AI Limit Progress Update: Despite the loss of currency on death, I like that I don't HAVE to return to the place of my demise. I've cleared 3 areas, and the boss fights have been enjoyable. Deaths to the environment are competing with deaths to enemies, so that tracks. The camera still sucks.

AI Limit Progress Update: I have killed two bosses so far, one on the 1st try, the second on the 3rd. There is a fair amount to explore. My only real complaint thus far is the camera. Several enemies get airborne, and if you are locked on, the camera initiates vomit mode.

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AI Limit Progress Update: My first session was brief and played a bit further than the demo I tried last year. Second session started off horribly as the game tanked (stuttering and slow motion). After checking the Steam discussion page, iI was able to get it to run better.

Starting up a new game tonight.

Diablo IV Trophy Progress Update: Platinum Completed!! If you watch to the end of the video, I almost died after it happened. That would have been fitting. Perhaps I'll finish the DLC trophies when the next DLC because I'm not putting 80 more hours in for one trophy.

Diablo IV Trophy Progress Update: I hit level 44 this morning on hardcore. It has not been difficult but had a few uncomfortably close calls. I hope to finish today and put the game away for a bit (the DLC has an obnoxious grindy trophy that I will not be tackling now).

Diablo IV Trophy Progress Update: Matter Combatant Trophy completed. A friend had to help me because no one seems to be in the area and/or Marked for Death. All that remains is Hardcore. I may or may not go for the DLC trophies now or just wait for the 2nd DLC as they don't impact the Platinum.

2026 game #4: Keeper ONE MORE 😤 Ending my weekend indie binge w Keeper. I don’t have Xbox/PC but despite not being Deck verified wanted to try. The game is beautiful, cool concepts in its 2nd half, but not sure the story landed for me. Also can confirm: don’t play this on Deck, almost unplayable 🤣

Diablo IV Trophy Progress Update Only two trophies remain: Hardcore to 50 and 5 PVP kills. I still cannot find anyone in the PVP area despite running around for an hour last night. Started a hardcore character and made it to 30, but got a bit overzealous, so we're back at 1.

If anyone can help out with the PVP trophy in Diablo 4, it would be greatly appreciated. I've tried on every difficulty level, but no one seems to be Marked for Death. I've killed the Abomination so many times looking, I am starting to feel bad for it.

One of the best trilogies ever. Also, remember I got to interview the developer FOREVER ago (it may have been pre-Obilisk days - COVID years screwed with the time/space continuum and it's all blurry).

2026 game #3: Cat Quest I don’t have a cat but I still did CATURDAY 😤 Fell in love w CQ3 last Xmas as part of my “indie binge” tradition for Xmas/NYE. Was too busy this year so this weekend I gifted myself a break w indie backlog joy. Cat Quest is simple but purfect for preserving my peace today 🙏

Diablo IV Trophy Progress Update: After 140 hours, this stupid thing dropped. By far the worst trophy in the set.

store.steampowered.com/app/1634860/... 40% right now. BUY THIS GAME

January #Promosky 💜 Howdy! Name’s Amy! 29, British! Let's be friends if we share similar interests! 🎮 Date Everything 🎮 Tropico 5 🎮 AC Syndicate 📺 IT: Welcome To Derry 📺 MHA 📺 RWBY 📺 The Thick Of It 🎥 The Nightmare Before Christmas 🎥 Lord Of The Rings 🎥 Hot Fuzz ♡ & 🔁 are appreciated!

Diablo IV Trophy Progress Update: This trophy was to craft the highest level potion but for some reason, they removed that aspect of the game and changed it to use 1000 potions. When I stopped playing I was at the 2nd highest level. To top it off, the in-game counter was broken. It's done now.

Diablo IV Trophy Progress Update: I managed to hit Paragon 200 during lunch. I made a new build that makes numbers go wheeee and whirrrr all over the screen so that's fun.

Starting 2026 gaming-wise, the way I ended: working on the Diablo IV Platinum trophy. I am currently at 17/26. I need to level each remaining class enough for their combat-related trophies, get 5 PVP kills, and acquire 10 Caches of Chaos. I want to finish this and then take a break until the DLC.

I'll have you know that I start taking notes on award names as soon as the year starts. It would be near impossible for @hananomaude.bsky.social and I to do a standard ranking as we rarely play more than a handful of the same games. Plus, this is so much more fun than all of the other awards.

This is one of my biggest projects each year. My top 20 moments of 2025. 14 games. Over 5100 words. No one (as far as I know) goes harder on a favorite moments list than me! I avoided spoilers in any pictures or titles so it's easy to scroll through. bignerdgaming.com/2026/01/01/b...

New year, new running list of games I have completed. Will this be the year I actually keep up with it the whole time, or will I just forget and add 30 games in a few days span? Last year's numbers: 65 games started/returned to, 17 "abandoned", - 48 finished (27 reviewed).

