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    Win 2 Tickets to Little Bash of Horrors!

    You could win two tickets to our frightful arcade on Friday, October 28th! Use the Rafflecopter widget below to enter with tweets, following @bitbashchicago, and helping us with our cocktail list. a Rafflecopter giveaway […]

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    Win 2 tickets to Bit Bash 2016!

    Our next big party is this Saturday, and we’re giving away two tickets to the event! You have multiple ways to enter by using Rafflecopter below. Win 2 Bit Bash […]

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    International Games Day at the Harold Washington Library

    We love a good book. That’s why we’re celebrating International Games Day with video games at the library on Saturday instead of reading (makes total sense, right?). We’ll be there with […]

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    Miss us? Come hang at Neocade

    Itching to play some games? Come support the Neo-Futurists next week at Neocade. We’ll be there with these games for your finger appendages: Gardenarium, Shape of the World, JS Joust, […]

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  • We might have gone a little overboard

    Omnibus is in a half pipe. We built a custom controller for Downwell. Intense rhythm game Thumper will be in our sensory deprivation Airstream, for some reason. Not to mention […]

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    2015 Art Bash Poster Showcase Selections

    Bit Bash and VGA Gallery are extremely thankful to all who submitted their artwork to this showcase – you’re a supremely talented bunch! Here are our five selections; limited edition […]

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    VGA Gallery is curating Art Bash 2015!

    Our friends, Chicago-based non-profit Video Game Art Gallery, promote the exhibition, sale, and education of video game art. Get ready: they’re bringing prints from their collection for purchase at Bit […]

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