Matt & Geoff are joined by TroytlePower to discuss when a game is considered to not have combat, what "combat" means, and where its presence or lack serves the gameplay experience.

The recently released Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector maintains a constant sense of tension, danger, and violence without any sort of direct combat mechanic. When genre conventions are subverted all the time and there's more than one binary choice through obstacles in a game; why are we Fighting in the first place?

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Side Quests is back and this episode's host is writer and vacationer trying to relax at Isle Delfino, James Carr! The game he is talking about today is Super Mario Sunshine by Nintendo.

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Side Quests is back and this episode's host is video essayists, streamer and best friend to all the Waddle Dees, Marc "Try4ce" Duddleson! The game he is talking about today is Kirby and the Forgotten Land by HAL Laboratory and Nintendo.

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Side Quests is back and so is host Shane Selterre! He is a podcaster and adventurer just arriving in Tristram! The game he is talking about today is Diablo by Blizzard Entertainment.

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Matt & Geoff are joined by Alex Stompoly, Tavern Keeper at Dungeon & Dragon's Twenty-Sided Tavern, to talk about choices big and small in games, how we make them, and what we hope to see in effect.

Whether it's who we save from danger, where our characters go with limited time, or what we name a random NPC, we like to feel like our choices have weight when we game. Alex helps to facilitate a theater full of people making these choices efficienct, weighty, and fun eight shows a week.

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Side Quests is back and this episode's host is writer, web developer, game developer and explorer stranded on an unknown planet, Caaz! The game he is talking about today is RimWorld by Ludeon Studios.

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Side Quests is back and this episode's host is podcaster and wielder of a phase-shifted hard light energy sword, DiscoCola from Underplayed! The game he is talking about today is Hyper Light Drifer by Heart Machine.

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Side Quests is back and so is host Chris Diggins! He is a podcaster, writer, critic, professional GM, Tenth Sol and mastermind of the Eternal Cauldron Project! The game he is talking about today is Nine Sols by Red Candle Games.

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