The Northern Nerd

Video games have a wonderful flexibility between involved gameplay to quietly living out a different life entirely. Take the indie darling Stardew Valley versus the widespread phenomenon of Call of Duty; both include involved gameplay, but each differs in genre and interactivity. But some games treat their story first and front, injecting less gameplay with more focus on story for a “visual novel.” As the genre states, it’s an interactive novel with minor gameplay elements, r

Fall deep into a well while blasting bullets at enemies from your boots.

I was fortunate enough to get this game and was blown away at its meticulous world and gameplay.

There are some stories that shouldn’t have a sequel.

Play for the thrill and story of one web swinger. 

Star Wars video games are back? Read on to find out Johan's take.

Build up your kingdom better than Lord Farquaad.

"OMG! You killed Kenny!" and possibly this game in the process.

The only thing scarier than this quarantine.

He is Kratos, teacher, husband, and now father. God of War has changed.

Outside of conceptual “hack the planet” undertone, Watch Dogs provides a stealth or action experience to players.

Well. Here we are. This is it; Borderlands 3. Fans have waited for too long and now, it’s finally here. After ten years of waiting, slightly broken by a less than perfect “Pre-Sequel” and the pitch perfect “Tales from the Borderlands,” the game fans have waited for so long. Borderlands 3, developed by Gearbox Studios and published by 2K Games, is a first-person action shooter with role playing game mechanics. As the final game in BL series, it has been called the best and the

You know that feeling of when you see a game a long time ago, then all of a sudden you get it as part of a winter sale and realize how it should’ve gotten attention? That’s the feeling I get when I rediscover the interactive movie phenomenon The Order 1886. Games that are marketed to be launch titles but then fall to the wayside in comparison to larger name brand recognition, like Killer Instinct (2013), Halo, and Gears of War to name a few. It’s a shame, considering this is

You know, there’s a lot of mascots in the video game world. Apart from the major blockbuster of Smash, the collective genres of video games have made remarkable characters: Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Crash Bandicoot, Captain Price, and Mega Man. But, let’s forget the women too; Samus Aran- the first leading heroine in a Nintendo game, Chun-Li- the first female fighter in a fighting game, to more current iterations like Ellie from The Last of Us, Chloe Fraiser from the Unchart

Who knew that a small Spanish video game studio could make a true magnum opus? Blasphemous, developed by Game Kitchen, published by Team17 Digital, and funded on Kickstarter, is a pixelated Action Platformer with heavy influence from the Dark Souls, “Metroidvania”, and Spanish Catholic imagery. Its narrative core of penance and suffering combined with interconnected locales and stylized gameplay makes for a delightfully dark game with clunky controls. The story of Blasphemous

Beat ‘em up games have spanned for as long as video games have existed: Streets of Rage, Battletoads, and Double Dragon cabinets have sprinkled their way through arcades and onto home consoles like the NES. While they flooded the market, some companies tried to look at this genre differently, like Technos Japan- now run by Arc System Works. Their Kunio-kun series had the elements of a standard RPG in a Beat ‘em up shell. By buying food or relaxing in a sauna, your individual

Mario, Mario, Mario. What are we going to do with you? You’ve jumped, rolled, karted, and spun your way into our hearts through the many worlds and galaxies that Nintendo has thrown at us from the NES to the Nintendo Switch. And through it all, we’ve been through journeys and experiences, learning about the nation’s capitals to blasting knock-off versions of Mario characters with energy blasters- that’s Mario’s Missing and Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle for you- what better w

People like to play detective in some small way; it adds to the thrill of mundane life. From watching Masterpiece Mystery on Sunday nights, binging the hour-long reboot of Sherlock Holmes with cheek bone man Benedict Cumberbatch, to reading a mystery novel. Mysteries provide intrigue and narrative, which video games have achieved through careful writing and plot building, but the characters themselves appeared to be computerized images, not real characters and the actors that

Alright, I admit it. I really like Stranger Things. From its debut on Netflix and now on its third season- where did the time go- on July 4th 2019, the Duffer Brothers attempted to make the birthday of our nation into an 80s filled action thriller with the kids and adults of Hawkins, Indiana. With the teens trying to move on into teen life, what better way to commemorate the long anticipated third season with a video game? Stranger Things 3 The Game, developed by BonusXP, is

Looting and shooting, total anarchy, a fanbase that has much love for meat bicycles as it does heartfelt stories, and a development history just as complicated as the mood of its current magic slinging CEO, get on the next rocket to the planet of Pandora and maybe its moon if you really want to with Borderlands. The Borderlands franchise has gone through some serious bumps and grinds on its way to its hard worked for pedestal as one of the prime loot and shoot first-person sh