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 powerful console […]
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 control of […]
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 that chance. […]
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 the boogying […]
Video games are art. I think I can say that authoritatively since great organizations like the Video Game Art Gallery go to lengths to approach these works in a scholarly way. This […]
I’ve run into Ape Out at a few indie gaming event around Chicago for the last year or so. I first remember running into it when I first covered Bit Bash way […]
I’ve always had a soft spot for post-apocalyptic games, no matter what form they take. There’s just something about Earth after civilization that makes a really interesting video game setting for me. […]
Toejam and Earl are video game icons. Everyone I know that played games in the 90’s knows who they are, even if they never played one of their titles. After not having […]
Plot spoilers follow: Far Cry New Dawn is here with little fanfare. After the extremely disappointing ending of Far Cry 5, I thought I would be done with my love for Far […]
Subnautica Below Zero has been one of my most anticipated releases this year. The standalone expansion to Subnautica—the widely acclaimed narratively driven survival game that landed a spot on our best of […]
The Nintendo Switch has increasingly been home to some unforgettable games from the past. Whether that’s with things like Nintendo’s Nintendo Entertainment System on Nintendo Switch Online or with the porting of […]
Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes is the third game in the No More Heroes series of action-adventure hack-and-slash games, developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and headed by Goichi “Suda 51” Suda. Travis […]
