Going to be tough to incentivize people to buy your consoles to play your new, fancy single-player games when one now costs $650

Here is my review of Zero Parades: For Dead Spies. In this case, I'll let the words do the talking.

The Big Nerd Gaming Podcast has returned! New look. And now a permanent crew. @dsundy.bsky.social and @themcmr.bsky.social -Watch the first 5 minutes. I'm literally begging you. -Mixtape, Replaced, Vampire Crawlers and more are discussed. -Games that will age the worst youtu.be/TLY87GflFsI?...

Just binged the first season of Shrinking and the hype for this one is real! Right there with Severance and Reacher among my current favorite shows. The ending to season 1 holy shit

My daughter got her yellow stripe belt

First Asha L

Mixtape 💿 is a coming of age story, which is new for a video game. It lacks gameplay but makes it up with cool ideas and storytelling styles. I couldn’t find myself relating to its characters and themes, but it was a solid short experience. #mixtape #reviews #promosky

Mixtape makes one bold choice after another. In baseball terms, it is almost never trying to hit a single. It wants to hit home runs. It could be mildly disappointing for me, as there are a fair number of strikeouts. But man, the home runs are awesome. bignerdgaming.com/2026/05/15/m...

As a pro digital consumer this is extremely disappointing to see and why we’re gonna need government action in the near future to remedy this as we become a more and more digital based society. Until it’s remedied keep physical open as an option.

The leaked Xbox controllers are interesting because if you look closely and know what to look at, you may be seeing a preview of the Helix controller.

My daughter just randomly said “people keep saying Tom Brady is the goat” and I could not stop laughing because how random it was

Good morning!! ☀️ On today’s show I’m checking out the new sci-fi adventure from @dontnod.bsky.social, Aphelion! I think it’s probably their best game since the original Life is Strange. Check out my full thoughts at the link below! 🎙️ audioboom.com/posts/890335...

Oh no, Andres is writing about gacha games again!

Another Forza banger

Face reveal, wrong answers only

May 13, 1926: A window washer falls five stories from the ledge of a Manhattan building and onto three women walking on the sidewalk below. The impact kills Lillian Schwartz, 22, and seriously hurts two of her friends. The window washer, Jacob Wasylissyn, survives with a broken arm.

The way this is written I’m not sure if he got 6 years for meth distribution or for crossing Nintendos lawyers but both possibilities are equally likely

It's time for my last console top 10 list before I finally unveil my top 25 games of all time. Today, it's the Nintendo Switch. This was my first "mainline" Nintendo console since the N64. This might be one of my most unhinged top 10s yet! bignerdgaming.com/2026/05/13/b...

Some super Sega fan that doesn’t realize the war is over

My daughter got student of the month

MacBook Neo and now Googlebook… Windows needs to step it up

It’s been a minute since I’ve done a newsletter update. I talk about my gaming rotation, some plans, why I’m moving on from news roundup and a slight change to my review system. #promosky

Mixtape is a short but sweet coming-of-age story that keeps you invested until the credits roll with its style and substance. Our Review: pixelbytegaming.com/mixtape-revi...

Me yesterday after we came back from Mother's Day lunch

Princess Alice (as some called her) was a character

'My Nintendo Store' changing name to "Nintendo Store" on May 27th. 'There will be no change to the service or products'

MOUSE: P.I. For Hire has sold 730,000 units - Console units have increased to 50% of total units sold wcsecure.weblink.com.au/pdf/PLY/0308...

- The daily video game history fact - The success of Tank (1974), along with Gun Fight (1975), helped popularize one-on-one competitive dueling games in arcades. Gameplay: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OsB...

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there!

So this whole debate Mixtape started gave me an article idea for this week

Tomorrow is Mother’s Day so I gotta get ready to make it a good one for my wife

There’s a scene in Mixtape near the end where they recreate a meme and when I noticed it I started laughing for so freaking long 😆

A portrayal of my feeling about the main protagonist of Mixtape (Stacey Rockford) in real time (I’ll explain more in my review)

Takashi Tezuka is a legend, it hurts to see him go but he’s earned this retirement. 🫡

It’s been a busy week, including dealing with the passing of a family member so for Friday’s article I’m republishing an article about tips dealing with so many games. #promosky #gaming

May 8, 1926: Don Rickles, the king of insult comics, is born in Queens, N.Y. The performer roasted everyone from fellow celebrities to ordinary “hockey pucks” in his audience; he also had roles in Martin Scorsese’s “Casino” and as the voice of Mr. Potato Head in “Toy Story.”

As usual, I am game hopping, so I felt like it was time to do a little update on several indies I'm currently playing. Here are my thoughts on -MOUSE (where I mostly give takes on the 6/10 IGN review as a treat to myself) -Tombwater -Vampire Crawlers bignerdgaming.com/2026/05/08/i...

It’s been a busy week, including dealing with the passing of a family member so for Friday’s article I’m republishing an article about tips dealing with so many games. #promosky #gaming

He's back (again)

The Switch 2 getting a $50 increase doesn’t shock me, what does surprise me is announcing you have 4 months before it happens. Going to guess sales for the system are going to shoot up.

Takashi Tezuka is a legend, it hurts to see him go but he’s earned this retirement. 🫡

This looks like a promo for a new sitcom where Obama is stuck with Larry as a roommate

More dirty Dr Pepper today

Honored to welcome daire (@daraaraa.bsky.social) to Pixelbyte! This is their first piece with us, and I'm delighted with how it turned out. Here are their thoughts on cute puzzler Origament: A Paper Adventure.

I wasn’t expecting to write this, but I also wasn’t expecting Nintendo to drop a new Direct out of nowhere yesterday afternoon. Here’s a little blog post about how crazy it is that Star Fox is having a moment in 2026. sightingames.wordpress.com/2026/05/07/s...

There’s a famous story that when Walt Disney saw the movie To Kill a Mockingbird he came out of the theater with his son-in-law, took a smoke of his cigarette and told him “that was one hell of a picture”. That’s how I feel this morning.

The journey is over. I’ve completed Cyberpunk 2077… holy shit…