• tv “You guys just aren’t cutting the mustard”: 13 shows that reference their own cancellation By Katie Rife, Becca James, Sean O'Neal, Samantha Nelson, Erik Adams, LaToya Ferguson, Les Chappell, Dennis Perkins November 19, 2014 | 6:00am
• aux Cixin Liu’s translated The Three Body-Problem works better as anthropology By Samantha Nelson November 10, 2014 | 6:00am
• games Previewing the games of tomorrow today from Gen Con By Samantha Nelson, Tasha Robinson September 30, 2014 | 5:00am
• games The new Dungeons & Dragons is more streamlined but no less of a challenge By Samantha Nelson September 23, 2014 | 5:00am
• games The Sims 4 asks fans to move into a fixer-upper By Samantha Nelson September 18, 2014 | 5:00am
• aux Pac-Man is getting his own restaurant in Chicago By Samantha Nelson September 11, 2014 | 3:41pm
• aux New releases include Multiversity, The Fade Out, & Little Nemo By Samantha Nelson, Oliver Sava, Tegan O'Neil September 2, 2014 | 4:00pm
• games What game has truly terrified you? By Nick Wanserski, Ryan Smith, Anthony John Agnello, Kyle Fowle, Samantha Nelson, Derrick Sanskrit, Sam Barsanti, Matt Gerardi, 5876237249237204994, Patrick Lee August 28, 2014 | 5:00am
• games RenQuest turns a renaissance faire into a massive role-playing game By Samantha Nelson August 13, 2014 | 5:00am
• games What’s your favorite game of the year so far? By Nick Wanserski, Steve Heisler, Drew Toal, Joe Keiser, Ryan Smith, Anthony John Agnello, Samantha Nelson, Derrick Sanskrit, Sam Barsanti, Matt Gerardi, Kyle Fowle, Sonia Saraiya, John Teti July 24, 2014 | 5:00am
• film Smarter, but at a price: 11 consequences of using 100 percent of your brain By A.A. Dowd, Tasha Robinson, Molly Eichel, Samantha Nelson, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Dennis Perkins, Mike Vago July 21, 2014 | 5:00am
• aux Pages most likely to succeed: Our favorite books of 2014 (so far) By Jason Heller, Noah Cruickshank, Josh Modell, Samantha Nelson, Oliver Sava, Andrea Battleground, Laura M. Browning July 16, 2014 | 5:00am
• aux M.R. Carey’s Girl With All The Gifts puts a new spin on the zombie apocalypse By Samantha Nelson June 16, 2014 | 6:02pm
• games Do you have “gateway games” that make you want to play other games? By Anthony John Agnello, Matt Gerardi, Derrick Sanskrit, Samantha Nelson, Sam Barsanti June 5, 2014 | 5:00pm
• games Chicago’s top Skee-Ball club is like a bowling league but with more puns By Samantha Nelson May 29, 2014 | 5:00am
• games Screw heroism—these board games let you play the villain against your friends By Samantha Nelson May 27, 2014 | 5:00pm
• games There’s hidden beauty in abandoned World Of Warcraft cities By Samantha Nelson April 24, 2014 | 5:00pm
• games The Elder Scrolls Online is a big sandbox to explore, but you have to share By Samantha Nelson April 16, 2014 | 5:00pm
• games There’s magic in my eyes: 12 dubious explanations for x-ray vision in games By Joe Keiser, Anthony John Agnello, Samantha Nelson, Sam Barsanti, Matt Gerardi, John Teti April 2, 2014 | 5:00am
• aux New novel from Gabrielle Zevin weaves an amusing, emotional tale By Samantha Nelson March 31, 2014 | 5:00am
• games Don’t try to hide—our cheap-game roundup is keeping an eye on you By John Teti, Matt Gerardi, Samantha Nelson, Matt Kodner, Matthew Crowley March 13, 2014 | 5:00am