by Melissa Brinks | Dec 9, 2024 | Features, Reviews, Tabletop Games, Video Games
In an amazing turn of events, Kael and I made it through this year’s PAX West without a major disaster. For once, we played some games, watched a couple panels, ate some delicious snacks, and did not have to take a moment to say, “Hey, what the fuck?” about a hot new piece of gaming news, nor did any pets have to go to the ER. (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 Kael Lockwood | Oct 21, 2024 | Reviews, Video Games
This is the first thing I noticed upon arriving in Grat Harbor: Magical Delicacy is a game of beauty, love, and warmth. Pixelated waves beat against the bow of the ferry, the grandfatherly civil servant Higge waited to greet me on shore, and I knew there was something magical here. This sense of magic followed me into every corner of Grat as I explored, eager to see what vista or hidden cove lay past the obstacles before me. (more…)
Kael is a writer, caregiver, and masters student in clinical mental health counseling. When not writing about games they publish the monthly newsletter This Great Web of Things, where they write about mindfulness, creativity, and mental health. They currently split their time between Kyushu and the Pacific Northwest, as visas allow.
by Melissa Brinks | Aug 22, 2024 | Reviews, Video Games
I have had several therapists in my life, some more helpful than others. Unfortunately, none of them were vampires, at least to my knowledge. Vampire Therapist aims to fix that oversight.
You might be asking, “Vampire therapist? Is that a therapist who is a vampire, or a therapist to vampires?” The answer is “Yes.” (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 Kathryn Hemmann | May 27, 2024 | Mobile Games, Reviews, Video Games
Neko Can Dream is a nonviolent, narrative-focused Game Boy-style adventure game available on both mobile platforms and in a physical cartridge for the Game Boy itself. Players take on the role of a cat-eared young woman who wakes to find herself in a strange city. An avian yakitori restaurant owner offers her a job, asking her to capture and can the dreams of the city’s sleeping residents. In order to secure these cans, the young woman must enter three dreams, each of which contains a complete story. While referencing classic games through original scenarios, Neko Can Dream expertly guides the player from one scene to the next as it reflects on the refuge that the fantasy world of dreams offers people who find themselves alienated from the real world. (more…)
Kathryn is a writer and comic artist who lurks at the center of a digital labyrinth in Philadelphia. They post about books, plants, and video game villains as @kathrynthehuman on Bluesky.
by Kamie Wootan | Dec 19, 2023 | Reviews, Video Games
Embark on an extraordinary journey in Cattails: Wildwood Story, a revamped version of the original Cattails that whisks players away to the mysterious world of Wildwood. For ages, three colonies of cats thrived under their deity, the Forest Guardian, until a calamitous earthquake and tornado shattered their sacred temple and left the Guardian in a weakened state. Now players guide the world’s feline inhabitants to the uncharted territory of Wildwood on a mission to erect a new temple and rescue the Forest Guardian. (more…)
Kamie Wootan is a fiction writer and poet from Bozeman, Montana. She has a MLITT in Creative Writing from the University of Stirling. When Kamie isn’t writing, she is reading, playing a video game, hanging out with her amazing son, or working on her latest hobby.
Keep up with Kamie here:
Instagram: @kamiewootan
Twitter: @KamieWootan
by Zainabb Hull | Oct 16, 2023 | Reviews, Video Games
Loading up Venba for the first time—a game I’ve been excited about for a while now—I immediately knew I was in for a treat. The rattle of cookware resounded over a collection of gorgeously-illustrated spice jars, each representing a menu option. As I selected the “Play” jar, I settled down for a cosy cooking game, but I wasn’t expecting the emotional heart beating at the centre of Venba. (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.
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