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A video games podcast for people too busy to play video games
After a couple months of no time to play games, we are excited for some stay indoor pastime to keep us out of the heat. Dave talks about cranking it up with PlayDate, Danh has the handsomest Master Chief, and Zach is addicted to the best games from three years ago.
We close out the month of February on a high note, Dave slays 12 minutes and starts his latest skateboard career, Danh continues to look for new loot to grind in Halo while giving Lost Ark a chance to be a Diablo replacement, and Zach actually beat Metroid Dread and Florence while flying home.
Happy New Year everybody! We're kicking off 2022(?) with a new episode of Aside Quest. This week Dave finally played some games as we talk about Return of the Obra Dinn, Twelve Minutes, Metroid Dread, and Wildermyth.
This week we talk about Halo Infinite Multiplayer! Is this our new everyday game? Is this something you should pick up? Also this episode Zach continues his dungeon crawling in Persona 5 and Danh finished one JRPG and started a new one.
Zach got his hands on Metroid Dread while Danh is venturing through the end of it. Danh also talks about Square Enix's latest JPRG Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars while Dave suggest some books he's been checking out.
Zach continues to dig into Deep Rock Galactic and also hopped on the pain train known as Overwatch. Also Danh got a hold of the new Nintendo Switch OLED and talks about his experience with Metroid Dread.
Danh played the Halo Infinite Multiplayer beta and wonders if this will be their next game, Dave got a new iPad Mini and discovered that Microsoft xCloud is playable on it and Zach got his viking boots on and played Valheim.
While Dave explores asymmetric horror sims, Danh dives deep into dodgeball trainer mastery and Warioware's latest offering on Switch, and Zach keeps mining and rebuilding the irradiated Boston landscape on PC.
The crew chat about the games they played in their latest stand-up that includes The Ascent, Deep Rock Galactic, Tribes of Midgard, Axiom Verge and Mini Motorways. Dave also have a solution for Battle Passes for competitive gaming.
This week the crew talk about Valve's new hardware, the Steam Deck. Is it the right time to release an ambitious product with chip shortages? We talk about that along with the new Nintendo Switch OLED, Zach finally beating Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Danh diving into Game Builder Garage.
We hop on the 2021 E3 hype train and go over all the exciting news and announcements from the annual summer event! This jam-packed episode also has our usual standup which includes The Division, Game Builder Garage and The Last Spell.
We take the journey into Jason Shreier's ghosts of game development studios past, diving headfirst into the how these games get made. What does that creative and human effort looks like from the inside?
Howdy y'all! We are back for another action packed episode of Aside Quest. This week Dave returns to Cities: Skyline and brings back the Overwatch Minute. We make a few predictions on what we for Overwatch 2. In other games, Zach is collecting Personas and Danh checks out Lost Words.
Howdy Y'all! Birthday Week continues! Dave reveals his lack of play since we last met, CoD and Overwatch not withstanding. Danh heartily recommends Control for its design, narrative, and polished fun! Zach might be obsessed with Persona 5 and this summer we are doing a Book Club again!
Howdy y'all! it's April and we're ready to do some Spring cleaning into our backlog. This week Dave continues his exploration into the Minecraft Univere, Zach is attempting a heist in Borderlands 3 and Danh confesses that he's not a platforming fan.
Howdy y'all! We are back for another action packed episode of Aside Quest. This week Danh enters the world of Valheim, Zach is adventuring through the Borderlands 3 DLC and Dave enters the Call.. of Duty: Cold War.
This week the crew ponders the challenge of being excited for video games during COVID-19. Also in this episode Dave talks about the feeling of accomplishments in Minecraft, Zach is back on the Diablo 3 train and Danh played some demos from the Steam Game Festival.
It's a new year and we're ready to kick off the Fourth season of Aside Quest! This week Dave played various games he received from Santa, Danh is still hunting ghosts in Phasmaphobia and Zach finished Divinity Original Sins 2.