I loathe making lists (back me up here @hananomaude.bsky.social), but here are my 10 favorite games from this year, in no order at all after the first one: 1. Quartet from @somethingclassic.bsky.social (Credit to my 10-year-old for the collage)

Thank you to everyone who participated! We were blown away by the turnout. It was definitely fun seeing the variety of games that made the list.

#45: The Good Old Days from Gravity Co., LTD. I had to get one more game in for the year. This was a fun homage to the Goonies movies (and a pretty good sequel to the original Famicom game. It is an exploration-based metroidvania with optional combat that gets better every playthrough.

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#44: Diablo IV - Vessel of Hatred I picked this DLC up at launch last year but never played. With the announcement of the new DLC, I decided to jump back in. It took an hour or so to get acclimated to all the changes, but I enjoyed this extra content and am enjoying the new changes.

The only wrapping paper I will ever use from now on

Explain your username. My original username was gimpyjayy (broke my ankle in college/crutches for months). A friend gifted me a game on Steam and the e-mail read, Dear [Redacted]... I was forced to change and went with that. Changed it everywhere after because I actually thought it was clever.

@hananomaude.bsky.social and @redactedjay.bsky.social are doing tremendous work at @deargamers.bsky.social. Great features and reviews, with insightful accessibility coverage. www.deargamers.net

Voting ends this week! We want to know all the games you enjoyed this year.

Ball X Pit I decided to go back after my review and finish off the achievements. The last 2 characters were a bit of a grind (no spoilers, but if you know the order, you know it was just tedious to do). I'll put this aside for now, but I am super excited for the update launching next month.

Home from the gym, officially going to take the rest of the day to rest & game It won’t totally heal the stress of last week, but it’s a good stat boost to handle the next leg of the marathon this week THANK YOU to everyone who’s checked on me or even sent gifts, every single kind word has helped

@borderlands.2k.com hear me out here. Limited time/weekly events are great but that's not "end game." Enable those things for everyone that finished the campaign. Make "end game" content for max level/uvhm6 - arenas, a boss rush mode, repeatable missions with modifiers impacting the reward, etc.

#43: Deadzone Rogue For me, this game has set the bar for all future FPS roguelites. Normally, when I roll credits, I experience feelings of delight at finishing and sadness that the journey has ended. Here, you receive a pop-up announcement stating that a new level will be added next year.

This might be a hot take, but the Borderlands 4 raid boss is stupid. I did complete it on UVHM 6, but did we really need to fight an entire arena? I saw someone online called the fight Arena the Invincible. I can hold out hope for the story DLC, but both post-game content drops have come up short.

Still working on 1.3 update and console ports, but we are currently testing a small update with a few fixes. It'll be out soon. Here's the list

My top 5 played only includes 1 game I would even consider top 5 this year (BL4). I had 2 Platinum replays, a review/platinum grind, and at #4, my 6-year-old's re-re-replay of a game. Not counting World of Warcraft, I think this was the first year PC (Steam) overtook PlayStation for me.

Woohoo! The first raid boss arrives tomorrow in Borderlands 4!!

Was FINALLY able to get through the PSN servers to see my wrap up 🤣 No surprise about my top game 🙂‍↕️ overall an exceptional year, including Portal! Massive boost for handheld this year so I’ll be curious how Switch compares (might be closer to 50/50 for me than usual since PS is my primary console)

Dear Gamers, another week - another reminder to shout out your favorite games of 2025! You can show some love for up to 10 new games and/or 10 old games you played this year! Doesn't matter the order, every mention is a tally in the total 🫡 🔁's appreciated to spread the word!

Last week the votes officially got us to 100 DIFFERENT GAMES NOMINATED for the new 2025 releases alone …but we can do better right?? 👀 Plus my fellow backlog battlers, make sure to drop your favorite pre 2025 releases too! More games, more love 😤

#42: Marvel Cosmic Invasion I have had nothing but fun experiences from this developer in the past, so I know this would provide an equal if not more entertainment. I was not wrong. I mean, it is a beat 'em up, but there is so much more than TMNT here. I'll be playing this for a while.

I decided to let my children play Overcooked because there is not enough chaos in our household already.

We'll go with 13 in 12 months instead thanks to all these great recommendations.

2 years ago, BigNerdGaming officially launched. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I knew deep down I needed something like this in my life. It has been an even better ride than I could have expected. Today, I'm reflecting on the journey and lore dumping. bignerdgaming.com/2025/12/04/t...

As a writer, I have 2 wolves inside me. One the serious, passionate games critic and the other a McD’s French fries enjoyer Guess which one wrote this… Hint: this post’s rating is ar least 4 out of 5 ketchup packets 🙂‍↕️🍟🤣 Feel free to share your favorite JRPGs too!!