22 episodes
SideQuests SideQuests by Will Macfarlane and Bryce Taylor
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5.0 • 4 Ratings
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Bryce and Will are game developers who also teach children how to code. We spend a lot of time analyzing and discussing video games.
We also run a Youtube channel about making things called... Making Things.
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Episode 2_04: Starcraft
In this episode we discuss Starcraft. A lot. We also talk for a little bit about Final Fantasy 7, which will is replaying.
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Episode 2_03: The Postman
In this episode we discuss Death Stranding and how it might just be the remake of The Postman we've been waiting for. We also discuss Will's stream where he teaches programming and Scratch called Built from Scratch, which can be found at twitch.tv/built_from_scratch. Finally we start a conversation about violence in games, but we'll have to continue that later.
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Episode 2_02: How you know you're done
In this episode we talk about learning something from the beginning even when you already know some of it, and we discuss how you decide to stop playing a game, using examples from Celest and Stardew Valley. Also, math comes up a surprising amount.
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Episode 2_01: Seems harder, is easier
In this episode we talk about Pandemic Legacy and events in games that make it feel harder, but actually make it easier.
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Episode 18: Theme
The theme of this episode is theme. We talk about boardgames in addition to video games, talk about D&D and other stuff.
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Episode 017: Scoop: Ludum Dare
In this episode we discuss Scoop, the game we made for the most recent game jam, Ludum Dare. We also discuss some games we're playing, including Celeste, and how games can have multiple paths, such as in Oddworld. Lastly, we briefly talk about Terraria and Her Story.
Customer Reviews
Games with absent old friends
I listen to this podcast while I am folding laundry or doing the dishes or making dinner- lonely times now that I live in a nuclear family only home. I love to play games but not really very many video games. But I really love listening to Side Quests because it transports me back in time to the many many hours I spent observing my boyfriends playing video games and being happily and mostly excluded from conversations about the philosophy of gaming, coding, and education. Will and Bryce: Thanks for tricking me into spending more time thinking about video games than I thought I wanted to by being delightful.