by Melissa Brinks | Oct 31, 2025 | Mobile Games, Postgame, Video Games
Welcome back to Postgame, Sidequest’s monthly-ish podcast where the editors lay down hot takes on cold games. This month, Maddi, Melissa, and Zora tackle six distinct topics by rolling a die and setting a ten minute timer, because why not? Topics include: the price of video games, the end of Polygon as we know it, Epic Games vs. Apple, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Zora’s Dragon Age roleplay, and Belatro.
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Melissa Brinks is Sidequest’s editor in chief, co-creator of the Fake Geek Girls podcast, author of The Compendium of Magical Beasts, and an aspiring beekeeper. She once won an argument on the internet, and tweets at @MelissaBrinks.
by Melissa Brinks | Oct 22, 2025 | Mobile Games, News, Video Games
Editor’s note: Due to some behind-the-scenes issues, we’re running a few of our GYGO posts belatedly. Some of this information may be outdated—including the information in our usual calls to action for relief for Palestine. We’re presenting the information as it was originally written, and future posts without this disclaimer will be up-to-date.
Welcome to another Wednesday! Not to spoil my own article, but Wednesday is rapidly becoming “wild Roblox news day” around here. Every week, a new fresh hell.
Anyway, when not rounding up mobile games news for y’all like an old-timey cattle rustler, I’ve been exploring NieR: Automata for an upcoming Postgame episode! Just before the second ending, I said, “You know, I think this is actually a very fucking good video game.” So shoutout to everybody who said that eight entire years ago. You were right!
As of writing on August 24, Israel is bombing Gaza as they attempt the military seizure of the region. 51 people are dead as of current reporting, with famine having been confirmed by the World Health Organization on August 22. None of this had to transpire: Israel has made the choice to bomb the region and withhold aid, leaving Palestinians starving as their city is bombed. It is our duty as residents of the countries who finance these atrocities—thinking of myself here in the United States, but also residents of Canada, France, Germany, and many other countries worldwide—to invest what time, effort, and money we have to end the war. Call your representatives. Participate in the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement. Donate. Learn. Believe in a free Palestine, not someday in the future, but here and now, and work to make it so.
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Melissa Brinks is Sidequest’s editor in chief, co-creator of the Fake Geek Girls podcast, author of The Compendium of Magical Beasts, and an aspiring beekeeper. She once won an argument on the internet, and tweets at @MelissaBrinks.
by Melissa Brinks | Jul 23, 2025 | Mobile Games, News, Video Games
Welcome to another Wednesday! Would you believe me if I say I’ve dipped my toes back into Overwatch lately? It may as well be 2017 again with the way I’m feeling about the state of the world, the US president, and the absolute mindlessness Overwatch inspires in me. Perhaps this is the games as escapism thing I’ve needed all along. I’m also back on my Sims bullshit, which really means spending an incredible amount of time installing and uninstalling mods after a bunch of new updates ahead of Enchanted by Nature, which I have not purchased. The current Sim family consists of Cora and her vampire boyfriend, who moved into a huge modernist house with no furniture (I couldn’t afford furniture and don’t particularly like building), and are now working to furnish their house with literally anything. They just got a couch and planted a garden outside with seeds gifted to them by the Harvestfest gnomes.
Though we may be drowning in US news, the Israeli occupation and genocide of Palestinians continues. Zainabb Hull’s Crips for Palestine newsletter is an excellent resource for digital actions, GazaFunds.com surfaces a new crowdfunding campaign for much-needed financial resources every time you reload the page, and E-Sims for Gaza connects Palestinians with e-sim cards, which help them communicate with the outside world despite the damage and disruption caused by Israel’s attacks. Continue to put pressure on your elected officials to call for an end to the conflict, and believe in a free Palestine. (more…)
Melissa Brinks is Sidequest’s editor in chief, co-creator of the Fake Geek Girls podcast, author of The Compendium of Magical Beasts, and an aspiring beekeeper. She once won an argument on the internet, and tweets at @MelissaBrinks.
by Melissa Brinks | Jun 11, 2025 | Mobile Games, News, Video Games
It’s time for another Wednesday and another roundup of all the mobile gaming news! I was sick for two weeks, then went on vacation, and am now sick again, so my game time has been surprisingly limited. I did recently fire up Tropico 4 for reasons unknown last night, and would you believe it? Still fun! What a fantasy it is to have/be a benevolent leader who provides free healthcare, education, housing, and food for her people. (more…)
Melissa Brinks is Sidequest’s editor in chief, co-creator of the Fake Geek Girls podcast, author of The Compendium of Magical Beasts, and an aspiring beekeeper. She once won an argument on the internet, and tweets at @MelissaBrinks.
by Zainabb Hull | May 21, 2025 | Mobile Games, News, Tabletop Games, Video Games
Hi pals, Zainabb here, doing my best to be cosy in a world filled with horrors. I don’t just mean the type of cosy where you light a candle, bundle up with sixty blankets and plushies, and play a game where you have the time and capacity to grow food and craft things. This sort of escapism is important sometimes, but I’m also finding cosiness in befriending our local crows and squirrels, in attempting to grow flowers (my chaotic squirrel friends keep digging up the seedlings), and in spending time with loved ones watching films like Sinners with casts of colour resisting white supremacy. Keep on resisting, feeling joy, and connecting—and playing your favourite games when you need to rest in between.
The Crips for eSims for Gaza Bundle is now live on itch.io! You can get over 200 games, zines, and more for $16 with all proceeds going directly to Crips for eSims for Gaza.
And as always, resources for a free Palestine include The Palestine Academy, the Palestinian Feminist Collective’s amazing action toolkit and my own newsletter, Crips for Palestine. If you’re able, please donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians or Crips for eSims for Gaza. (more…)
Zainabb Hull is an editor at Sidequest, a writer and organiser, and sort-of artist. They’re also a trans, queer, and disabled brown femme who runs Crips for Palestine, a newsletter sharing digital actions that disabled folks and allies can take in solidarity with Palestinian people.
by Melissa Brinks | May 14, 2025 | Mobile Games, News
It’s Wednesday again! I have not been playing mobile games because I got horribly sick, watched a bunch of videos on even further divorcing myself from my phone, and installed a bunch of time-tracking and app-blocking apps on my phone. (Installing apps to block apps is kind of hilarious, now that I write it out.) These apps tend to drain my battery for some reason, so by the end of the day, when I might be tempted to play a mobile game, my phone is simply too close to death to allow it. Is this progress? I do not know. (more…)
Melissa Brinks is Sidequest’s editor in chief, co-creator of the Fake Geek Girls podcast, author of The Compendium of Magical Beasts, and an aspiring beekeeper. She once won an argument on the internet, and tweets at @MelissaBrinks.
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