Review: Strobophagia Lacks Substance
I love trippy, experimental games. Strangeness doesn’t deter me from enjoying a good game, and is even a refreshing change of pace from the mainstream. Video game art exhibits and […]
Review: Family Drama Let Him Go Sees Kevin Costner and Diane Lane on a Mission to Reclaim their Grandson
Taking a B-movie plot and fusing it with A-level heart and performances, the suspense drama Let Him Go is exactly the type of film we need right now, with its […]
Review: Documentarian Frederick Wiseman Returns with Masterful City Hall, an Immersive Exploration of Municipal Machinations
For as long as I’ve been doing this movie review thing (more than 20 years), I’ve been reviewing a new documentary by Frederick Wiseman (National Gallery; Ex Libris: New York […]
Review: Steeped in Norwegian Myth, Mysterious Mortal Should Be Getting More Attention
I’m not sure how it’s possible Mortal, the new film by Norwegian filmmaker André Øvredal (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, and Trollhunter), isn’t […]
Book Review: The Right Amount of Daring: How to Walk on Water by Rachel Swearingen
By Allison Manley How to Walk on Water by Rachel Swearingen New American Press It’s energizing to pick up a short story collection, knowing almost nothing about it, and finding yourself […]
Review:Mobius Front ‘83 Taps Into the Cold War Era, Fails to Be Fun
There are some reviews that are just hard for me to write. When so many pieces of a game comes this close to being great, but when they’re all put […]
Review: Neo Noir Chicken Police Is a Delight
It’s New Year’s Eve, and you’re a washed-up detective. You’re 121 days until retirement—but it feels like an eternity slowly ticking away. When you step into your office, you’re met […]
Your #StaytheFHome Chicago Curated Weekend: 11/5 and Beyond
It’s the scariest week in Chicago as we still wait to see the final results of the Presidential election! While that will likely continue on for while, so will these […]
Review: Iratus: Lord of the Dead and Wrath of the Necromancer
Sometimes, it’s good to be the bad guy. I think my first experience with playing as “the big bad” was 1997’s Dungeon Keeper. In it, you play as an evil […]
Preview: Co-Op RTS Dwarfheim Has Potential
Competitive real-time strategy gaming is beyond me. I grew up playing real-time strategy, but in a realm where winning is determined by actions per minute on a highly competitive stage, […]
Review: Amazon Luna Has a Secret Weapon
With the new console generation quickly approaching, cloud gaming isn’t the biggest attention-getter. That’s why, perhaps, I’m not seeing a ton of coverage on Amazon Luna and its accompanying controller. […]
Q&A: COVID-19 and the Blaze—Carl Smith and the Great Chicago Fire, Part 2
Part 2 of Two Parts. Read Part 1 here. Like the rest of the world, Atlantic Monthly Press and Northwestern University historian Carl Smith weren’t planning on COVID-19. But that’s […]