Some may argue that gameplay usurps every other aspect of a game. If there isn’t good gameplay, the game isn’t good despite any other factors: story, soundtrack, etc. etc. I […]

I’ve been finding myself under the sea a lot lately. It scares me, the thought of all of that water above me—a complete stranger in an inhospitable environment, surrounded by […]

We’re entering the latter half of summer and it’s been a great one so far! So many excellent festival have comand gone and there are still a few left before […]

[soliloquy id=”33756″]  How does House of Vans do what they do? I thought to myself as I watched concertgoers flood into the House of Vans concert venue, housed in a […]

En el Séptimo Día (On the Seventh Day) is set in the summer of 2016, and in a way, this timing—recent as it may be—is a small grace as we spend […]

By Adam Prestigiacomo News last month regarding plans to restore the Uptown Theatre came as a welcome surprise to Chicagoans and cinema lovers nationwide. It was hailed by theater enthusiasts […]

O.K., I’ll admit upfront that headline is a bit histrionic. But The Phonographs don’t shy away from hyperbole. Anyone who drops Big Star and The Redwalls in their pitch to […]

Every once in a while you get to see a work of theater that seems as if it could reinvent the form. Manual Cinema is a Chicago-based company that has […]

It seems like it has been a while since a really effective documentary has struck fear in me for the future of our country on an issue that, on the […]

One thing was clear and frankly, obvious from the get-go at Wednesday evening’s mayoral forum – none of Rahm Emanuel’s nine challengers have much good to say about him. Residents […]

Way back when the Wii was at the height of popularity, third party games were fighting for shelf space. Many of those games have since fallen to obscurity, but there […]

Festival and markets, concerts and art shows, beer and more beer. There is so much happening in Chicago this weekend it would be a shame to miss out on some […]