Category: Ranks

  • My Top 8 Games I Abandoned In 2025

    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.…

  • Fake 2025 Game Awards Betting Odds + My Full Predictions

    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…

  • My 6 Biggest Surprises From The 2025 Game Awards Nominations

    My 6 Biggest Surprises From The 2025 Game Awards Nominations

    We have finally arrived at my favorite time of the year for video games. As much as I love playing games throughout the year, internally debating which are my favorites makes me almost equally happy. It’s a way for me to relive a lot of great memories that I had playing them, and I love…

  • My Official 2025 Game Awards Nominee Predictions

    My Official 2025 Game Awards Nominee Predictions

    If you want to hear me talk about these predictions, check out The Big Nerd Gaming Podcast. As my friend AndresPlays says, we have reached the time of year when I grow the most powerful. All year, I’m cataloguing the games I play, and tracking many games for how good they are in very specific…

  • The 10 Worst Game Awards Winner Selections Ever (IMO)

    The 10 Worst Game Awards Winner Selections Ever (IMO)

    I am sorry for the clickbait-y headline. Saying “The Top 10 Game Awards Winners That I Personally Disagreed With The Most” just didn’t have much of a ring to it. We are coming up very quickly on Game Awards season. Big Nerd Gaming will be one of the most devoted websites in the world to…

  • BigNerdGaming’s Top 10 Xbox 360 Games

    BigNerdGaming’s Top 10 Xbox 360 Games

    Welcome to the latest edition of my top 10 lists for various consoles! This series is a way for me to segment off my rankings a little bit in preparation for a “top 25 games of all time” list down the road. Today’s list is my top 10 Xbox 360 games. This was a very…

  • My Top 10 Games I Abandoned And Need To Play Again

    My Top 10 Games I Abandoned And Need To Play Again

    Yes, video games are expensive these days. But I think we still underestimate just how much value a video game can have in terms of the amount of time they can entertain you compared to the amount of money spent on it. If I spend 40 hours with a video game that I spent $70…

  • BigNerdGaming’s Top 10 Xbox Live Arcade Games

    BigNerdGaming’s Top 10 Xbox Live Arcade Games

    This is a more niche list, but it means a lot to me. I’ve absolutely loved video games for pretty much my entire life. But somehow, my love for the medium grew more than I could have anticipated during the Xbox 360 era. In part, this is because the medium took a big step forward…

  • BigNerdGaming’s Top 10 Game Boy Advance Games

    BigNerdGaming’s Top 10 Game Boy Advance Games

    Welcome to the next edition of my top 10 lists, as I work towards eventually dropping my top 25 games of all time in one list. Today, I am ranking my top 10 Game Boy Advance games. The reason I’m doing it this way is that it’s a lot easier to parse through all the…

  • My Top 11 Winners of Gamescom Week

    My Top 11 Winners of Gamescom Week

    I’ve always loved a good video game showcase. Back in the heyday of E3, I would build my entire week around watching all of the showcases. It’s a little tougher to do that now, but whenever I can, I am seated for things like The Game Awards, Summer Game Fest, and all of the various…