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- Arts & Culture, Feature May 26, 2020
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The Wild World of Animal Crossing
What is the appeal of the game that’s taking the world by storm?
- City Life, Shop Local Jan 7, 2020
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A trippy trip back in time
Death by Toys specializes in repurposed action figures, 80s nostalgia, and a bestselling empty box you have to see to believe.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jul 31, 2019
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The video game’s the thing in Super Richard World III
Otherworld Theatre’s Stupid Shakespeare Company makes a low-budget, high-laugh debut.
- Blogs, Bleader May 23, 2018
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Famous feline Lil' Bub gets her own arcade game—built by Chicago’s Logan Arcade
Logan Arcade owner Jim Zespy collaborated with the Internet-famous cat's owner, Mike Bridavsky, to create the game.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 22, 2017
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Nintendo’s new console Switch works best when it takes the video out of video games
The greatest trick of Nintendo's new console is 1-2-Switch, a game that minimizes screens and focuses on face-to-face human interaction.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Aug 10, 2016
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Video games level up to high art—and Chicago artist William Chyr is at the controls
The artist and polymath is using PlayStation as the canvas for his magnum opus, Manifold Garden.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Jul 25, 2016
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Apokélypse now?
The Pokémon Go phenomenon has given rise to the latest moral panic.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 26, 2015
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Superdog, Catwoman, and other sightings at Wizard World Comic Con
As always, the costumed crowd was the real draw at this year's con.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 6, 2014
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12 O'Clock Track: The hyperchiptune of Anamanaguchi's 'John Hughes'
Today's 12 O'Clock Track, "John Hughes," comes from chiptune band Anamanaguchi.
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Aug 5, 2014
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Gaming and art collide at VGA Gallery
Codirectors Jonathan Kinkley and Chaz Evans further the case for the artistic merit of video games.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 22, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Fri 11/22: American Promise, Louder Than a Bomb University, and The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, November 22
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 20, 2012
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"Every boy will walk tall, when he wears a holster and pistol . . ."
A look at toy guns, both before and after the modifications were enforced
- News & Politics, Our Town Feb 18, 2010
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God Smiles on Ninjatown
The story of Shawnimals, an unlikely recession beater
