More Than Just Fishing: A Roundtable About Sidequests

More Than Just Fishing: A Roundtable About Sidequests

I’ve written pretty thoroughly about how I am a particular type of gamer. I prefer games that are story and relationship focused, and that don’t require a lot of level grinding or random quests. This includes my tabletop play style—apologies to my DM/wife who is sitting on a bunch of Kingmaker sidequests that our party has ignored! Because of my pickiness, I don’t play a lot of games, but lately I’ve been feeling like this framework of “pickiness” is unfair. Am I a gamer aberration? What makes me different from all of you? Why the heck do y’all enjoy repetitive level grinding?! (more…)

Postgame.14: Theseus’s Flat Ass

Postgame.14: Theseus’s Flat Ass

Welcome back to Postgame, Sidequest’s monthly podcast, where the editors lay down hot takes on cold games. This month marks the Postgame debuts of Maddi Butler and Zainabb Hull, as they, Zora, and Melissa talk about what they were playing in… September of 2021. We’re working though the backlog, we promise!

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August Roundtable: Alternate Endings

August Roundtable: Alternate Endings

Summer is drawing to a close. We’re all thinking about alternate realities, so the Sidequest crew got together to discuss alternate endings. For example, consider the alternate ending of August where we had managed to get this up on time! (more…)

The Women Stars of E3 2018

The Women Stars of E3 2018

E3’s over and the gaming community is slowly falling back into the normal swing of things, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still lessons to be learned from this year’s show. Feminist Frequency recently published their yearly look at the number of women-centric video games showcased at E3, and while the numbers are still frustratingly low (8 percent of games vs. 24 percent featuring men), the games we did get show plenty of promise. I want to take a look at the specific games which starred female protagonists and/or featured women predominantly in their trailers, broken down by press conference. E3 has a long way to go toward equality, but we still have some games to look forward to in the next couple of years. (more…)

Get Your Game On: GDC, Unionization, OWL Code of Conduct, Fortnite

Get Your Game On: GDC, Unionization, OWL Code of Conduct, Fortnite

Happy Wednesday! What games are you playing lately? Like apparently most of the world, I’m playing Fortnite (more on that below). I’m also continuing Hitman, which stands out among games I’ve played for its sheer number of ways you can complete quests. I also played Life is Strange: Before the Storm‘s “Farewell” episode. Taking place five years before the events of the original Life is Strange, it reunites Ashly Burch and Hannah Telle’s emotive acting for one final, heartbreaking story.

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