The SideQuest – Episode #111 – Red Faction is teh Bestest!

Episode 111 brings us face-to-face (err, Skype-to-Skype actually) with Volition’s J Goldberg. We grill J about Red Faction: Guerrilla and Saint’s Row 2, and also engage in thrilling commentary about E3, Ice Road Truckers vs Deadliest Catch, and meet Aaron, one of our newest writers.

You Know What I Hate…

Regardless how long you have been playing video games, there is always a game mechanic you cannot stand. You hate it, loathe it, wonder why developers included it in a game. I know, get to the point already. You know what I hate…quick time events or QTE. To me, this is one of the worst…

Join Us On #gamechat Every Tuesday

SideQuesting is launching #gamechat, the weekly hashtag chat on Twitter that will cover various subjects in the gaming world as well as random topics that pop up. Each week leading up to the chat we’ll ask for specific topics to speak about. The chat will help create cross-communication without being forced to join an IRC or a specific community.

E3 Impressions: Bethesda

Since playing Fallout 3, I’ve become a fan of Bethesda’s work. The level of quality that they seek to master in each game that they produce has manifested in terrific, and epic, gaming experiences.

It was exciting for me to take a look at what they were showing at E3 this year, as I had high hopes for some of the games that they were working on — Wet comes to mind. I walked their booth not as a journalist (or rather, a wannabe journo) but as a gamer and fan.

First stop: Brink.

Red Faction: Guerrilla DLC announced

Mid-day yesterday, Volition announced a triple entendre of Downloadable content for its latest sandbox hit; Red Faction: Guerrilla. With nothing yet to say about the latter two packs, we get the awesome looking ‘Demons of the Badlands’ pack coming in August. Check out 4 more brand new DLC screens after the break.

The SideQuest – Episode #110 – Summer of Sam (Houston)

Episode 110 brings us a fantastic interview with Sam Houston of GamerDNA, TweetMyGaming, and the Video Game Industry Twitter List. We talk a little about what we’ve been playing (yes, Dali DID buy Red Faction), Sam explains how GamerDNA has evolved over the last year, Dali fawns over TweetMyGaming, Mike talks social networking in games, and Ryan… Well, at least Yaniv wasn’t there.

Why I Despise GameStop!

I cannot stand GameStop. Their customer service, horrible trade-in service, reselling of used games, the prices – everything about them just sets me off. They are a plague to me and I plan to continue avoiding them. I have not gone there in quite some time but recently ran into two seperate encounters with them and it further…