Midlife SideQuest

On this week’s episode John is playing the wildly addictive card game Balatro, which is an early front runner for Game of the Year! Plus the joys of changing medical insurance and wishing everyone a Happy Ramadan! 

In this week’s brand new episode, John checks out the Switch remake of the GBA classic, Mario vs Donkey Kong! Plus he’s starting to like… old people stuff! All that and more Positive Vibes and Polling at Threads! 

On this week’s episode it’s all about the 90’s! John checks out the new collection of the original Tomb Raider trilogy, plus he goes to see Madonna and positive vibes to the creator of X-Men ‘97!

On this episode, John plays the newest iteration of Prince of Persia, plus experiences a memorable Japanese dinner, and Positive Vibes to a pair of podcasting new parents! 

On this episode, John checks out the shadow dropped Silent Hill: The Short Message! Plus his thoughts on the reaction to the recent Xbox rumors and positive vibes! 

On this episode John checks out the Turtle Beach Stealth Ultra Smart Controller, and it’s maybe the best controller he’s ever used! Plus his thoughts on the PlayStation State of Play and more Positive Vibes! 

On this week’s episode John checks out the hottest game in the world right now, Palworld! Plus his eyesight is going to crap and Positive Vibes to Machine Games!

On this episode, John breaks down all the games shown at this week’s Xbox Developer Direct including Avowed and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle!

On this episode John jumps back in time to 2007 and the Xbox RPG Blue Dragon! How does this classic hold up today? Plus I await my midlife CRISIS and more Positive Vibes! 

On this episode John picks 6 gaming predictions for the upcoming year! Will they come true? Are they bonkers? Plus positive vibes to the makers of Retro Bowl + and more!

It’s the last day of game of the year week and we’ve got John’s top two picks for 2023! What’ll it be?

We’re continuing our Game of the Year week with the picks for #4 and #3! It’s coming down to the wire! Plus my favorite film of the year!

It’s day three and we’re talking about John’s picks for the #6 and #5 games of the year! And this week features two of the biggest games of the year! Plus more Positive Vibes.

Game of the Year week continues with John’s picks for #8 and #7, as well as his favorite restaurant of the year and more Positive Vibes for his favorite developers of the year. 

It’s Game of the Year week! And we’re kicking things off with John’s  picks for #10 and #9, as well as his favorite album of the year and Positive Vibes!

On the final episode of the year, John looks ahead to his most anticipated games of 2024 including Hellblade 2! Plus Positive Vibes and more. 

On this week’s episode John is checking out Alan Wake 2, giving his thoughts on the death of E3 (again), and sending more positive vibes!

Happy Holidays! This week John talks about his favorite holiday themed video games, gives his thoughts on the GTA6 trailer, and more! 

On this week’s new episode John is playing the farming and life sim, Coral Island! Plus he hikes up a bluff and sends out some Positive Vibes to the Threads community!

On this week’s episode John checks out Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, gives his 2 cents on the latest entries from the MCU, and Positive Vibes!

On this episode John plays Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 for the PS5, gives his thoughts on the Samsung Q80C QLED TV, plus Positive Vibes to Tamoor Hussain.

On this week’s episode John straps on his Quest to play The 7th Guest VR, plus Positive Vibes and more!

On this week’s episode of SideQuest I’m playing the fantastic Super Mario Bros Wonder! Plus a sad Halloween milestone and Positive Vibes to Mike Minotti. 

This week, John is playing the new Xbox racer, Forza Motorsport! Plus he sits with the old farts at a punk rock concert, and positive vibes to Mitch Dyer!

On this week’s episode, Ubisoft goes back to basics with Assassins Creed Mirage, John checks out the new Turtle Beach React-R Xbox controller, and positive vibes for Alex Van Aken!