The Big Nerd Gaming Podcast

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 Predictions: https://medium.com/@dsundy/the-way-way-way-too-early-2026-game-of-the-year-award-nominee-predictions-a565bde52b41 Westen's Way Too Early Predictions: https://bignerdgaming.com/2026/01/17/my-way-way-too-early-2026-game-awards-nominee-predictions/ Westen's Replaced Review: https://bignerdgaming.com/2026/05/22/replaced-game-review-2026/ Terrible James Bond Take:https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/hear-me-out-what-if-james-bond-just-shouldnt-be-in-videogames/ Westen: https://bignerdgaming.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/bignerdgaming.bsky.social https://x.com/BigNerdGaming https://www.threads.com/@bignerdgaming https://www.facebook.com/people/Big-Nerd-Gaming/61555495498714/ David: https://bsky.app/profile/dsundy.bsky.social https://x.com/david_dsundy Andrew: https://bsky.app/profile/themcmr.bsky.social https://x.com/TheMCMR

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: 52:45Please check out Jordan's Youtube page at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAKAFMcJ-yD28lJc1bH_vlQSpecial thanks to Michaela for helping to compile these ranks so that they could be a surprise for me. You can check out her blog at https://www.deargamers.net/

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 6:00Best Game Direction: 11:50Best Narrative: 14:54Best Art Direction: 21:50Best Score and Music: 25:30Best Audio Design: 32:00Best Performance: 37:10Best Independent Game: 48:50Best Action Game: 56:37Best Action Adventure Game: 1:03:12Best RPG: 1:11:28Best Family Game: 1:21:50Best Sim/Strategy: 1:25:59Best Multiplayer: 1:29:30Best Accessibility: 1:34:53Wrap Up: 1:41:00Make sure to check out www,deargamers.net for more great content from Michaela and Jason. Also, keep an eye on www.bignerdgaming.com later this week for Westen's final predictions for all of these categories.

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 places!Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@AndresPlays93Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/andresplays93Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/andresplays.bsky.social