Join Nerd Bacon co-founder The Cubist as he takes a short break from gaming to discuss some of his favorite albums from the 1990s! Issue #65 brings us back to Weezer and to an album that saw one of the largest reversals in public and professional opinion ever – Pinkerton!
Ghosthunter – PlayStation 2
If you’ve got a Halloween hangover, “Ghosthunter” might just be the hair of the dog that bit you. Or, it might not. It’s going to be one or the other. Not quite terrifying and not quite a Saturday morning cartoon, its lush visuals, unparallelled atmospheres, precise controls and buckets of charm all work against recurring clunky design moments that have you floating aimlessly in the next dimension, or pacing in circles.
Best Buy Has An Awesome Deal on Gamers Club
Best Buy has a great deal on their Gamers Club memberships this week. Purchase a cheap pre-paid cell phone for as little as $15 and get the membership for free
Ten Big Games for Holiday 2014
Think you’re ready for Christmas? Not even close! Nerd Bacon takes a look at ten big games coming out for this holiday season. From the games you’ve been preparing for to the stuff that will make you actually want to buy another 8th gen gaming console. We’ve got you covered right here.
Nerd Bacon Tackles Youmacon 2014 With Style! Inside Photos
Nerd Bacon takes to the streets and swings through Detroit for their biggest anime convention, Youmacon! Now celebrating Japanese pop culture for 10 years!
Assassin’s Creed Unity Has a World War II Location
Not only will Assassin’s Creed Unity take place in revolutionary France, it now has a World War II setting. Nerd Bacon has the news.
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly – PlayStation 2
The second a far superior game in this groundbreaking survival horror franchise, Fatal Frame follows Mayo and Mio Amakura two young twins who are lost a lost village. Loosely based around a Shinto “Shrine Maiden” ritual Mio comes across all kinds of aggressive spirits all bent on preventing her from saving her sister. Players control Mio as she wanders through the lost village, killing spirits by taking pictures of their souls with her camera obscura.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent – PC
THEbipolarbear of Nerd Bacon reviews one of the most unsettling games ever, Amnesia, which strives to make you just as insane as the the protagonist.
Haunted House – Atari 2600
It was a dark and stormy night. A dark, four-story house filled with three pieces of a magical urn, a ghastly ghost with unfinished business, four tarantulas and a vampire bat loomed in the distance. Sound like a party? The bash is on your Atari 2600. But can any real sense of dread be culled from the rustic ole 2600? Enter the mansion and find out.
Issue #64: Korn – Follow the Leader
Join Nerd Bacon co-founder The Cubist as he takes a momentary break from video games to discuss his favorite albums from the 1990s! Issue #64 touches on Korn’s mega-success Follow the Leader, throwing nu-metal into the mainstream almost overnight.
Issue #63: Korn – Issues
Join Nerd Bacon co-founder The Cubist as he takes a quick break from video games to look at some of his favorite albums from the 1990s! Issue #63 covers Korn’s Issues, one of the band’s strongest releases ever!
Issue #62: Marilyn Manson – Portrait of an American Family
Join Nerd Bacon co-founder The Cubist as he takes a short break from gaming to look over some of his favorite albums from the 1990s! Issue #62 takes a look at the oft overlooked debut from Marilyn Manson, Portrait of an American Family.
Issue #61: Marilyn Manson – Smells Like Children
Join Nerd Bacon co-founder The Cubist as he takes a short break from video games to discuss his favorite albums of the 1990s! Issue #61 touches on what is perhaps the most underrated and undervalued release of Marilyn Manson’s early years, the bizarre and twisted EP Smells Like Children.
Issue #60: Nine Inch Nails – The Fragile
Join Nerd Bacon co-founder The Cubist as he takes a short break from gaming to look at some of his favorite albums from the 1990s! Issue #60 covers the polarizing and confusing double album from Nine Inch Nails, The Fragile.
Issue #59: Nine Inch Nails – Broken
Join Nerd Bacon co-founder The Cubist as he takes a short break from gaming to talk about some of his favorite albums from the 1990s! Issue #59 moves us back into the 90s proper with one of the most successful and well-known EPs of all time – Broken, from Nine Inch Nails.