My Half-Life mini-series is almost at an end. Today, I’m going to talk about a game that I’ve wanted to review for quite some time, Portal 2. I posted my review for the first Portal game earlier this year, and in that review, I praised the game for its unique gameplay elements and originality. To…
It’s a new dawn for my Nerd Fuel reviews. In short, I have leveled up from drip-style K-Cup pods. I’ve now fully embraced the higher-quality Nespresso “lifestyle”. You see, I’ve been a coffee freak ever since I was a teenager. Back then, it was not unusual to find me haunting the corner of the local…
I know it’s been a while. But I’m back with the next game in my “Half-Life” series review. I’ve spent the last few months putting this game through its paces and today, I’m going to be discussing Left 4 Dead 2. I’ll be the first to admit that it shouldn’t have taken me as long…
It’s obvious to anyone who has frequented this site over the years that the last few months have seen a decrease in the number of new posts. The reason for this is a simple one; I’ve been distracted. With what, you may ask? Well, I put out a book! Considering this is a gaming/nerd blog,…
Wow. It’s really been almost three months since I posted a proper game review. For those of you that look forward to them, I apologize. I can’t say I have a very good excuse except for the fact that streaming really cut into the time that I usually use for playing through my backlog. Well,…
It’s no secret that I have conflicting views on D&D 5.5. A really big part of me is ready to cut ties with the Dungeons & Dragons name and embrace a third-party OSR alternative. But, with all of the shake-ups at Hasbro recently (WotC’s CEO stepping down, and Dan Ayoub taking over the direction of…
It’s been a slow couple months on oldgamehermit.com. Between the site redesign and a bunch of personal projects, I’ve really lagged behind when it comes to making posts. I hope to reverse that trend today with a new TTRPG review. A while back I funded an interesting Kickstarter from Kobold Press. The project was called…
I’m a little late with this review, I know. That seems to have become a standard habit of mine these days. But, can you believe it? It’s 2026 and I’m writing about new DLC for Diablo II! Yes, you read that right, not Diablo IV (although there is new DLC for that game as well),…
I want to start this post by apologizing for my lack of updates recently. The last few weeks have seen me working on both a brand new design for the website and also taking a much needed vacation. However, now that both of those are behind me, I can once again turn my focus to…
Being a fan of Dungeons & Dragons in 2026 is complicated. These days, the fanbase is split largely into two camps. The first, are the old school players who enjoyed the game in its earliest days. These players tend to like the crunchy math of the rules, they enjoy things like hex crawls, random loot…