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. 

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

Say what you will about the gross, explicative filled, and parodic cultural phenomenon that is South Park, but Trey Parker and Matt Stone are visionaries of their time. Reaching 22 seasons, South Park has garnered fans in the millions with its tongue in cheek gross out humor. So, naturally, the question was “when will South Park be a video game?” In the television show’s history, there have been South Park licensed games, from its first 3D game on the Playstation to the mobil