by Zora Gilbert | Jul 21, 2025 | Roundtables, Tabletop Games, Video Games
Some people are bag people. Some are shoe people. I’m a hat person—I see a cute hat, I put it on my head, it joins the legions of hats hanging on hooks and seated on shelves around my house. I have a face built for hats, even if those hats are impractical. Hats are, actually, one of the only summer fashion items I love, because hats keep the horrible sun off of my head. (more…)
Zora Gilbert cares a whole lot about words, kids, and comics. Find them at @zhgilbert on twitter, and find the comics they edit at datesanthology.com.
by Zora Gilbert | Mar 31, 2025 | Roundtables, Video Games
The 2024 SAG-AFTRA video game strike began in July 2024 and, despite falling out of the news somewhat, is still ongoing. The strike began after failed negotiations to protect voice actors from replacing voice actors with artificial intelligence-generated voices. (more…)
Zora Gilbert cares a whole lot about words, kids, and comics. Find them at @zhgilbert on twitter, and find the comics they edit at datesanthology.com.
by Madison Butler | Aug 19, 2024 | Roundtables, Video Games
How much time is too much time to spend playing a game? How short can a game be while still feeling like an interesting and realized world? These questions, oriented around the subjective experience of play, are not the kind typically brought up on the website formerly known as Twitter every time a new $14.99 indie game becomes the subject of… spirited… debate. Have no fear, though: the Sidequest gang has put pen to paper and fingers to keyboard to inject enough nuance into the subject to stop it from being a debate at all.
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Madison Butler is Sidequest’s self-proclaimed jock editor. She co-founded the blog Critsumption and once got really into powerlifting via Fitness Boxing for the Nintendo Switch. She posts about fiber arts @maddilo.bsky.social.
by Cress | Apr 22, 2024 | Essays, Video Games
Like many of us over the past year, I’ve been wandering down, down, down by the river. The absolutely massive Baldur’s Gate 3 by Larian Studios has not only wormed its way into my brain, but also my heart. The core cast that make up your party, all having their own desires and fears, slowly open up to the player depending on their actions, and that’s what ultimately sold me on playing it.
The following contains major spoilers for Baldur’s Gate 3 and descriptions of violence that may be triggering for some readers. (more…)
When I’m not co-oping in a FromSoft game or trying to convince someone how good the Venom movie was; I usually enjoy crafting, drawing and hanging out with cats.
Find my silly takes and NSFW art (if I ever get around to drawing some) on twitter @justthecress and bluesky @justthecress.bsky.social
by Melissa Brinks | Jan 1, 2024 | Roundtables, Tabletop Games, Video Games
The video game crash of 1983 is probably what comes to mind when you think about terrible years for games. But might I suggest: 2023? (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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