I don't know where to begin with this, but it's hilarious. The state's attorney for a southern Chicago suburb on Thursday gathered middle school parents to urge an "economic boycott" of Grand Theft Auto, which has already made, like, a billion dollars. It sounds like a scared-straight lecture straight out of 1958.
Crime is a constant feature of video games writing. Somewhere, someone is doing something illicit with them—sometimes comically stupid, sometimes tragic. Games and consoles are currency, objects of dispute, sometimes even weapons themselves. Kotaku's Police Blotter is here to round up the latest in games crime.
I dunno, they're both kinda smooshy? They also form the title of a video game burlesque show running this weekend and the next two in Chicago. Can we officially call this a fad? Tickets here. Seen via Reddit.
Capcom is rolling into Chicago on September 22 to let fans play the Tokyo Game Show build of Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and potentially score "something very special." Want to know where it's at?
A kid in suburban Chicago boosted a credit card and bought some games and virtual currency online. When the cops showed up to ask some questions, they found his folks, uh, "Victory Garden."
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted the Entertainment Software Association a preliminary injunction in its suit against the Chicago Transit Authority, temporarily lifting the CTA's ban on mature game advertising.
The Nintendo DSi tour bus is hitting this weekend's Retro in Roscoe street festival in Chicago, bringing the high-tech glory of handheld gaming to a celebration of art and antiques.
This weekend the GAME ON! This Spring We're All Fun and Games event kicked off at Chicago's Navy Pier.
Good news, Windy City nerds. You're getting your own Comic Con! While it may not share the name of its New York Comic Con sibling, it will give conventioneering Chicagoans cosplay options in 2010.
Pop-rock-jazz outfit Chicago doesn't want anyone, especially Activision, to encroach on the soon-to-be-burgeoning trumpet, sax, and trombone video game scene. Therefore, Chicago has protected "Horn Hero" to prevent anyone else from making said video game.
