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- Blogs, Bleader Sep 14, 2018
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Deadpool jumps from the silver screen to the silver ball thanks to Stern Pinball
Logan Arcade is throwing a launch party for Stern Pinball's latest—an adaptation of the Marvel comic book Deadpool.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 4, 2018
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Josh Tsui, Chicago video-game vet turned documentarian, gets his due with a ceremony and award this Saturday
After a quarter century working in Chicago's up-and-down video game industry, Josh Tsui is getting a lifetime achievement award this weekend.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 31, 2018
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Test Drive: Lime's electric scooters are fun and easy, but are they practical for Chicago commutes?
Short answer: not really.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 19, 2018
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Video games are public enemy #1 . . . again
Video games are a punching bag once again after the World Health Organization announced that it had officially recognized "gaming disorder."
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 6, 2018
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Lyft to buy company that operates Divvy for $250 million, report says
Lyft is buying Motivate, the private company which operates Chicago's bike-share system, according to a report.
- 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 May 17, 2018
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How Mordecai chef-owner Matthias Merges helped transform modern fine dining
A phone call to PolyScience in Niles resulted in the popularization of immersion circulators in restaurant kitchens.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 29, 2018
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Apple CEO Tim Cook's undercooked plan to help underserved Chicago schools: $300 iPads; app development for all
Apple CEO Tim Cook's plan to help Chicago schools sounds an awful lot like an Apple internship program.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 19, 2018
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The nation’s hottest entertainer right now is a suburban Chicago video-game streamer named Ninja
Rapper Drake and NCAA darlings UMBC are among the millions of fans of Tyler Blevins, who's earning hundreds of thousands of dollars per month playing Fortnite.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 14, 2018
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Right-wing Twitter propaganda bots pumping up Jeanne Ives campaign for governor, study finds
The vast majority of Twitter posts in the Illinois governor's race last week were in favor of Ives, a University of Illinois student found.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 13, 2018
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You could pay your taxes in Bitcoin if Illinois bill becomes law
Illinois is one of three states considering accepting payments in cryptocurrency.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 9, 2018
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Behind Sleeping Village's unassuming exterior lurks a state-of-the-art sound system
Erin Brenner lends her audio engineering skills to the newly opened Avondale bar and concert hall.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 9, 2017
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A Central Illinois game developer gambles on Agents of Mayhem
Unlikely Champaign, Illinois-based developer Volition veers from its Saints Row series with a profane 80s cartoon of an action game.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 6, 2017
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Chicago’s first art gallery devoted to video games will open next month
The Video Game Art Gallery will call the Bloomingdale Arts Building home beginning August 11.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 20, 2017
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What to make of Bonobos CEO Andy Dunn's decision to sell out to Wal-Mart?
There's a massive backlash to the sale of menswear company Bonobos (founded by Chicago native Andy Dunn) to Wal-Mart.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 5, 2017
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Ghost in the Shell is all shell, no ghost
The live-action adaptation of Shirow Masamune's celebrated manga is the year's biggest moviegoing disappointment so far.
- 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.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 26, 2016
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Can an algorithm erase bias in Cook County bond courts?
Experts debate whether computerized risk-assessment will mitigate or exacerbate alleged racial and class biases among Cook County judges.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 26, 2016
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How to remove Joe Buck from your life [UPDATED]
A few handy apps can save you a World Series of anger and misery.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 19, 2016
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New 'Yelp for cops' app takes epidemiological approach to police misconduct
Though it’s a private middleman for complaints, police transparency advocates welcome Excuse Me Officer.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 2, 2016
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Not even our bookstores are safe from Silicon Valley's growing might
Amazon's brick-and-mortar store in Wrigleyville is just the latest example of tech's "Frightful Five" remaking our world.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 7, 2015
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The story behind the first vector arcade game in 30 years, now at Logan Arcade
How three unconventional hobbyists haphazardly created a new arcade game out of dormant technology.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 10, 2015
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How Uber is using an army of 'brand ambassadors' to convert Lyft drivers
A Uber brand ambassador tells the story behind his job of convincing Lyft drivers to switch to Uber—while riding in their backseat.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 10, 2015
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Sick of bulky keys? Meet KeySmart.
The Mount Prospect-based startup makes sleek key organizers designed to cut down on pocket bulk.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 9, 2015
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The Neo-Futurists bring digital entertainment into their analog world
Analog entertainment meets digital as the Neo-Futurists perform video game-related plays at this weekend's special edition of Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind.