Author: Westen
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2025 Last Call. Featuring Ball x Pit, Constance, Shinobi: Art of Vengance, and The Outer Worlds 2
If you followed the blog last year, you might be aware that we are about to reach PEAK BigNerdGaming season. I am religious about ranking various things all year, and this is when I finally start to release all of that work I have been doing. In the coming weeks, I will have “The Nerdys,”…
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My 23 Biggest Winners From Game Awards Week
The 2025 Game Awards are officially in the books! Coming off the 2024 show, which I thought was an all timer, the show had a whole lot to live up to. I had a great time with it, but I would say it fell a bit short of that incredible show. After a first half…
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Ghost of Yotei Review: Avoiding A Nicotine Addiction
I think for many gamers, open world side quests probably look similar to how a fresh pack of cigarettes does for a smoker. You have a couple of them for fun, and then soon enough, you can’t stop. You know that these things are actively making your life worse, yet you continue. As a gamer,…
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Andresplays’ Best 15 Moments in Gaming For 2025
Editor’s Note: For the second consecutive year, Andres has been generous enough to contribute an article to the blog for our end of year coverage. I want to thank him for his time and excellent writeups here. Sadly, these moments are not ranked despite my best efforts to convince him to do so. I suppose…
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Despelote Review: A Failure To Capture The Magic Of Sports
Despelote is a game chronicling what it was like to be in Ecuador when they qualified for the World Cup in 2001. It was the first time they had managed to qualify for the biggest soccer tournament that the world has to offer after 40+ years of attempting to do so. The game is autobiographical…
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Two Years of Big Nerd Gaming
Two years ago today, I wrote my first blog post for Big Nerd Gaming. In that post, I talked about why I was starting this blog. While I didn’t want to go into massive detail at the time, there’s always been a bit of a hole in my heart when I’m not writing or “producing…
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Episode 4: Our Top 5 Most Overlooked Games of 2025
Westen and Chike from Bassicfun discuss their top 5 most overlooked video games from 2025. 6:30 – Discussions of the games we are currently playing. Kingdom of Night, Ball x Pit, Outer Worlds 2, and Silent Hill f are discussed. 25:00 – Our top 5 most overlooked games this year, plus some honorable mentions. You…
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My Top 8 Games I Abandoned In 2025
Welcome to what looks like it will be a yearly feature for me now. Last year, I wrote about my top seven games that I abandoned. This year it’s eight. And when I compare these lists, I’d consider the games I abandoned in 2025 to be significantly better on the whole than the 2024 games.…
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Keeper Review: If I Can Change, And You Can Change…
There was a time in my life when I was very quick to abandon games. If a game had a few hour stretch where it wasn’t clicking for me, I’d be quick to throw it away. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve been able to acquire a bit more patience and discipline. Becoming a “game hopper”…
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Fake 2025 Game Awards Betting Odds + My Full Predictions
Welcome to year three of my Game Awards winner predictions and fake betting odds. This idea was born out of a simple and foolish desire. My desire to actually bet on The Game Awards. The betting site “Polymarket” now has odds for “Game of the Year,” but I really wish that I could bet on…
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