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 […]
Preview: Friday’s Logan Playtest Party 2018 Offers a Great Way to Get Into Chicago’s Games Scene
We in the Games & Tech section are advocates for games–whether that’s encouraging writers and readers to see games as art, explore across game genres or become part of […]
Review: Bad Dream: Fever is a Sometimes Clever, Unsettling Adventure
Have you ever played one of those games that was haunting, but not in overtly scary way? Something that just makes you feel uneasy, without the jump scares? Bad Dream: […]
Review: Fallout 76 is a Fun, Buggy Mess
I’ve spent a lot of time in Fallout 76’s Appalachia. There has been something extremely absorbing about Bethesda’s latest entry into the long running series. It’s the buggiest AAA release […]
Review: Hitman 2 Lets Anyone Become a Super Assassin Without Making It Easy
Hitman 2 is a stealth video game developed by IO Interactive. A sequel to 2016’s Hitman, Hitman 2 follows Agent 47 as he assassinates targets, including one referred to as the “Shadow […]
Review: Tetris Effect Shines Brightest in VR, but Respects Tetris Legacy
The effect for which the latest Tetris title Tetris Effect is named is one that I’m very familiar with. It refers to the sort of image burn that can exist […]
Review: Battlefield V Lacks Identity, Still Manages to be Fun
I’ve been playing the Battlefield series since its inception. It was released in the heyday of World War 2 shooters and had a heavy influence on grand battle-type shooters. Now […]
Review: Diablo III Eternal Collection Brings Six Years of Diablo To Nintendo Switch
Developer Blizzard Entertainment has recently come under some fire for their announcement of Diablo Immortal: a mobile Diablo game that invoked the ire of fans wishing for a more traditional […]
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 […]
Review: Red Dead Redemption 2 is the Video Game Embodiment of the Great American Novel
Developer Rockstar Games doesn’t need an introduction—if you haven’t heard of them directly, you’re certainly aware of either the controversy they have stirred up, or the acclaim they’ve […]
Preview: Fallout 76 is Still Fallout, Surprisingly Fun
In retrospect, my initial impressions (or non-impressions) of the Fallout 76 B.E.T.A. may have been a little biased. Fallout 76 didn’t really seem like something I wanted when it was […]