The Northern Nerd

My favorite times of year to spend in the kitchen are fall and winter. There’s something about the oven heating up the room and the smell...

Big action deserves a big screen.

Louie's Bar and Bites has become a hometown favorite in the Hayward area.

Death Stranding is Kojima without limits.

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.

Stories that create catharsis for players are hard to create. That Dragon, Cancer is one of those games.

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

Millennial men need Jesus and it’s time we dust off our Bibles and get to work.

There’s been a death in the family. It’s not the kind of death that we have to dress in black for. We don’t have to send casseroles or...

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,...

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...

As the pines sway in the woods and snow continues to fall outside of my window, I figured now was a good opportunity to pause and reflect...

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...

Who knew that a small Spanish video game studio could make a true magnum opus? Blasphemous, developed by Game Kitchen, published by...

Beat ‘em up games have spanned for as long as video games have existed: Streets of Rage, Battletoads, and Double Dragon cabinets have...

Dear Freshmen, It seems as though you’ve just got dropped off by your parents at summer camp. Classes are just about to start, but that...

There are always things we wish we could tell our friends, but maybe the right opportunity hasn’t presented itself. Maybe there were too...

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...

I’m the guy at the party, but I’m not the life of it. I’m off to the side, up against the wall listening to Mark and Lisa talking about...