Americana The Card Game is Savage & That’s The Point
In today's political climate, the area of identity politics is a powder keg ready to blow at the slightest Facebook comment. When discussing privilege and soci...
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The Unconventional Christmas Movie Countdown
Every holiday season it is tradition for me to binge watch my favorite Christmas movies. Some years I am nostalgic and watch National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacat...
Bethany Maddock And Her Killer Cosplays
Bethany Maddock Chats with Sugar Gamers about her incredible cosplays!...
Ignite Gaming’s Alpha Test in Skokie A Smashing Success
Ignite Gaming Lounge in Chicago has complimented Chicago's robust video game scene for a while now and recently they decided to expand their empire. The family...
Why The Women of Halo Are Awesome
You don't have to be a FPS game fan to appreciate Halo's vast lore. It's a solid sci-fi universe with lots of mystery and intrigue and above all, characters I ...
First Impressions of Red Dead Online Beta
There are certain art forms that are distinctly American. In the literary sense the genre of the western is a central core of the American archetype of the lon...
1047 Games CEO Ian Proulx Talks Splitgate
During my adventures at Dreamhack Atlanta I was alerted to an interesting new shooter from 1047 Games that goes by the handle of Splitgate. It combines a mec...
A Chat With Project: AEGIS Comic Creators
It was a cold and dreary comic convention in November complete with winter storm warning and I happened to stumble upon artist and writer Asia Dye. Her vibrant ...
HCS Finals at Dreamhack ATL: A Proper Halo 5 Send Off
Halo 5 is hanging up its hat in terms of official esports tournaments and Dreamhack Atlanta housed the goodbye party with the HCS (Halo Championship Series) Fin...
Chicago Game Developer Spotlight On Nell Raban
(featured image from Orun. art credit: Julio Rocha) I met local game deb Nell Raban at a meetup of game writers in downtown Chicago. We hit it off talking ab...