The Big Nerd Gaming Podcast

BNG Podcast Episode 9: Westen, David, and Paul from Boss Fights talk about all of the layoffs and price increases that have hit gaming in recent weeks. They discuss where gaming might be going from here. From there, Paul rants about Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Westen rants about 13 Sentinels, and then everyone gives their top 5 games they played in June. Apologies for the lack of videos this...

Westen, David, and Andrew each give out one big takeaway from Summer Game Fest Week. From there, they have a few early debates centered around the 2026 Game Awards. Finally, they each give their top 5 most overlooked games from Summer Game Fest week. Timestamps: 2:22 Summer Games Fest Takeaways 12:03 GOTY Predictions 24:53 GTA VI and The Game Awards 35:01 September Releases 37:24 New The Game Awar...

Westen, David and Andrew break down their thoughts from Forza Horizon 6, 007 First Light, and Lego Batman. From there, they each give the top 5 games they played in May, and argue about Kingdom Hearts and KCD2 for fun. Timestamps: 1:33 Forza Horizon 6 18:25 007 First Light 39:02 Lego Batman 41:50 David's Top 5 55:45 Andrew's Top 5 1:05:19 Westen's Top 5 Articles Referenced: David's Way Too Early P...

The Big Nerd Gaming Podcast makes its EPIC return with a new look and a new crew. Westen starts off by introducing the new permanent crew of the show, Andrew and David. From there, the guys talk about Mixtape, MOUSE: PI For Hire, Vampire Crawlers, Replaced and Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Librarian. They also rank their top 5 games from the 2020s that will age the worst. 0:00 Intro 06:22 Mixtape...

Westen and Jordan from CognitiveClips go through the official "BigNerdGaming and Friends" top 10 games of 2025. Which is actually over 20 games, but you'll have to listen to the podcast to find out how that happened. #10: 5:00 #9: 16:39 #8: 22:03 #7: 29:56 #6: 35:33 #5: 40:05 #4: 41:52 #3: 43:17 #2: 46:40 #1: 52:45 Please check out Jordan's Youtube page at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAKAFMcJ...

Westen and Chike from Bassicfun discuss their top 5 most overlooked video games from 2025. 6:30 - Discussions of the games we are currently playing. Kingdom of Night, Ball x Pit, Outer Worlds 2, and Silent Hill f are discussed. 25:00 - Our top 5 most overlooked games this year, plus some honorable mentions. You can check out Chike's awesome YouTube page which focuses on indie games at the link bel...

Westen (from Big Nerd Gaming) and Michaela (from DearGamers) go category by category and predict the nominees for every major Game Awards category. No one else is brave enough to do this! Game of the Year 6:00 Best Game Direction: 11:50 Best Narrative: 14:54 Best Art Direction: 21:50 Best Score and Music: 25:30 Best Audio Design: 32:00 Best Performance: 37:10 Best Independent Game: 48:50 Best Acti...

WARNING: This episode contains major Final Fantasy spoilers across the series (blame Paul). On episode 2, Westen and Paul from Boss Fights discuss what they are playing right now, and then rank their top 5 Final Fantasy games. 0:00- Introduction To Paul 3:00- Thoughts on "Trails in the Sky First Chapter", "Hollow Knight: Silksong", and "Hades 2" 15:00 Our Top 5 Final Fantasy games. Including one d...

Westen and our special guest AndresPlays discuss the games we are currently playing, going into Hollow Knight Silksong, Quartet, and Lost Soul Aside. From there, they go into their six biggest disagreements with game critics so far this year. With 3 positive disagreements, and 3 negative disagreements. Please like and subscribe if you enjoyed the video! You can find Andres in a bunch of different...

A quick three minute pitch on why you should add the Big Nerd Gaming Podcast to your gaming podcast rotation.