What is the appeal of the game that’s taking the world by storm?
Tag: Nintendo
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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.
Posted inArts & Culture
The video game’s the thing in Super Richard World III
Otherworld Theatre’s Stupid Shakespeare Company makes a low-budget, high-laugh debut.
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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.
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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.
Posted inArts & Culture
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.
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Apokélypse now?
The Pokémon Go phenomenon has given rise to the latest moral panic.
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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.
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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.
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Gaming and art collide at VGA Gallery
VGA Gallery furthers the case for the artistic merit of video games.
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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
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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
Posted inNews & Politics
God Smiles on Ninjatown
The story of Shawnimals, an unlikely recession beater