Side Quest
SideQuest'Side Quest' is a DYCP funded research and interview programme that publishes on artist produced computer games. It is written by Elliott Burns.
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Play Quest: 'Los Caídos' by Juan Covelli
Bogotá has compressed itself around me. Standing in the Plaza de Bolívar my avatar rotates through a vista that narrates a collapse of distinct political turmoils into a unified Colombian moment, where 1985 meets 2021 and equally meets some...
Play Quest: '0UR 6H05T5, 0UR 5H3115' by David Blandy and Petra Szemán
Computer game menu still from David Blandy and Petra Szemán (2025-2026) 0UR 6H05T5, 0UR 5H3115. Courtesy of the artists.
Several years ago I discovered that my earliest games console was no longer boxed away in my parents’ attic. Alongside...
Play Quest: 'THE STRUGGLE IS REAL' by Greencube.gallery
Clusterduck, Greencube.gallery, Riccardo Rudi and Superinternet (2021) THE STRUGGLE IS REAL cover. Courtesy of the gallery.
Making it as an artist is an elimination game. Reflecting back on my own experience of graduating with a bachelor’s...
Gather Quest: 100 Art Games 100 Artists
As the title suggests, scroll down ↓↓↓ and you will find 100 art games by 100 artists. Why? Well, because 100 seemed like a reasonable number to aim for, a round figure with connotations of completeness. Although this article - or listicle...
Play Quest: 'World Upstream' by Cezar Mocan
On the banks of a reservoir, upstream from the dam, there is a world perpetually cast in the aura of an early summer evening. Amongst loose particles of pollen wafting on heat waves and a blanket of wildflowers, cell-shaded characters mingl...
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