Tag: rise of the ronin
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BigNerdGaming’s 2024 Honorable Mentions
With each video game that I play, I am thinking about if it will be in my top ten at year end. I love playing video games, and it’s a great way for me to think about the games that I enjoyed the most in a given year. In recent years, we have seen an…
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AndresPlays Top 10 Games of 2024
Editor’s Note: This is the first ever post on Big Nerd Gaming not written by Westen! I want to thank Andres for using this platform to share his top 10 games of 2024. You can find him on Twitter, Bluesky, and Threads at the attached links. Stay Tuned for more end of year content on…
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My Ten Biggest Disagreements With Game Critics This Year (So Far)
One of my biggest “hot takes” is that game critics do a pretty good job overall. If you look at games that don’t have stupid, made-up controversies around them, the critic and consumer consensus is relatively in line for a lot of games. But of course, even for a game critic defender like me, disagreements…
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My Hottest Gaming Takes of 2024 (So Far)
I have a complicated relationship with “hot takes.” The internet is inundated with hot takes for pretty much any entertainment medium, as it is a very easy way to get attention. In a crowded media landscape, pissing people off or being extremely contrarian is a quick way to stand out. Sports talk, in particular, is…
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BigNerdGaming’s Top 10 Games From The First Half of 2024
After 2023 was one of the deepest years in video game history, it was natural to expect a bit of a drop off in 2024. That has not been the case. 2024 has been off to an incredibly hot start, with every month so far having at least a few incredible games released, and that…
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Rise of the Ronin Review: Combat is King
Reviewing video games is an odd and inexact science. While almost every website has a similar review scale these days (7- good, 8- great, etc), I imagine that every reviewer has their own journey as to how they come up with that final number. I feel like, at times, many reviewers start at a certain…
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Rise of the Ronin Early Impressions: A Big Miss By Reviewers
A lot of people on social media love to hate on gaming media as a whole. So much of my twitter feed is taken up with complaints about gaming journalists, reviewers, media, etc. I am not one of those people. I view game reviewers as a valuable resource that have often saved me from bad…
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The Biggest Winners Of the Playstation State of Play
Much like the Xbox Developer Direct a few weeks ago, I came away Playstation’s latest games showcase neither super excited or disappointed. I thought it was fine. Much like that Xbox Developer Direct, no game totally blew me away, but also, just like that show, I became a bit more interested in several games, which…
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