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Jack Pierik

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Contributor Since May, 2023
Qualifications Decades of video game experience, and a bachelor's degree in Communications.
Expertise
mods, Survival, Sandbox
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About Jack Pierik

Jack is a Contributor from the United States. They developed a love for reading, writing, and apt, tactful language at a young age, and eventually achieved their B.A. in Communications from Southern New Hampshire University. When they aren't writing, Jack enjoys taking walks, learning about topics relating to nature, science, technology, and politics, and of course, playing video games.

Favorite Games

TES: Oblivion
TES: Skyrim
Pokemon Emerald, Leaf Green, Diamond, and Ultra Moon
Age of Mythology
Age of Empires II & III
Baldur's Gate 3
Elden Ring
ARMA 3
Terraria
Risk of Rain 2
Noita
Mount & Blade: Warband
Cyberpunk 2077

Proudest Gaming Achievement

Getting all achievements for Elden Ring on Steam.

Industry Focus

Inclusive, accessible, fact-driven writing about:

- PC and Console gaming.

- Primarily the genres of Strategy, RPG, Survival, Horror, and Indie.

- Mods.

Latest

The Tarnished holding Rakshasa's Great Katana in Elden Ring.
Elden Ring: All Katanas And How To Get Them
Elden Ring

Channel your inner samurai with the best katanas in Elden Ring.

Baldur's Gate 3 Cleric Symbols on either side of a Dragonborn Cleric.
Baldur's Gate 3: 14 Best Builds For Honour Mode
Baldur's Gate 3

Try out these builds in Baldur's Gate 3 Honor Mode, and you might just make it through.

Featured image containing an image of Dark Urge from Baldur's Gate 3 in the center.
24 Best RPGs Where You Can Be Evil
RPG

RPGs that truly offer you freedom of choice include an option to play as an evil character, and here are the best games that accomplish this.

Pixel Art RPGs. Stardew Valley, Omori, Hyper Light Drifter.
Best RPGs With Pixel Graphics
RPG

Whether a product of its time or an artistic choice, nothing beats a good pixel art RPG.

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Mods That Add New Dimensions To Minecraft Feature Image
16 Mods That Add New Dimensions To Minecraft
Minecraft

We're going somewhere new - these are some of the best mods that add new dimensions to Minecraft.

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The Best Games For Building Your Car
The Best Games Where You Can Build Your Own Car
Triple-A Games

Cars are great to drive, but sometimes you just want to put your own together for that more personal touch.

The Knight sits on the sticky bench in Hollow Knight
13 Best 2D Soulslike Games
Indie Games

The best 2D Soulslike indie games you'll find yourself playing over... and over... and over again.

A cookie from Cookie Clicker on a blue background.
Cookie Clicker: 13 Hardest Achievements
Indie Games

Cookie Clicker may be a lot of waiting, but these achievements will still give you a challenge.

A collage showing a sorcerer casting a spell and a warrior wielding an axe.
Skyrim: 10 Best Mods For Improving Combat
Skyrim

These Skyrim mods help add new depth to your combat experience.

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A split image of Fortnite, Genshin Impact, Xiao, and Minecraft.
The 27 Best Co-op Mobile Games You Can Play With A Friend
Mobile

You don't need to turn to consoles to play something with a friend. These games can be played right on your phone or tablet!

Game art from Hammerhelm, Terraria and Dragon Quest Builders.
29 Best RPGs Where You Can Build A Town
RPG

If creating towns and settlements is your thing, these RPGs allow you to do plenty of building!

A grassy, east asian environment with clouds and bright sunlight in the distance, and a heavily cloaked, mostly black clothed figure overlayed in the center.
11 Best Stealth Games Where You Play As A Ninja
Triple-A Games

If you've always wanted to play as a stealthy ninja in a video game, these are the titles for you.

A giant blue beam of light separates two different images, showing little pixelated characters fighting a big, green boss, and a futuristic, dusty battlefield between machines, with a chibi version of Akali from League of Legends in front of everything.
The 12 Best Auto Battlers
Triple-A Games

Check out these great auto battlers!

A split image of a green bean with a happy face, a knife falling on a stack of pancakes, and colorful objects being thrown into an industrial grinder.
11 Best Grinding Games On Roblox
Roblox

Grind away in these Roblox games.

From left to right: a white and red spaceship dangerously close to a space station, a fleet of ships flying together in a red galaxy, and two ships firing lasers at one another above a blue-green planet.
13 Games Where You Can Build A Spaceship
Kerbal Space Program

Get ready to construct some solid spacecraft, because you're going into orbit.

Haru from One Night, Hot Springs, Nikki from Infinity Nikki, and Leah from Pokemon Cafe ReMix standing in a row.
14 Best Free Cozy Games
Indie Games

Cozy games are already great, but playing them for free? It doesn't get much better than this.

A split image of a gold-gloved hand spraying a cold mist, a weapon scope with a red crosshair in a snowy forest, and a post-apocalyptic looking SMG in a room lit by red light.
13 Games To Play If You Like Stalker
Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl

Don't trust what you see out in these wastelands.

a scene showing bright purple and blue lights in the sky, with a semi-transparent dwarf face on the right, and a bright, yellowish-orange Heat Metal spell icon in the center.
Baldur's Gate 3: 15 Best Bard Spells
Baldur's Gate 3

Who needs a warhammer or a magic staff when you have Baldur's Gate 3's bards on your side?

From left to right: tall, thick trees with dark green bark and leaves, the exterior of a pyramid shaped desert temple, and a multi-story village building made of cobblestone and oak.
Minecraft: 13 Best World Generation Mods
Minecraft

If you're tired of how the different aspects of your Minecraft worlds feel and look, check out these mods for some sweet and drastic changes.

A split image of tomatoes, cabbage, black and red-leafed crops, and exotic, bright purple and pink, potted plants.
Minecraft: 14 Best Farming Mods
Minecraft

These farming mods will enhance your agricultural experience in Minecraft.

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