What is NerdyBits?

Welcome to NerdyBits!

I am Caleb Sawyer, and I started NerdyBits in 2012 as a college student. I had done some freelance games journalism over summer break and went back to campus with a hunger to keep doing it. When course load and baseball got in the way of contributing to other sites, I decided to make my own.

Covering games for the last 12 years has given me amazing opportunities and a head full of thoughts. NerdyBits is my outlet, a way for me to talk about games. You’ll find reviews, introspective deep dives, interviews with developers and actors, podcasts, and videos, mostly* centered on the world of gaming, right here.

* I also write movie reviews, so those will sneak in.

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NerdyBits is my love child, but I would love to share it with all of you. I have found, over the years, all of the places I loved to talk about games have grown inaccessible or hostile. This is a place where games are seen as art, where criticism is constructive, and where community is a place for people to feel welcome.

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