Author: Westen
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BigNerdGaming’s 2025 Honorable Mentions
The point of an honorable mention is exactly that, to be a quick mention. When it comes to video game top 10s, the honorable mentions are meant to be a way to briefly remark on a very good game that missed the cut, and then move on from there. But I refuse to do that.…
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My 11 Favorite Pieces Of Gaming Content From Friends In 2025
Merry Christmas Eve! When I started this blogging journey a little over two years ago, I had plenty of reasons for doing so. It helped fulfill a dream, it gave me an outlet for my many gaming takes, and it keeps my writing muscles a bit sharper. But also, it felt like a great avenue…
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The 2025 Nerdys: All Of My Dumbest Video Game Awards
Welcome to part one of six for Big Nerd Gaming’s year-end content! The coming weeks will feature many lists with very serious rankings that I truly poured my heart into. Today, things are a bit less prestigious, but I still put a lot of effort into tracking these all year! The Nerdys are my way…
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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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