Video Games
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Inside Activision's plan to make its gaming league the next ESPN
Sep 10, 2016 7:19 am - Players on headsets exchange strategy as two teams fire away at each other through the rubble of a virtual city. Thousands of video-game fans in an arena cheer as the cl...
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Review: Cyborgs fight for their rights in 'Deus Ex'Aug 29, 2016 6:00 am - In the 1970s, "The Six-Million-Dollar Man" had all us kids fantasizing about the cool bionic parts we'd all be getting one day. Super-speedy legs? An arm that can punch ...
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Review: Moments of awe, hours of tedium in 'No Man's Sky'Aug 20, 2016 7:28 am - If SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is right, our entire universe is a computer simulation. Fortunately for us, that sim is running on some high-powered gear, not to mention softwar...
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'No Man's Sky' is so huge - and popular - players found 10 million virtual species in one night
Aug 13, 2016 7:18 am - In a March 2007 TED talk, Edward O. Wilson, the Harvard University scientist famous for studying ants, took to the stage to plead for what he described as a biological m...
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'Pokemon Go' fans flock to Schaumburg parksJul 28, 2016 11:00 pm - How many times have you walked by a statue in a Schaumburg Park District park and never noticed it? Now, it's a Pokestop. And people are flocking to district parks while...
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Discovering nature on Oakton's campus through new eyesJul 28, 2016 11:00 pm - Things tend to slow down at Oakton Community College during the summer, but this year swarms of folks are walking through the Des Plaines campus, hanging out by the lake...
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Massive 'Pokemon Go' event planned Saturday in ElginJul 21, 2016 1:00 am - The popularity of the game “Pokemon Go” has been attracting people to downtown Elgin for the last couple weeks, but on Saturday you might see the biggest crowds yet. Tha...
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Review: 'Pokemon Go' is a nifty idea marred by glitchesJul 18, 2016 11:00 pm - It's a steamy summer afternoon in Washington and the National Mall is packed - and not just with the usual protesters, tourists and schoolkids. It's been overrun by bulb...
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'Pokemon Mania' at Schaumburg library July 27Jul 13, 2016 1:00 am - All ages are invited to enjoy "Pokémon Mania" at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, in the kidsZone Program Room of the Schaumburg Township District Library, 130 S. Roselle Road...
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Pokémon storm the suburbs: Things to know about Pokémon GOJul 12, 2016 5:00 am - People walk slowly down a sidewalk, heads bent, staring at their cellphone screens. Chances are they're not texting, or reading breaking news. They're trying to catch P...