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • March 12, 2019
    • Event , Game , Games & Tech , Preview , Previews

    Preview: Bit Bash to ‘TAKEOVER’ Emporium Logan Square with Four Locally Developed Indie Games

      Love indie games? Want to play some indie games that have been developed right here in Chicago? Well, Bit Bash and Emporium Arcade Bar Logan Square is giving you […]

  • Antal Bokor
  • March 12, 2019
    • Art & Museums , Event , Events , Game , Games & Tech , Interview , Interviews , Lit , Live lit events , Museum

    VGA Limned the Video Star—Interview with Tiffany Funk of the Video Game Art Reader

    What’s the status of art in state of the art video games? Do pixelated citizens have a sense of aesthetics? Will we find a Van Gogh or Basquiat skin among […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • March 7, 2019
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