Category: Life
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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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The Biggest Things I Learned Through Video Games At Age 36
I do two posts a week with this blog religiously. It’s not easy sometimes. If you follow the blog closely, first off, thank you, but second off, you’ve probably noticed how often I find almost any idea and turn it into a list. Part of that is because I’m just a list sicko and love…
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Boys Don’t Cry During The Death Stranding 2 Ending
Note: There are spoilers for the ending of Death Stranding 2 in this article. They are marked, and the article should still function roughly the same with or without them. But there’s one thing I knowThe blues they send to meet meWon’t defeat me, it won’t be longTill happiness steps up to greet me Raindrops…
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My Top 10 Games Enhanced By Fatherhood
When you become a parent, there’s a whole lot of things that people don’t tell you. Mostly, people have a hard time describing exactly how hard it can be. They don’t tell you about how difficult it is to do all the things you have to do on a given day, but with way less…
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Learning To Love A Dog Again Is Easy And Complicated
One of the strangest things about the weeks and months after a dog passes away are the inevitable questions that come afterward. Namely, “When do you think you’ll get another dog?” It’s an odd thing to ponder in that moment. It feels like thinking about when you might marry again weeks after a spouse passes…
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Crypt Custodian Review: In The Right Place At The Right Time
Timing is everything. Usually, this has a bit of a negative connotation for video games. I hear many stories about people playing a game that they didn’t love at the time because they just weren’t in the right headspace for it. Oftentimes, after another try down the line, those same people end up loving the…
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So Long Dear Friend. I’d Do It Again. Every Time.
Getting a pet is one of the most unfathomable things we can do. We bring a creature into our house. We put pictures of them up everywhere. Many of us let them sleep in our beds and on our couches. We call them family. If someone asks me how many kids I have, I usually…
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The Biggest Things I Learned Through Video Games at Age 35
Today is my birthday. When you are a gaming blogger trying to do two posts a week, any opportunity for easy content needs to be capitalized on. I am going to use my birthday privilege to write an easy blog post talking about what I learned this year through the lens of video games. I’m…
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Video Games Couldn’t Save Me From Depression, But a Dog Did
When I was 20 years old, I was not doing well. Seemingly nothing in my life was going my way. I had dreamed of being a journalist my whole life, and I had come to the sudden realization that the plans I had made since I was 6 years old were not going to work.…
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Welcome to Big Nerd Gaming
My name is Westen, aka “The Big Nerd”. I count myself as incredibly fortunate in this life. I have an amazing wife, a beautiful daughter, and tons of amazing friends, many of whom I consider family. And yet, one weird thing has always been missing for me. Despite video games being one of my main…
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