latest ARTICLES by mikkel
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Editorials, Facing Nerd Problems, FeaturesTrains of Thoughts II: Playbill Scrawlings from the Filipino American Correspondent
Now. I am a sucker for what I call “Narrative Appropriateness.” When the sequences of events in a story, or…
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Current Gen, Features, Nerd in Residence, Video GamesThe 2023 Video Games Forecast Report
So despite being the in-house resource for video games, I actually play staggeringly few games as I tend to take…
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Current Gen, Editorials, Features, Video GamesA Quick Loop Back and Forward Through the Modern Heyday of Roguelikes
Welcome back to the start of another essay about roguelikes. Are you honestly surprised that we have somehow managed to…
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Current Gen, Editorials, Features, Video GamesAn Ode to ‘Deep Stone Crypt’
It was November 2020. After an excruciating long season with Arrivals that had been constantly foreshadowing the coming Darkness and…
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Editorials, Features, Video GamesA Tier List for Talking Tutorials
Over my eight years and counting tenure as a technical writer, I’ve gained an appreciation for the teaching tools that…
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Editorials, Features, Nerd in ResidenceThe Resume as a Character: Minmaxing Without Numerical Stats
This is an image of one of the many generic resume templates that is currently available on Microsoft Word. It’s…
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Current Gen, Editorials, Features, Video GamesPlease Just Point Me in a Direction: An Opine of the Opening of Open Worlds
You can stop me if you have heard this one before, but did you see the game with the trailer…
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Carcosa Interviews, Features, PC, Video GamesHighlighting Courtney Lee, Social Media Manager for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
We here at Black Nerd Problems had the incredible opportunity to sit down with Courtney Lee, the social media manager…
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Current Gen, Editorials, Features, PC, Video GamesThe Roguelike Enthusiast Describes Their First Soulsbourne Experience
One of the first games I ever reviewed for this site was Subset Game’s Into the Breach, the follow up…
