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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

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 Most Romantic Restaurants in Chicago

It's totally valid if your preferred version of romance is wrapping yourself and your significant other up in a blanket, eating a family-size bag of Spicy Nacho Doritos, and binging the television show of your choice without speaking.

By Multiple Authors

By Multiple Authors

The Absolute Best Bowls of Ramen in Chicago

Ramen is a perfect food.

By Multiple Authors

Where to Eat Thanksgiving Dinner in Chicago

As hedonistic and fun as a Thanksgiving feast is, the dinner is almost always a stressful multi-day affair if you’re the one actually cooking, culminating in a mad dash to the finish line where you’re working as a one-person pit crew trying to time everything out so it's all fully cooked at exactly the same time -- but then it becomes way too much to handle and you pass out into the mashed potatoes and your cousin has to give you CPR.

By Sam Greszes

By Multiple Authors

Here's How to Volunteer in Chicago This Holiday Season

You don’t need us to tell you that the world can be a scary place.

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