Tag: video-games
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Three Early Impressions: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
The number of people who love medieval times has always been fascinating to me. People don’t just love that era from a “history is interesting” perspective. There are entire industries built around feeling like you are living in this era. The Medieval Festival that takes place near me is a major event that so many…
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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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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Review- Timing is Everything
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle makes me think about how silly the human mind is. We all put a lot of importance on our first and last impressions of something or someone. And look, that’s great and all, but it doesn’t always make sense. If I have a lot of great interactions with someone,…
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Closer The Distance Review- Creeping on the Grieving
I’ve always felt a little weird whenever I’ve played a Sims game in the past. Something about those games feels inherently creepy. Watching a normal person do all of their everyday activities from a slight distance away just doesn’t feel right. It feels a bit scandalous. Now, imagine this concept, but attach a story about…
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BigNerdGaming’s Top 40 Moments of 2024: #40-26
I’ve been doing tons of lists for the end of the year. This might be my craziest. This is part one of three this week, going over my top 40 moments of 2024. I love video game moments because they can encapsulate such a wide variety of experiences. A lot of these are big story…
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BigNerdGaming’s Top 10 Games of 2024
One of my favorite parts about this time of year is that for a brief moment, almost everyone seems to take on my love of ranking things. I will see top 10 lists from all sorts of people on my social media feeds, even those who don’t appear to be ranking aficionados. Video games are…
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The 2024 BigNerdGaming Awards
It’s finally here! I have worked towards this day since January 1, 2024. Every time I completed a game this year, one of my first actions was to open up a notepad document I have saved and start updating various ranks. Those ranks are what you are about to see. As I’ve said in past…
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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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Silent Hill 2 Remake Review- I Screamed, I Cried, I Was Diagnosed With ADHD
Survival horror can be an odd genre. These games are not ones where I usually jump in expecting a great story. I play survival horror games for the intensity. I like having minimal bullets when I fight monsters so that I truly have to think about every shot. I like exploring every corner of every…
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