Preview: Hokko Life Promises a Relaxing Adventure
2020 was definitely the year of Animal Crossing. It was the perfect storm of New Horizon’s release and a pandemic keeping everyone inside their homes, living out fantasies with their […]
Review: Puzzle Bobble: Vacation Odyssey Brings a New Dimension to Familiar Gameplay
I grew up playing Bubble Bobble on the NES, so I have a special place in my heart for the bubble popping dino duo, and always enjoyed the more thoughtful […]
Review: Practical Gore and Sheer Audacity Make Skull: The Mask A Highly Watchable Horror Film
My knowledge of Brazilian genre films is…we’ll call it limited. But after watching the latest from writers/director Armando Fonseca and Kapel Furman (2016’s Uptake Fear), I’m game for just about […]
Review: Take to the Skies in Iron Harvest–Operation Eagle DLC
As you can see I really liked Iron Harvest. It felt like an old school real time strategy game made modern. It didn’t hurt that the gameplay consists of a mix […]
Your #StaytheFHome Curated Weekend: 5/27 and Beyond
It’s another week closer to a fuller reopening of the city! More venues are opening up now with limited capacity, shows scheduled for the near future, and a new normal […]
Review: Heroes of the Inner Sphere Releases Alongside Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries As it Finally Hits Steam
When Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries released as an Epic Games Store exclusive at the end of 2019, there were a lot of fans who were anticipating a Steam release left with […]
Review: Disney Aims to Create a Following for Cruella; Barely Manages More than Great Costumes
On the surface, there’s nothing terribly objectionable about the idea to make a film centered on the villain of Disney’s classic animated feature One Hundred and One Dalmatians. Cruella De Vil […]
Review: Very Very Valet Is Only One ‘Very’ Worth of Good
It is very very easy to see what makes Very Very Valet special. Following in the footsteps of predecessors like Overcooked, Stretchers and Moving Out, it uses a well […]
Preview: An Enigmatic Package Might Be a Hint to Dying Light 2’s Release Date
[soliloquy id=”90402″] The original Dead Island and Dying Light devs, Techland, have been rekindling the hype for their delayed first person zombie-meets-parkour sequel, Dying Light 2. If you’re dying […]
Review: Bisa Butler: Portraits Are Brilliantly Complex and Emotive
It felt like no coincidence that I found myself in the Art Institute’s Bisa Butler exhibit the same day I had wandered through Monet and Chicago. To view Butler’s amazing […]
Review: Creative, Colorful and Strange, Biomutant Is Unique But Familiar
Video games, like any form of media, have evolved over the years. You can almost tell what games came from what generation/era based purely on aesthetics and sensibility. Biomutant feels […]
Review: Bach Week Festival Made a Fine Return to In-person Performance
In the 2019-2020 concert season, the classical music world was absorbed in Beethoven250, the celebration of the 250th anniversary of that master’s birth. As the calendar flipped from February to […]