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09/11/2025

"When I engage with art that holds sincerity at arm’s length, including through ironic detachment, I feel a bit sad. Why are you afraid to say what you want to say? What could you say if, as the game jam’s prompt suggests, you told 'THE CYNIC IN YOUR HEAD THAT THIS ISN’T WORKING OUT MAN, LEAVE ME ALONE FOR AT LEAST A WHILE.'" — Melissa Brinks

Read more in Pretentious Game Jam is Authentically Good: https://sidequest.zone/2025/10/20/pretentious-game-jam-is-authentically-good/

07/11/2025

"The game is spent trying to balance impossible things, taking responsibility for your old self’s choices while potentially turning away from their lifelong dreams.... But [the past] is out of your hands; it happens before the gameplay ever starts. The only thing you actually control is what you will do moving forwards—and these choices set up who you want your Morgan Yu to be." — C. C. Rayne

Read more in Who Are Yu?: Prey and The Power of Self-Determination: https://sidequest.zone/2025/11/03/who-are-yu-prey-and-the-power-of-self-determination/

30/10/2025

"The space we inhabited was all about actions and less about appearances. When we bumped into some friends on the way, χ suggested they could tag along, with Gin seeming hesitant to that idea. Noting this, I promised a future hangout with everyone and waved bye. Gin shyly pulled his hat down, wondering if he was acting too girly by wanting to hang out with me one on one." — Cress

Read more in Caligula Effect 2: My Body is Filled with Regret: https://sidequest.zone/2025/10/28/caligula-effect-2-my-body-is-filled-with-regret

28/10/2025

"Gaming’s my favourite thing to do when flaring up because it’s less passive than watching TV or listening to podcasts, which lets me feel like I’m “doing” something when I physically can’t do anything. Games allow me to engage with a world and connect with characters when I’m at my most isolated, helping me to feel less alone and spark my imagination when just thinking can be difficult. Gaming also distracts me from pain, depression, anxiety, and any number of other fun flare symptoms like nausea or cramps." — Zainabb Hull

Read more in "6 Video Games to Play During a Chronic Illness Flare" at https://sidequest.zone/2022/01/17/6-video-games-to-play-during-a-chronic-illness-flare/

25/10/2025

"Shadows linger a little longer in October, and Halloween is the perfect excuse to dim the lights, grab some headphones, and delve into the eerie world of indie retro horror. The grainy textures and lo-fi soundtracks of retro games summon an uncanny atmosphere that can make you feel like you’ve unearthed something cursed from the back of the closet, and Itch.io is overflowing with free-to-play titles that capture this nostalgic feeling of dread. In honor of spooky season, dust off your haunted CRT monitor and plug into these short but chilling retro-inspired indie horror games." — Kathryn Hemmann

Read more from Kathryn Hemmann in "Eight Free Retro Horror Games on Itch.io" — https://sidequest.zone/2025/10/15/retro-horror-games-on-itchio/

23/10/2025

"A while ago, I asked in the Sidequest Slack if I would ever be free of talking about Epic Games vs. whoever in court. Maddi wisely said no. She was correct." — Melissa Brinks

Read more in GYGO Mobile: Roblox, Epic Games, You Know the Drill: https://sidequest.zone/2025/10/22/gygo-mobile-roblox-epic-games-you-know-the-drill/

22/10/2025

"[Pretentious Jam spawned] nine distinct games by nine distinct creators, each tackling themes of art, pretension, statements, and design in nine distinct ways. Because these games are niche and not everybody is trawling itch.io for games purposefully billed as pretentious, I bring them to you, along with a pretentiousness rating (which, importantly, is not a rating of quality) to help sell you on the value of art that rankles and irritates and maybe makes you feel a bit stupid." — Melissa Brinks

Read more in Pretentious Game Jam is Authentically Good: https://sidequest.zone/2025/10/20/pretentious-game-jam-is-authentically-good/

19/10/2025

"The other day, Saiben was asking me about nostalgia. I explained that someday all the memes he knows and loves will be dead, and he’ll be looking at reels on Futuregram and a video reminiscing about the 2010s will pop up, and it will feel like being pierced through the chest. A deep yearning for a different and simpler time will permeate his emotions, tinged with grief that he’ll never truly get to have it back. I experience this myself a lot." — Kamie Wootan

Read more in That’s Just a Theory: On MatPat, Five Nights at Freddy’s, and Saying Goodbye: https://sidequest.zone/2024/04/29/thats-just-a-theory-on-matpat-five-nights-at-freddys-and-saying-goodbye/

16/10/2025

"Shadows linger a little longer in October, and Halloween is the perfect excuse to dim the lights, grab some headphones, and delve into the eerie world of indie retro horror. The grainy textures and lo-fi soundtracks of retro games summon an uncanny atmosphere that can make you feel like you’ve unearthed something cursed from the back of the closet, and Itch.io is overflowing with free-to-play titles that capture this nostalgic feeling of dread. In honor of spooky season, dust off your haunted CRT monitor and plug into these short but chilling retro-inspired indie horror games."

Read more from Kathryn Hemmann in "Eight Free Retro Horror Games on Itch.io" — https://sidequest.zone/2025/10/15/retro-horror-games-on-itchio/

20/09/2025

Melissa and Zora sat down to discuss the representations of sexuality and gender in the Dragon Age series, with some (maybe) surprising praise and some (less) surprising criticisms.

17/09/2025

"Not all games will benefit from prioritizing strangeness in their narratives or gameplay, but challenging the common conceits for what games can do doesn’t always mean a new mechanic or an intriguing protagonist. Sometimes it’s throwing convention and practicality out the window and just reveling in making us screw up our faces and demand that our friends take a look at what we’re playing." — Melissa Brinks

Read more in Don’t Rein It In: The Necessary, Unrepentant Weirdness of My Horse Prince: https://sidequest.zone/2017/01/19/dont-rein-it-in-the-necessary-unrepentant-weirdness-of-my-horse-prince/

12/09/2025

"Sewers combine the allure of secret underground tunnels with the chance to study old artifacts that have been thrown away and forgotten. These areas often have a strange beauty as well, with the slow drip and flow of water enhancing the dance of the light reflected on the mossy walls." — Kathryn Hemmann

Read more in Seven Intriguing Video Game Sewers: https://sidequest.zone/2025/03/03/video-game-sewers/

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