I love side quests. I like the feeling of them. having the freedom to break from destiny to go do something right, put something small right, something that isn't wrapped up the important track of destiny that you are on but instead is something you chose to do, something you took a moment out for. they can be havens of a truth. or a beauty. or an interesting character. a fun moment. a secret. they're great they are.
I've been playing Skyrim recently. first time playing it on PC. all the little quests. they're really fun.
one thing I hope you can do in the next elder scrolls game while you're off just traversing the land is stumble upon somebody taking a dump in the woods and it starts a skyrim spoilers >> crazy side quest like the sanguine rose in skyrim.
beyond that, just in general, I like playing games because I like having the power to single-handedly put everything right. it's a great feeling. KOTOR spoilers >> walking around on korriban knowing you're Revan (I went there last), and masquerading as a sith and thinking, I'm gonna turn every single one of these snotnoses that I can. just walking around knowing you're gonna put the hurtin' on these sith bastards and fix this with a capital F and they're none the wiser, it's day 10 and they still think you're one of them. that was a great feeling. I think you can save like half of them. or two or three at least.
I also like it when games are funny but this doesn't happen enough. what made me laugh in a game recently? I can't recall now dammit.