Author: Westen
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Cabernet Review- RPG Elements Make Everything Better
Life is a fickle thing that is incomprehensibly different for almost every single person who experiences it. Despite this, there are some undeniable truths to our existence. Life is precious. Life is not fair. You have to love yourself if you want someone else to love you. Touching grass is good. And, of course, the…
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Three Early Impressions- Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Regular readers of the blog may have noticed that I’ve done several of these “three early impressions” pieces, and not all that many reviews so far this year. There’s a reason for that. I’m not completing any damn games! I realized this week that I still haven’t beaten any AAA game this year. I’ve only…
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My Top 10 Video Game IPs That I Wish Were In Different Hands
Last week, I read an interesting article with rumors that Ubisoft was looking to sell some of its IPs to help keep its struggling business afloat. It does not appear that this was true. It looks more like Ubisoft wants to spin off its business into two separate entities, with one holding its more prominent…
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Hot Take: Game Reviewers Are Doing A Pretty Good Job
I’m not sure if there is anything more obnoxious than game review discourse on video game social media. When a game that people are excited for gets bad reviews, we hear that “the reviewers are morons!” If that game gets great reviews, we hear things like “wow, even these morons like it!” If a game…
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Mega Gaming Roundup- Split Fiction, Pirate Yakuza, Cabernet, Avowed, and KCD2
To no one who reads this blogs surprise, I have been playing a lot of video games as of late. This is always a great thing, but it’s actually starting to stress me out. Almost all of the games I’m playing range from good to amazing, but I keep adding new games to my rotation,…
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Wanderstop Review- To Relax Or Not To Relax, That Is The Question
A review code for this game was provided by Ivy Road Wanderstop at times feels like it is personally attacking me. In many ways, the game is completely antithetical to who I am as a person and as a gamer. This is a game where you manage a tea shop. That tea shop has no…
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BigNerdGaming’s Top 10 Original Xbox Games
It’s funny how easily we can get wrapped up into different gaming ecosystems as a kid based on events that are likely somewhat outside of our control. I don’t think many kids or even teenagers are doing deep dives of research to determine which gaming console is going to be the best for them. And…
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BigNerdGaming’s Top 10 N64 Games
It is finally time for another edition of my top 10 games from a past system. This is another step in my journey to eventually release a top 50 games of all time list. The N64 was an interesting time for gamers. Much like developers were trying to figure out the power of a new…
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It Takes Two Review- I’d Even Play It With Someone I Only Kind Of Tolerate
Here’s the dirty secret about most games that feature and encourage co-op. Most of these games aren’t actually all that much better from a gameplay perspective because of their co-op features. Yes, there might be ways that the game lets you work together, but you generally don’t actually have to, as these games have to…
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Three Early Impressions: Avowed
I discovered something interesting when I went back and looked at my “most anticipated games” lists I’ve done the past few years. At the start of 2024, Avowed was my #8 most anticipated game of the year. Midway through 2024, I said it was my #9 most anticipated game for the rest of 2024. The…
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