I’ve always had a soft spot for Rebellion’s Sniper Elite series for some reason. I always found their particular brand of sniping and stealthing to be satisfying. Imagine my surprise […]
I’ve been a fan of turn-based roleplaying games for decades now, falling in love with them around the release of Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, and was extremely pleased […]
Doom 2016 holds a special place in my heart; it was the subject of the first article I ever wrote for Third Coast Review, which you can find here, and was […]
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, adapted and illustrated by Kristina Gehrmann, translated by Ivanka Hahnenberger Ten Speed Press, 384 pages, $24.99 Kristina Gehrmann’s graphic novel version of Upton Sinclair’s 1906 […]
Several Chicago arts organizations are creating a Chicago Performing Arts Virtual Retreat on Wednesday, April 8, from 10:30am to 2pm. The purpose: to bring together performers and administrators to address […]
After Afaf’s older sister disappears one night, their family is never the same. As her mother succumbs to mental illness and her father to alcoholism, Afaf struggles to come of […]
I missed Convoy when it originally released on Steam in 2015. I don’t understand how I did, as it offered up gameplay that promised a cross between FTL and Mad […]
Push block puzzle games are probably one of the first types of puzzles I’ve ever encountered. I don’t mean just as video games, because we were pushing tiles around on […]
Third Coast Review writer Patrick T. Reardon recently published a fine piece in praise of tackling extra-long reads during the social isolation era. For those who’ve completed all the popular […]
Star Trek Adventures is a game that is near and dear to my heart. I’ve just spent the last year and some change being a gamemaster for a great group […]
As people across Chicago quarantine themselves to curb the spread of COVID-19, they realize there are only so many episodes of Tiger King to binge on. For those seeking other […]
Ah, Doom. It’s a game series that popularized, and basically invented the first person shooter genre. When 2016’s Doom came along, I wasn’t sure if it was a reboot of […]
