Tag: video-games
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Silksong Is Going To Be The First Soulslike I Ever Complete, Even If It Kills Me
Note: If your main thought on this piece is “BUT SILKSONG ISN’T A SOULSLIKE,” I literally do not care. It’s close enough. Touching grass is so important in these trying times. I have a weird relationship with soulslikes. I tend to enjoy them, but only to a certain point. Depending on the game, I usually…
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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…
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Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream Review- Sneaky Good
The beauty of stealth games to me is that they are inherently puzzle games with another level of intensity attached to them. Stealth games often involve problem solving on the fly and using all of your tools to get through each level. Unlike most puzzle games, stealth games also tend to have multiple solutions to…
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Episode 1: Our Biggest Disagreements With Game Critics In 2025- The Big Nerd Gaming Podcast
Westen and our special guest AndresPlays discuss the games we are currently playing, going into Hollow Knight Silksong, Quartet, and Lost Soul Aside. From there, they go into their six biggest disagreements with game critics so far this year. With 3 positive disagreements, and 3 negative disagreements. Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed the…
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One Post, Three Reviews: Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, Sword of the Sea, and Is This Seat Taken?
I seem to complete something like 40 games a year on average. That seems like a crazy number, especially considering that I am a working father. But the key to reaching that lofty number of completions oftentimes just boils down to the fact that I play a lot of shorter games. A good chunk of…
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The Big Nerd Gaming Podcast: Episode 0
Welcome to my new monthly podcast! This episode is just my way to introduce the show. Episode 1 is coming this week! Currently, I post a blog twice a week. My hope is the podcast will not disrupt that schedule, but obviously, as a working parent, there may be some months where the podcast ends…
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Everyone Wants To Make A Difference, And No One Knows How
Despite loving video games for my entire life, I have spent long chunks of time completely disconnected from the broader gaming community. I play a lot of single-player games. Few of my friends play anything besides the biggest releases. Outside of when I was on GameFAQs a lot in my younger years, I generally had…
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Mafia: The Old Country Review- A Journey Worth Ignoring The Ending
I have a moderately hot take. People obsess about endings too much, for just about everything. Don’t get me wrong, a powerful ending hits like little else. Many of my favorite moments in a year come when a game absolutely nails an ending. But if a game takes me on an awesome journey, and then…
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Donkey Kong Bananza Review- The Nintendo Rage Room
It seems like rage rooms are becoming more and more popular these days. These are rooms that allow people to destroy a bunch of fragile objects in a safe way. It’s a funny concept to me because when I see clips of people destroying all of the glass objects and other things in these rooms,…
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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…
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