The recent hit game V Rising offers plenty of unique and exciting mechanics. After all, as a vampire, you take on the various different strengths and weaknesses inspired by folklore of your mythological kin. Of course that includes the ability to suck blood, the potential to shapeshift, and an aversion to garlic. So what is there to speak of, then? Mechanics are mechanics, after all, and each game has its own gimmick.
Read MoreThe VGA Print collection has some classic heavy hitters and some hidden gems. While as a collective we love all our prints equally, as individuals we do play favorites.
Read MoreWhether you’re listening to music to get hyped for a heist or looping the Coconut Mall Mario Kart song to help you finish your essay, we all have a deep connection when it comes to music and video games. From The Last of Us’ enchanting Spanish guitar ballads to Taio Cruz to K.K. Slider, this is what the VGA Staff has been listening to.
Read MoreWe have been collaborating with Bit Bash Chicago since their very first festival back in 2014, and with that partnership we have been able to exhibit our collection at their events, manage their print competitions, curate exhibitions of digital art, and highlight our developed work such as the exhibition of Frame Switch in 2019. Today, we’re thrilled to announce we are taking that partnership even further, as VGA Gallery is now the fiscal sponsor of Bit Bash Chicago.
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Read MoreThe leaves have turned, Chicago’s getting chilly, the news is getting scary. What better time to retreat into the shadows and get possessed? To get you started, here are a few games—some goofy, some gruesome, some cursed—that have haunted the VGA Staff.
Read MoreRunning through obstacle courses as robot cat or hot dog with legs is the perfect way to decompress in the hellscape that is 2020.
Read More“Freeing workhouse orphans and helping Karl Marx stick it to Queen Victoria’s goons is honestly my only solace right now. Let me have this.”
Read MoreIn which the staff at VGA reveal their Summer 2020 self-care regimens.
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