The sun is starting to rise a little later, but there’s still plenty of summer to enjoy! This weekend especially is full of festivals, concerts, and art waiting for you […]

Often I come across games that are trying to emulate the style of older games by using pixel art, chiptune soundtracks, and other retro-like devices to capture that old school […]

Illinois AG Madigan Files Suit Alleging Trump Tower Violates Clean Water Laws Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed suit against the operators of Trump International Hotel and Tower, alleging President […]

  UPDATE: With no valid US entries, these competitions will close without any winners, unfortunately. Thanks for your interest! To all who entered this competition outside of the US: thank […]

I have personally been anticipating Chasm for years now. Originally funded on Kickstarter in 2013, Chasm promised something that, if pulled off, would make for an amazing game: a procedurally […]

Vroom Kaboom by developer Ratloop Games is pretty unique. It’s a blend of deckbuilding card game, tower defense, and physics-based car combat that hasn’t been seen before. It features lots […]

I came to the Riviera Theatre Saturday night expecting to be an impartial observer to the beginnings of late aughts nostalgia. The sentiment that began to bubble when Obama left […]

The landmark 10th anniversary of the Music Box Theatre’s Noir City Chicago kicks off on Friday, Aug. 17. A film festival made up of noir and neo-noir classics throughout film […]

It is possible for a film to be important and culturally significant without it being especially great. For me (and I’m guessing many critics) to call any film great, a […]

Chicago Police Threaten to Arrest Vic Mensa at Bud Billiken Parade Rapper Vic Mensa, who served as grand marshal of this year’s 89th annual Bud Billiken Parade, got into a […]

[soliloquy id=”34856″] In a world of typical venues where the mode of operations is as simple as stand, drink, and wait for the band, House of Vans has been doing […]

QuakeCon is the annual event for all things Bethesda and id Software, and while every year you can expect lots of deathmatch-filled esports, not every year has such high-profile reveals […]