Your #StaytheFHome Chicago Curated Weekend: 6/18 and Beyond
Tons of locations are open with limited service but many venues will remain closed for the foreseeable future and we need to remember to continue being safe this weekend and […]
Review: With Empathy and Sensitivity, Seahorse Intimately Follows a Trans Pregnancy
With certain species of seahorse, the males give birth; with others, they have both male and female reproductive organs; still others can change gender depending on reproductive needs. None of […]
Riot Fest Postpones This Year’s Festival, But Reveals The First Wave for 2021
It was inevitable, but Riot Fest has joined the ranks of Pitchfork Music Festival, Lollapalooza and countless other amazing festivals that have had to postpone their annual gathering due to […]
Review: Japanese Fighter Samurai Shodown is Finally on PC
Hell yes, Samurai Shodown is finally on PC. Released on every major platform so far, including Nintendo Switch and showing up as one of Stadia’s Pro launch titles, it’s about […]
Preview: Cut Ships Down into Salvage in Sci-Fi Hardspace:Shipbreaker
Science fiction is rarely mundane. Usually, it’s about what makes us human, some evil empire that must be brought down—or really, any number of stories that deal with deep philosophical […]
Book Review: South Side Chick Lit, Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West
Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West Park Row Books, 312 pages, $27.99 In the closing pages of Catherine Adel West’s Saving Ruby King, two men and two women can […]
Review: RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 is back on Steam, and Now on Switch—Nostalgia Not Required
The RollerCoaster Tycoon name may have been tarnished by more recent releases—I’m looking at you RollerCoaster Tycoon 4, RollerCoaster Tycoon World and RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures—but Planet Coaster seems to be […]
Preview: Epic RPG The Waylanders Featuring Real-Time with Pause in Early Access Tomorrow
The Dragon Age series is loved by many, but even its fans know that Dragon Age: Origins has never been able to be reproduced. The Waylanders is perhaps the closest […]
Review: Summer in Mara is an Escape into Paradise
These have been some dark days. 2020 has been, for a lot of us, a pretty crappy year. I think that’s why games like Animal Crossing have been so popular. […]
Kill Yr Idols—A Chicago History of Statue Desecration, Part 2
Part 1 of this article can be found here. The original inspiration for this article came from a reference in the WPA Guide to Illinois, created by the Federal Writers’ Project. One […]
Kill Yr Idols—A Chicago History of Statue Desecration, Part 1
Note: As a pleasant side effect of the BLM protests, several statues of slavers, traitors, and genocidal invaders have been defaced, toppled, or removed from public view worldwide. Thus far, […]
Review: Words, Family and Grief at the Center of Charming Sometimes Always Never
On the shortlist of actors who I’ll watch in pretty much anything, Bill Nighy is near the top. Effortlessly charming and dryly funny, he consistently brings a warmth and wit […]