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- Blogs, Bleader Apr 11, 2018
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Gamer Ninja on playing Fortnite with Drake: ‘That was absolutely incredible’
Suburban video-game streamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, who earns almost $900K a month, has gotten national media exposure after playing with Drake.
- 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 Oct 12, 2017
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Professional look, video-game style
This Chicagoan's sartorial strategy? "To always feel like I'm a video-game character".
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 23, 2017
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The newly renovated Davis Theater is a vaudeville house for the 21st century
More than a movie theater, the newly renovated "entertainment complex" will host a series of community events, including a live Oscar viewing party in support of Common Threads.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Feb 7, 2017
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Can a video game be the ultimate empathy machine?
With the new Englewood-set video game We Are Chicago, indie developer Michael Block attempts to convey the psychological experience of living in a high-crime neighborhood.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Dec 28, 2016
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The year in Reader photos
The best photos that ran in the Reader in 2016.
- Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Nov 2, 2016
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Ian Bogost discovers the hidden joy of drudgery
Play Anything advances the idea that boring tasks can be fun on their own terms.
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Oct 6, 2016
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Black video game characters finally get their due in Dateline: Bronzeville
Artist Philip Mallory Jones previews his ambitious project depicting life in Bronzeville circa 1940.
- 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.
- Movies, Movie Review Jun 16, 2016
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Warcraft: The game was better
Humans and Orcs battle for supremacy in this adaptation of the medieval fantasy game.
- Blogs, Bleader May 23, 2016
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ICYMI: Best cosplay from this weekend's Anime Central
A look at cosplay from this weekend's ACEN convention, the midwest's largest expo of anime, manga, and Japanese pop culture.
- 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 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.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 20, 2015
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Choose your own weird adventure at Bit Bash, an alternative video game festival
Chicago's alternative video game festival returns on Saturday with more weird DIY games you can't play on your Xbox or iPhone.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Apr 9, 2015
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Has Mortal Kombat finally gone too far?
From their Avondale studio, the creators of Mortal Kombat are thrilling and repulsing a new generation of gamers with the hyperrealistic ultraviolence of the franchise's latest entry.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 9, 2015
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Who thought up a Lana Del Rey-Rae Sremmurd mashup? Local SPF420 cofounder Chaz Allen
A month-old mashup created by local producer Chaz Allen has garnered a lot of attention this week—could it be a tipping point for his web-based concert series?
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 28, 2014
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Bit Bash puts Chicago's indie-gaming scene in the spotlight
"It's not all Call of Duty."
- 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.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Feb 12, 2014
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V-Day Issue: A power couple like Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, but better
Together for 17 years, Lynn Rondeau and Katy Bird are the type of people who'll parallel park your car for you.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 5, 2013
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The devious psychology behind "free to play" video games
How "free" games separate players from their money
- News & Politics, Chicagoans Jul 1, 2013
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This week's Chicagoan: Trevor Burke, stand-up comic, age 11
"I'm not looking to get paid or anything, but I would accept the money. There’s so many cool things to buy. Video games are pretty cool."
- News & Politics, Savage Love May 9, 2013
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Do friends let friends fuck Republicans?
Plus: It’s time to dump the deadbeat.
- Blogs, Bleader May 6, 2013
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The Ming Mecca finally unites synth geeks and video game hackers
Now you can generate video games from your analog synth setup.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 7, 2013
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Queensbridge via the Mushroom Kingdom with Mario Deep
Mobb Deep and Super Mario Bros. make an odd but enjoyable pairing.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 1, 2012
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Halo 4 rolls out zero-tolerance policy for offensive speech
The biggest video-game property going says good-bye to hate speech
