Video Games
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Q&A: 'Mafia III' game designers on sticking to the plot in an open world
Oct 01, 2016 7:15 am - Crafting a story has always been tricky in the video game world. And it's only been getting harder. Many of gaming's biggest blockbusters have touted their “open world” ...
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A.I. game 'Turing Test' achieves a rare harmony of gameplay, narrativeSep 26, 2016 6:00 am - "The Turing Test" Developed by: Bulkhead Interactive Published by: Square Enix Available on: PC, Xbox One For millennia, our species has understood that what helps separ...
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App reviews: Prisma, Prune
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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
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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...