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Sam Greszes

Sam Greszes is a Chicago based writer who contributes to Kill Screen Magazine, GameSkinny, and ION Magazine. He is unlockable by beating the game on Very Hard difficulty without losing a life. You must then defeat him to unlock him for Arcade and Versus modes.

Articles by Sam

By Multiple Authors

The Absolute Best Bowls of Ramen in Chicago

The ultimate cold-weather dinner.

By Multiple Authors

Update: Chicago's St. Patrick's Day Parade Has Been Canceled Due to Coronavirus

We hope you've gotten ahead on all of your adult responsibilities (voting, taxes, laundry) because productivity is about to screech to a halt.

By Sam Greszes

San Pellegrino

Work Remotely in These Chicago Coffee Shops

It’s important to have a limitless supply of potent coffee at home, but there’s something special about curling up with a fancy cup of coffee at a meticulously decorated coffee shop.

San Pellegrino

By Multiple Authors

The Best Restaurants in Chicago Open on Christmas Day

You walked from the Target on Ashland to the one downtown because the specific Minecraft backpack your nephew wanted was only in stock there.

By Multiple Authors

Chicago's Best Escape Rooms to Get Lost in Now

Don’t be fooled.

By Sam Greszes

Chicago's Coolest Halloween Parties and Events This Month

It’s finally, mercifully, time.

By Sam Greszes

The Best Dive Bars in Chicago

There's certainly a place in this city for high-end bars that charge $15 per precisely garnished, carefully crafted cocktail.

What Actually Is ASMR?

If you haven’t already been hanging out in one of the more previously obscure corners of YouTube for the past few years, you might have no idea what this whole "ASMR" thing is.

By Sam Greszes

The Best Bars for Single Mingling in Chicago

Remember when Tinder was actually good?

By Sam Greszes

The Best Pumpkin Patches You Can Drive to From Chicago

It’s fall in Chicago, which means that for six weeks, we’ll be alternating between sweltering 90-degree days and perfect, brisk sweater weather before a giant sheet of ice blankets our fair city for five months.

By Sam Greszes

Everything You Need to Know About Chicago's March for Our Lives

This weekend, in Chicago and around the world, activists will take to the streets to protest gun violence in the United States.

By Sam Greszes

The Best Places to Eat a Delicious Easter Brunch in Chicago

It’s only been a few weeks, but it’s felt like years.

By Sam Greszes