Platform: PC Developers: Playdead Publishers: Playdead Release Date: July 21st 2010 Genre: Puzzle Nerd Rating: 7.5 Reviewed by: Babe Sauce If you’re looking for a puzzle game that is intellectually stimulating without forcing you to look for overly obscure cues you would have never thought existed, you’ve come to the right review. Limbo isn’t a particularly… Continue reading Limbo – PC
Category: PC / Mac
PC and Mac game reviews.
Deadly 30 – PC
Platform: PC Developer: Ignatus Zuk and Gonzalo Villagomez Publisher: Headup Games Release Date: January 8, 2014 Genre: Survival Horror, Action ESRB Rating: N/A Nerd Rating: 7 out of 10 Reviewed by Malefico Deadly 30, created by a two-man team of indie developers, is a retro-style survival horror game in which the player assumes the role of… Continue reading Deadly 30 – PC
Secrets of Rǽtikon – PC (Alpha Access)
Platform: PC Developer: Broken Rules Interactive Media GmbH Publisher: Broken Rules Interactive Media GmbH Release Date: January 7, 2014 Genre: Adventure, exploration, puzzle ESRB Rating: N/A Nerd Rating: 6 out of 10 Reviewed by Malefico Important: This is an alpha-access title, not a finished product!!! Secrets of Rǽtikon (it’s a Latin extended B) is a great… Continue reading Secrets of Rǽtikon – PC (Alpha Access)
Octodad: Dadliest Catch – PC
Platform: PC Developer: Young Horses Publisher: Young Horses Release Date: January 14th, 2014 Genre: Action/Adventure Nerd Rating: 7 or 9 out of 10 (Read for more info) Reviewed by Some Jerk From Boston When I buy a game, I make damn sure I want it. Bills, groceries, random occurrences called ‘life’, it’s all so expensive. Shelling out… Continue reading Octodad: Dadliest Catch – PC
Redshirt – PC
Platform: PC Developer: The Tiniest Shark Publisher: Positech Release Date: November 13, 2013 Genre: Simulation / Strategy Nerd Rating: 4 out of 10 Published by those who brought us Democracy 3, that game where I get assassinated every time I play, Redshirt has got to be a pretty decent game, right? Wrong. Redshirt is a… Continue reading Redshirt – PC
Gone Home – PC
Platform: PC Developer: The Fullbright Company Publisher: The Fullbright Company Release Date: August 15th, 2013 Genre: Adventure Nerd Rating: 8 / 10 Reviewed by: TheYellowKing When Gone Home was released it was met with a fair amount of praise. This praising helped give me wind, thus resulting in my interest which I was lousy on… Continue reading Gone Home – PC
League of Legends – Mac
Platform: Mac Release Date: October 27, 2009 Developer/Publisher: Riot Games Genre: RTS Nerd Rating: 8.5 out of 10 Reviewed by Budroo League of Legends is piping hot right now; some of the best known developers are working on it every day in order to satisfy millions of gamers. It’s technically a MOBA (Multiplayer online battle arena)… Continue reading League of Legends – Mac
Deadly Premonition – PC
Platform: PC Developer: Access Games Publisher: Rising Star Games Released: February 17, 2010 Genre: Survival Horror Nerd Rating: 9/10 Reviewed by ryanvoid Link to Game Imagine a game designed and written by a genius eight-year-old who’s just marathoned Twin Peaks and has only ever read about video games without playing a single one. Are you imagining it? Yeah, it’s weirder and more… Continue reading Deadly Premonition – PC
Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos – PC
Platform: PC Developer: Dischan Media Publisher: Dischan Media Release Date: April 4th, 2013 Genre: Visual Novel Nerd Rating: 4.5/10 I expect many people to see my low rating of this game and immediately think “he’s hating on it because it’s a visual novel and there’s not much gameplay.” Sorry everyone, but that’s… Continue reading Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos – PC
Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land – PC
Platform: PC Developer: Red Wasp Design Ltd. Publisher: Red Wasp Design Ltd. Release Date: May 5, 2012 Genre: RPG, Adventure, Strategy ESRB Rating: N/A Nerd Rating: 6.5 out of 10 Reviewed by Malefico I love the Cthulhu Mythos, and I’m not ashamed to say it. From the first time I picked up a book by H.P.… Continue reading Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land – PC
Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty – PC
with Heart of the Swarm Expansion Platform: PC Developer: Blizzard Entertainment Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment Release Date: July 27, 2010 Genre: Real-Time Strategy Nerd Rating: 9/10 Reviewed by PzIkHo My life for Aiur! Starcraft 2 builds on the immense popularity of the first installment, continuing the story of a forlorn Jim Raynor and his struggles against the… Continue reading Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty – PC
Titanfall – PC
Platform: PC Developer: Respawn Entertainment Publisher: Electronic Arts Release Date: March 11th, 2014 Genre: First Person Shooter Nerd Rating: 8.5/10 The other day I decided to pick up Respawn Entertainment’s new, very hyped up game, Titanfall. This game is a first-person shooter with parkour elements similar to Mirror’s Edge, or Warframe. However, a major part of this game are… Continue reading Titanfall – PC
Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs – PC
Platform: PC Developer/Publisher: The Chinese Room/Frictional Games Released: September 23, 2013 Genre: Survival Horror Nerd Rating: 6/10 Link to Game Reviewed by ryanvoid Is ‘ham horror’ a genre? Not just for prominent use of pig metaphors, but for ham-fistedly cramming a metaphor down the audience’s throat until everything tastes like swine for a week? It is now. Amnesia: A Machine For… Continue reading Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs – PC
Ikaruga – PC
Platform: PC Developer: Treasure Publisher: Treasure Release Date: February 18, 2014 Genre: Shoot ’em Up Nerd Rating: 9 out of 10 Reviewed by Proto Joe Ikaruga is a 2001 vertical shoot ’em up originally created for arcades by Treasure, the same Japanese development team behind classic titles like Radiant Silvergun (Reviewed by Nerd Bacon’s Nike Halifax!)… Continue reading Ikaruga – PC
Don’t Starve – PC
Platform: PC Developer: Klei Entertainment Publisher: Klei Entertainment Release Date: April 23rd, 2013 Genre: Action Adventure, Survival Horror Nerd Rating: 8.5/10 Reviewed by: Uber_Nerd At first glance Don’t Starve may seem childish or cute. Hand drawn characters and environments look as though they were pulled straight from a children’s novel. But don’t let its storybook… Continue reading Don’t Starve – PC