Tag: gaming
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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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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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Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist Review- Sad Anime Castlevania
I love the idea of being in a pitch meeting for a game and imagining how the concept of it was sold to a publisher. It’s fun to devolve a game’s concept into a stupidly simple elevator pitch. The way I envision the Ender series being pitched is “imagine a Castlevania game, but make is…
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Final Fantasy IX: Nostalgia Free Review- Just Enough Black Magic
Due to the age of this game, this review contains some spoilers. I tried to keep those spoilers as in check as I could. I first played Final Fantasy IX twenty years ago as a teen. Like many games from that era, I ended up dropping it pretty quickly. Emulating games and having a seemingly…
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An Interview With A Solo Developer: The Making of “A Murder in Buckfield”
Solo game developers have always been one of the most impressive things to me in the gaming space. Game development has so many facets to it. Being able to navigate everything from level design to plotting out the story to writing dialogue has always seemed like an absolutely herculean task. Not to mention, the fact…
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard Review- The Man In The Middle
There’s a popular meme out there where two girls are having what looks like an insane fight, and meanwhile, some kid seems to be smoking a bong and having the time of his life watching the fight happen. Dragon Age: The Veilguard makes me feel like that kid. I have watched people fight to the…
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Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector Spoiler Free Review- Mostly Rolling 6’s
A review code for this game was provided by Fellow Traveler I’ve always loved dice mechanics in video games, as I’m not sure if there’s a mechanic that better replicates how real life can be. No matter what you do on any given day, elements of luck follow. Everything is a bit of a dice…
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