The Northern Nerd

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

You won’t find any skyscrapers when you drive through small town America. The largest structure in town is the water tower and that...

Once we fail to see these athletes as fellow human beings, we begin to lose the human qualities that make us beautiful; empathy and love. 

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.

Life takes on magical journeys when we least expect it.

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

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

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...

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...