Category: Takes
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Gaming Roundup: Grime II, Shadow of the Colossus, and Replaced
I didn’t have time to write an intro this time because I’m short on time. But here are my thoughts on three games I’ve been playing recently! The 3000ish words below will have to suffice. Enjoy! Grime II A review copy for this game was provided by Keymailer and Kwalee Despite how closely I follow…
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Crimson Desert Makes Me Question The Line Between “Good” and “Addictive” in Video Games
I’ve always found the use of the word “addictive” in gaming discussions to be pretty interesting, because for the most part, it’s a word very scarcely used in any sort of positive context in society. When people talk about addiction, it’s usually related to drugs of some sort, or perhaps gambling. You might even see…
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What If We Had Ten Nominees At The Game Awards Like The Oscars? A Retrospective.
This past week, I watched The Oscars for the first time ever. While pretty much all of my free time gets devoted to video games and sports, I recently started watching movies occasionally when I work out instead of just gaming Youtube videos. I’ve really enjoyed this little mix-up, as I’ve never watched movies consistently…
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Four Reasons Why I Quickly Fell Out Of Love With Pokémon Pokopia
Pokémon Pokopia wasn’t a game that was particularly on my radar in the buildup to its release. I absolutely love some cozy life-sim type of games, but I find just as many to be a bit lazy and boring. I also have absolutely loved Pokémon at some points in my life, but that love has…
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Gaming Roundup: Mewgenics, Planet of Lana, and Cairn
2026 has been off to a weird start for me. We are two months into the year, and while I’ve completed five games total so far, I’ve only beaten two games that were released in this calendar year. This isn’t for lack of playing new games, but almost every game I’ve played this year has…
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Three Nioh 3 Demo Impressions From A Nioh Newbie
It wasn’t that long ago where I probably would have completely ignored the release of Nioh 3. I never played the first two games, and it has always taken a somewhat high bar for me to even try out a Souls game. Despite very strong reviews, I could never get myself interested in the Nioh…
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SOMA’s Ending Makes Me Think About How We Treat People On The Internet
This post contains spoilers… obviously. I kept the main plot summary in one section that is marked. But major events in the game are alluded to throughout the piece. So there’s no fully avoiding spoilers here. One of the most fascinating aspects of art is how easy it can be to take away completely different…
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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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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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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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