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Antal Bokor
Feb 22, 20243 min read
True Detective: Night Country Final Review
True Detective’s fourth season is done, and man: what a disappointment. I’d say Night Country is probably the biggest disappointment...
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Antal Bokor
Feb 22, 20243 min read
Surprise Sequel Slave Zero X Is the Wrong Nostalgia, and a Bit Flawed
I don’t think I would have ever had “sequel to 1999’s third person mech game Slave Zero” on my radar. But if I did, I definitely wouldn’t...
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Julian Ramirez
Feb 20, 20243 min read
Review: Sarah Jarosz & The Ballroom Thieves Gave Thalia Hall Some Much Needed Love
Last week Thalia Hall was treated to a wonderful pre-Valentines Day gift. Amidst all the love in the air, Sarah Jarosz and The Ballroom...
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Julian Ramirez
Feb 20, 20244 min read
Record Store Day 2024: First Impressions
Ah Record Store Day. To some it's a day to celebrate the vinyl music hobby where special limited edition copies of records are released....
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Antal Bokor
Feb 19, 20243 min read
AI is here to Take Our Jobs--and We Should Be Panicking!
I keep reading articles about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects like OpenAi, DALL-E, Chat GPT are not going to replace creatives...
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Antal Bokor
Feb 19, 20243 min read
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft Brings the Classics Back
The Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft has dropped, and it doesn’t seem to be making much of a splash. That’s too bad,...
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Antal Bokor
Feb 17, 20249 min read
I Spent a Long Time Playing Next Fest Demos–Here are My Impressions on Some of Them
Next Fest has come and gone, and while I’d like to say everything was beautiful and nothing hurt, there were a few stinkers that ended up...
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Julian Ramirez
Feb 16, 20244 min read
Let's Get Physical: Liars' Mess & "Mess on a Mission"
Our writer Julian Ramirez is a big proponent of physical media, always lauding formats new and old (mostly old nowadays). Whether is...
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Julian Ramirez
Feb 16, 20243 min read
Review: Deap Vally's Farewell Tour @ Thalia Hall
Everything must come to an end and this past weekend, Deap Vally stopped by Thalia Hall on their grand farewell tour. The duo of...
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Marielle Bokor
Feb 14, 20244 min read
Kinda Blue: The Chicago Auto Show Returns To McCormick Place Sans Stellantis
There's a lot of ways you can tell spring is coming here in Chicago where we Culture Combiners make our home. There's the annual...
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Antal Bokor
Feb 13, 20243 min read
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Delivers on its Metroidvania Promise
I’m a bit of a sucker for metroidvanias, so when I heard that there was a critically acclaimed Prince of Persia game using the...
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Julian Ramirez
Feb 12, 20242 min read
Cadien Lake James Announces Solo Debut Album Dizzy
t's always a nice treat when a member of a fantastic band releases a solo project. This time around it's Cadien Lake James of Twin Peaks
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Julian Ramirez
Feb 8, 20243 min read
Let's Get Physical: Arrow Video's Enter the Video Store: Empire of Screams Limited Edition
I'm definitely of the age that has wonderful memories of walking into video stores as a tiny child and perusing the aisles and aisles of mov
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Julian Ramirez
Feb 7, 20242 min read
Preview: No Need to Wait Until the “Next Time Around” for Liam Kazar’s Latest Single
It's been a couple of years since Liam Kazar's excellent debut Due North graced our ears.
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Antal Bokor
Feb 7, 20242 min read
Xbox Might be Pulling a Sega, Shifting Focus to Software
It doesn’t look like Microsoft is going to get out of the hardware business anytime soon. However, there are some rumblings across the...
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Antal Bokor
Feb 7, 20242 min read
Homeworld 3 Delayed until May
While the Homeworld 3 demo is available now on the Steam Next Fest, it looks like the full game’s release is going to be delayed until...
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Antal Bokor
Feb 6, 20242 min read
Live Service Games are our Future According to a Damning Report
With Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League releasing, yet another live service game has hit the market. While they are supposedly the...
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Antal Bokor
Feb 4, 20242 min read
We’re Four Episodes Down in True Detective: Night Country, And Nothing Makes Sense
I hate to say this about my fellow critics, but, what the hell show are they watching? Sure, True Detective: Night Country has some very...
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Alex Orona
Feb 4, 20242 min read
NieR Orchestra Concert 12024 [End of Data] Tour Wows the Rosemont Theatre
On Saturday February 3rd, SQUARE ENIX in partnership with AWR Music presented a multimedia orchestral concert: NieR: Orchestra Concert...
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Julian Ramirez
Feb 2, 20244 min read
Let’s Get Physical: King Krule's "Six Feet Beneath the Moon"
Our writer Julian Ramirez is a big proponent of physical media, always lauding formats new and old (mostly old nowadays). Whether is...
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