The Quite Nerdy Blog

The new generation of consoles is here and currently, there are not many games for them. However, if you have the Xbox Series X or S, you have the benefit of Xbox Game Pass. Over the past few years, this has become the big selling point of having an Xbox and while I have complex feelings on the disappearance of game ownership, it's still a pretty incredible value prospect. Much like Netflix, you pay a monthly subscription fee and get unlimited access to a huge suite of games, for as long as you continue to pay your membership fees. Strangely, it also comes with a "Surprise Me" button which allows you to get randomly recommended a game. Seeing as there appears to be absolutely nothing else happening at the moment, I'm playing six random video games for your enjoyment! Let me quickly set out the rules. I picked six games using the "Surprise Me" button and played them all for at least 15 minutes. I don't have an Xbox Series X, I have a humble little Xbox On...

We're going to try out a new format on the blog today! The idea for this came from the fact that we all seem to be overwhelmed with choice all the time when it comes to our entertainment selections. Whether it's on Netflix, on a service like Game Pass or even (if you're like me) your blu-ray shelf, we all have too many choices for consumption. As such, I wanted to try and use random choice to try and pick stuff out from the depths that I may not have tried otherwise. If people like this format, I've got a bunch of other stuff I can do (Netflix, Game Pass and my personal Steam library could all do with some thorough combing) but for today, we're trying out the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality from indie game website itch.io. I'll quickly set up itch.io and the bundle before we start. Itch.io is a website that specialises in truly independent games from independent creators. Many are free, many have very low or flexible pricing and best of all, it's al...