"Hi friends, Zainabb here, living an especially cosy game life recently to help me cope with endless flare-ups and deep heartbreak as the genocide of Palestinians only seems to worsen and Sewage Island keeps trying to destroy trans lives." — Zainabb Hull

Read more in GYGO Cosy: New Cosy Games in 2025: https://sidequest.zone/2025/04/23/gygo-cosy-new-cosy-games-in-2025/

"The time-traveling zombies in Crow Country don’t allow the player to displace anxieties about an inhospitable future. The victims of the coming environmental collapse are none other than ourselves. Ultimately, Crow Country is a game about climate change." - Kathryn Hemmann

Read more in Crow Country Is a Game About Climate Change: https://sidequest.zone/2025/04/22/crow-country-climate-change/

May Roundtable: Soothing Games

This month, Cress and Melissa power through the churning morass of North American politics to talk about soothing games.

https://sidequest.zone/2025/05/29/may-roundtable-soothing-games/

#Roundtables #VideoGames #CookServeDelicious2 #FieldsOfMistria #TheSims

GYGO Cosy: EA Makes Bank… and Staff Redundancies

In this month's cosy gaming news: EA releases new The Sims 4 packs while laying people off and mandating in-person working for staff.

https://sidequest.zone/2025/05/21/gygo-cosy-ea-makes-bank-and-staff-redundancies/

#MobileGames #News #TabletopGames #VideoGames #CozyGames #GetYourGameOn #TheSims

Thief II: The Original Anti-Tech Bro Game

Despite its medieval setting, Thief II's take on the exploitation of the working class by powerful wielders of technology is eerily prescient.

https://sidequest.zone/2025/05/19/thief-ii-the-original-anti-tech-bro-game/

#Essays #Opinion #VideoGames #EidosInteractive #LookingGlassStudios #ThiefII

GYGO Mobile: More Lawsuits

In this month's mobile games news: some resolution to the Epic Games vs. Apple lawsuit, two new lawsuits against Roblox, and more!

https://sidequest.zone/2025/05/14/gygo-mobile-more-lawsuits/

#MobileGames #News #Apple #EpicGames #GetYourGameOn #Mobile #roblox

REVIEW: Welcome to the Urban Jungle

Cress reviews Urban Jungle by Kylyk Games, a cozy game that allows players to organize, decorate, and build a flourishing plant store.

https://sidequest.zone/2025/05/12/review-welcome-to-the-urban-jungle/

#Reviews #VideoGames #KylykGames #UrbanJungle

Review: Wanderstop Is Pretty, but Fails to Capture the Challenges of Healing

Wanderstop is a beautiful game, but its lack of engaging mechanics and unchallenging story failed to hook me the way I hoped they would.

https://sidequest.zone/2025/05/05/review-wanderstop-is-pretty-but-fails-to-capture-the-challenges-of-healing/

#Reviews #VideoGames #AnnapurnaInteractive #IvyRoad #VideoGameReviews #Wanderstop

GYGO Variety Hour: The Gang Goes to Court

This month in Variety Hour: bad people sue bad people, better people sue bad people, and Austin Walker is podcasting about games again.

https://sidequest.zone/2025/04/30/gygo-variety-hour-the-gang-goes-to-court/

#News #TabletopGames #VideoGames #Discord #GetYourGameOn #VarietyHour #Wingspan #ZiffDavis

Level Up Your Poetry, Part 7: An Editor’s Point of View

Katherine Quevedo discusses video game poetry with poet and editor CB Droege, who has edited both of the Dangerous to Go Alone! anthologies.

https://sidequest.zone/2025/04/28/level-up-your-poetry-part-7-an-editors-point-of-view/

#Poetry #GameEnjambment #LevelUpYourPoetry