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.
Kingdom Hearts’ Women Problem is Its Plot Problem
Kingdom Hearts’ female characters are woefully underdeveloped, a consistent problem for the crossover fiction the series embraces.
December Roundtable: Coziness in Games
The Sidequest crew sits down to discuss coziness in games, and how warm and soothing mechanics—even unintended ones—improve the gaming experience.
Sidequest’s Definitive Ranking of Sword Dads, Part I
Maddi Butler has a type when it comes to games. She calls this genre “Sword Dads.” She and several other Sidequest writers join forces to bring you a definitive ranking of the most dangerous, dadliest dads in video games.
This Beanie’s For You: CLOAK, Parasociality, and the Search for Belonging
CLOAK, the new brand of clothing by YouTubers Mark “Markiplier” Fischbach and Sean “Jacksepticeye” McLoughlin, is meant to be “for you.” But is it really?
The Thin Blue Webline: Spider-Cops Are Bastards
Spider-Man has always flirted with the cops, but Insomniac’s recent Turf Wars DLC pushes their relationship from tacit acceptance to outright endorsement.