Life is Strange Volume 1: Dust Explores the Consequences of the Game’s Choices

by Kaitlyn Lyons | May 21, 2019 | Comics, Reviews, Video Games | 0 Comments

Life is Strange Volume 1: Dust sees Max and Chloe repairing their lives after the game’s events, bringing us back into the magical world of Arcadia Bay.

Behind Absurdity Lies Darkness: A Guard Duty Review

by Elvie Mae Parian | May 20, 2019 | Reviews, Video Games | 0 Comments

Elvie Mae Parian reviews Guard Duty, a point-and-click comedy adventure developed by Sick Chicken Studios that can amuse and disturb simultaneously.

GYGO: FF7 Remake Trailer, Detective Pikachu, Monster Hunter: World Iceborne

by Draven Katayama | May 15, 2019 | News, Tabletop Games, Video Games | 0 Comments

In this week’s news, Final Fantasy 7 fans get the remake they’ve hoped for and Detective Pikachu becomes the most succesful video game movie to date.

Gamer Mom: Lessons in &^@# Perseverance

by Wendy Browne | May 14, 2019 | Features, Video Games | 0 Comments

Wendy Browne shares a Gamer Mom’s valuable lesson on how a Bayonetta villain and Spider-Man enemies demonstrated the benefits of dogged determination.

GYGO: Riot Employees Stage Walkout, and RuneScape Is… Growing?

by Emily Durham | May 8, 2019 | Mobile Games, News, Video Games | 0 Comments

This week, Emily Durham talks about Riot Games employees’ walkout protest—and announces a new GYGO subcolumn, This Week In Crunch.

Life is Strange Volume 1: Dust Explores the Consequences of the Game’s Choices

Life is Strange Volume 1: Dust sees Max and Chloe repairing their lives after the game’s events, bringing us back into the magical world of Arcadia Bay.

Behind Absurdity Lies Darkness: A Guard Duty Review

Elvie Mae Parian reviews Guard Duty, a point-and-click comedy adventure developed by Sick Chicken Studios that can amuse and disturb simultaneously.

Heaven’s Vault Is Too a Game for Linguists

Heaven’s Vault is a game about language, exploration, theft, and belonging. Zora Gilbert, linguist-in-residence, approves.

Persona 5: The Animation is Perfect for Persona 5 Fans (and Maybe Others)

Naseem’s super obsessed with Persona 5, so of course they checked out Persona 5: The Animation. But does it hold up?

Costume Quest’s Animated Adaptation Finally Offers Something Sweet

Frederator and Amazon’s Costume Quest is a sweet new take on the beloved game series.

Gamer Mom: Lessons in &^@# Perseverance

Wendy Browne shares a Gamer Mom’s valuable lesson on how a Bayonetta villain and Spider-Man enemies demonstrated the benefits of dogged determination.

Grow Up: Why We Need Young Adult Games

Are games like Gone Home juvenile, or just not for the typical gaming audience? Melissa Brinks intends to find out.

Eat Your Games: Breath of the Wild’s Hot Buttered Apples

Jamey Hampton cooks hot buttered apples based on Link’s recipe from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild!

Kingdom Hearts III: 64 Hours to Take Kairi’s Heart

Zora Gilbert chronicles their 64-hour mad rush to complete Kingdom Hearts III with a group of friends; chaos, hilarity, and tears ensue.

Eat Your Games: Final Fantasy XV’s Cup Noodle With Egg

Maddi Butler spices up her Cup Noodle with an Ignis-inspired flair: Cup Noodle with Egg!

RECENT

Heaven’s Vault Is Too a Game for Linguists

by Zora Gilbert | May 2, 2019

Heaven’s Vault is a game about language, exploration, theft, and belonging. Zora Gilbert, linguist-in-residence, approves.

GYGO: The Crunch Never Ends

by Avery Delany | May 1, 2019

In this week’s gaming news, ex-NetherRealm employees speak out about crunch, Riot Games tries to block legal action, and games benefit Alzheimer’s research.

April Roundtable: What are Game Genres, Anyway?

by Melissa Brinks | Apr 30, 2019

The Sidequest crew discusses the quagmire that is game genres, including what they are, why they’re confusing, and how to consider them effectively.

OPINION

Grow Up: Gone Home is Wonderfully, Perfectly YA

by Melissa Brinks | Apr 22, 2019

Though Gone Home was a critical darling on release, later critics have called the game immature—but that, Melissa Brinks argues, is because it’s not for them.

Dragon Age’s Isabela is a Catgirl (Kind Of)

by Angie Wenham | Apr 16, 2019

Following up a tweet by Dragon Age veteran Patrick Weekes, Angie Wenham discusses all the reasons that Isabela is, in fact, a catgirl.

Grow Up: Why We Need Young Adult Games

by Melissa Brinks | Mar 26, 2019

Are games like Gone Home juvenile, or just not for the typical gaming audience? Melissa Brinks intends to find out.

INTERVIEWS

Exploring the Streets of Cyberpunk: Night City with Matthew Webb of Jackalope LARP

by Jameson Hampton | Mar 7, 2019

Matthew Webb shares information about the upcoming Cyberpunk: Night City event, a LARP putting players in a dystopian, cyberpunk future.

Fandom Inspires: An Interview With Scey of Beyond the Sense: Lucid Dreamers Studio HER.E

by Elvie Mae Parian | Feb 25, 2019

Beyond the Sense: Lucid Dreamers designer Scey shares some insight into how the BTS-inspired game came to be.

Remembering Our Heroines: An Interview With the Duo Behind Mamayani

by Elvie Mae Parian | Jan 7, 2019

Meam Genovaña and Crown Patalinghog share the story behind Mamayani, an RPG celebrating the heroines of the Phillippines during the American and Japanese occupations.

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