Feature, Games & Tech

2020 In Review: Our Favorite Video Games of 2020

So long 2020—you were a terrible year for a lot of reasons, but a surprisingly good year for video games. Sure, there was the big letdown that was Cyberpunk 2077. […]

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Game, Games & Tech, Review

Review: Myst Enters the Age of Virtual Reality

The Quest 2 continues to impress me, so much so that it’s become the virtual reality headset that I use the most. It doesn’t outperform my Valve Index, but its […]

Antal Bokor /
Game, Games & Tech, Preview

Preview: Virtual Ricochet Is Neon Tennis with Lasers

Here we are, in a time where VR is taking its first uncertain steps. We’re going to look back on these heady days of gallery shooters like we look back […]

Antal Bokor /
Game, Games & Tech, Review

Review: Now in VR Blair Witch: Oculus Quest Edition Adds New Mechanics, But Struggles in Its Transition

  I only recently got my hands on the Oculus Quest 2. It’s an impressive little VR headset—there’s no doubt about it. I’m impressed with how much power the Quest […]

Antal Bokor /
Beyond, Event, Event, Games & Tech, Preview

Preview: St. Louis’ PixelPop Festival Features Fantastic Indie Games You Shouldn’t Miss

Summer’s fading, there’s still a pandemic out there, and if you’re like most, you’re probably wondering what you’re going to do with yourself when it’s less warm and sunny and […]

Marielle Bokor /
Game, Games & Tech, Preview

Preview: BattleGroup VR‘s Immersive Gameplay Plunges Players Into Pitched Battles

Virtual reality is a platform that hasn’t exactly fulfilled its promise. There’s a few reasons for this, both technical and physical—something I won’t get into detail on right now. But […]

Antal Bokor /
Game, Games & Tech, Review

Review: Co-Op Space Team VR Challenges the Rabble with Technobabble

Virtual reality has so much untapped potential. For the first few years, the landscape of games for VR was barren and craggy—full of tech demos masquerading as full games, with […]

Antal Bokor /
Game, Games & Tech, Review

Review: Half-Life: Alyx Transcends its Medium, is Destined to be a Classic

I used to joke that it would take the end of the world to get a new Half-Life game. I regret those jokes now. But we do have a brand […]

Antal Bokor /
Game, Games & Tech, Review

Review: The Room VR: A Dark Matter is a Mysterious, Visually Stunning VR Puzzle Game

During the early days of modern consumer VR, I remember standing inside of an escape the room game, fumbling with some object, and thinking  of the fun I had playing […]

Antal Bokor /
Game, Games & Tech, Round-Up

Best Video Games of the Decade, Part Two–The Most Important Games of the Decade

As I mentioned in my previous Favorites of the Decade article, I originally planned for one list. But that list became so unwieldy I decided to break it down into […]

Antal Bokor /
Event, Feature, Game, Games & Tech, Tabletop

The 2019 Playtest Party at the Logan Theatre Boasts a Brand New Batch of Creative Games From Chicago Area Developers

There’s a lot of good things that come out of November, as the holiday season kicks off, and with the extended shopping hours and long weekends come more events and […]

Marielle Bokor /
Feature, Game, Games & Tech, Round-Up, Tabletop, Technology

Games and Tech Holiday Gift Guide 2019

  2019 was a big year for video games. It saw the release of Death Stranding, Red Dead Remption 2 got a PC port, and sleepers like Outer Wilds and […]

Antal Bokor /