Game on: Why indie developers are choosing the Windy City

Ari Garcia-Chow participates in an unconventional flag-based communication game at an event at the Chicago Game Lab on Feb. 21. (Conner Dejecacion/MEDILL)

By Conner Dejecacion Medill Reports It wasn’t a traditional video game. Two guys huddled over a laptop on one side of the room, the computer wired to a do-it-yourself interface consisting of huge, domed buttons in red, yellow and blue. Meanwhile, another person stood on a step stool, waving semaphore flags. At the same time, […]

WATCH: Chicago This Week — Season 6, Episode 2

Cherry blossoms in Chicago

By Morgan Hawes and Victoria Olaleye Medill Reports In the second episode of “Chicago This Week,” we hear from Chicago Catholics as they respond to the feud between the president and the pope. The governor has an alternative to high gas prices — will it make a difference? And in sports, we talked to the […]