We all know the Mag Mile, but you may not be as familiar with the Wild Mile, a planned floating eco-park that will be located on the North Branch Canal of the […]
Urban Rivers Launches Podcast to Engage and Educate
Review: Night Call Has a Cool Style, but Eventually Overstays its Welcome
What indie games often lack in production value, they can make up for in style. Night Call, is a perfect example of this. The dialogue is communicated only via text and the visuals […]
Review: Suzi Q Is the Little Known, Fascinating Story of ’70s Rocker Suzi Quatro
I’ve said this before, but I love music documentaries. Before it was unceremoniously canceled this year, I used to go to the SXSW Film Festival and relish in the abundance of music-themed […]
Review: In The Outpost, War is Hell, a Brutal Devil in the Vivid Details
I’ve never had a particular affinity for war movies, but the ones I tend to appreciate the most are those that feel honest and authentic about the way people behave during wartime, […]
MCA Farmers Market: Art for Art’s Sake, Honey for God’s Sake
After a delay caused by the COVID-19 restrictions, the Tuesday SOAR Farmers Market on the plaza outside the Museum of Contemporary Art opened for the summer last week. And with the precautions […]
Your #StaytheFHome Chicago Curated Weekend: 7/2 and Beyond
It’s 4th of July weekend and while tons of locations are open with limited service, we need to remember to continue being safe this weekend and beyond. So if you’re going out […]
Preview: Ultra Fast, Ultra Violent ULTRAKILL is Silky Smooth
Developed by Arsi “Hakita” Patala and published by New Blood Interactive, known for publishing other 90s inspired shooters like Dusk and Amid Evil, ULTRAKILL fuses the SSStylish point systems of games like Devil May Cry with the […]
Book Review: Springsteen as Soundtrack Reveals the Singer/Songwriter as Auteur
Springsteen as Soundtrack By Caroline Madden McFarland Books, 2020 242 pp Caroline Madden is a film reviewer and fellow Bruce Springsteen fan. She has written a critical analysis of how Springsteen’s music […]
Review: After a Long Vermintide 2 Hiatus, the Grail Knight Brought Me Back
For years I’ve been playing video games with friends—it’s always been our way of hanging out across the thousands of miles that separate us. For a long time, Vermintide 2 was our […]
Review: Waking is a Nightmare
Video games have been trying to tackle mental health more and more lately. Games like Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice not only did the research to get it right, but was able to carry […]
Preview: Eternal Hope is a Sorrowful Tale with Promise
I absolutely loved Limbo when it first released, and was dazzled and disturbed by Inside. There have been many copycats to the particular style of puzzle platformer that Playdead created, which I’m […]
Review: The Last of Us Part II is a Technical Marvel with a Draining Story
As one of the premier studios in video games, any time Naughty Dog releases a game it’s an occasion. The Uncharted series is incredibly popular, but their 2013 game The Last of […]
