Fred Brizzi

Fred Brizzi

Fred is our loyal but certainly most undeserving Founder, President, & CEO (he’s just a big jerk). He started gaming with Alex Kidd on the Sega Master System and was brought by ID Software to the PC back in 1993, that glorious day DOOM hit the shelves. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and handsome boys, playing international relations by day but games by night. His aspirations, you ask? To leave the elephants and the donkeys at their zoo, strap himself down for the magic carpet ride, and ride the bustling escapade that is PC gaming 100% of the time. In fact, when he's not working for OpNoobs, he's apologizing to his wife for OpNoobs. Fred also coined the expression “Consoles? Glorified Netflix players.” He really wanted us to put that in too. He’s like very proud of that.

Thursday, 16 February 2017 00:00

OPN DevLounge Monthly - February 2017

Episode Four, Season One! OPN's DevLounge Monthly is a lively conversation between game developers on Twitch, on the hottest PC games to be released this upcoming month. Watch it on twitch.tv/opnoobsonline and win tons of great games, including the #1 winner on our list!

With AAA Anonymous, we discuss our latest AAA game addiction for a handful of months, until the next one replaces it. This episode is the on the release of Capcom's seventh in the series: Resident Evil 7 Biohazard.

Wednesday, 23 November 2016 00:00

Dishonored 2 - AAA Anonymous Epi. 7

With AAA Anonymous, we discuss our latest AAA game addiction for a handful of months, until the next one replaces it. This episode is the on the release of Arkane Studio's second in the series: Dishonored 2.

Wednesday, 23 November 2016 00:00

OPN DevLounge Monthly - November 2016

Episode Three, Season One! OPN's DevLounge Monthly is a lively conversation between game developers on Twitch, on the hottest PC games to be released this upcoming month. Watch it on twitch.tv/opnoobsonline and win tons of great games, including the #1 winner on our list!

Saturday, 29 October 2016 00:00

SWORDY Early Access Interview

SWORDY is a local party brawler with chaotic physics-based action. Master the weapons of war, using momentum and timing to fight for your life in a world built on the bones of a ruined empire. 

Monday, 17 October 2016 00:00

OPN DevLounge Monthly - October 2016

Episode Two, Season One! OPN's DevLounge Monthly is a lively conversation between game developers on Twitch, on the hottest PC games to be released this upcoming month.

Thursday, 22 September 2016 00:00

Abatron Beta Interview

Abatron is galactic dominance with controlled combat. Build your base and troops in RTS mode. Then jump into any unit at any time in FPS or in third person and confront your enemy head on. Unlock upgraded player abilities and build large armies to become the last player standing.

Wednesday, 21 September 2016 00:00

Dungeon Rushers Interview

A Heroic-Parody tactical RPG combining dungeon crawler’s gameplay and turn-based fights. Dive in an off-beat universe, manage your team and craft mighty gear to equip them! Build your own dungeon by hiding traps and monsters in your galleries, then challenge other players to clean it!

With AAA Anonymous, we discuss our latest AAA game addiction for a handful of months, until the next one replaces it. This episode covers the release of Blizzard's Expansion, Legion, and the welcomed revival of World of Warcraft. For the Horde!

Saturday, 10 September 2016 00:00

OPN DevLounge Monthly - September 2016

Episode One, Season One! OPN's DevLounge Monthly is a lively conversation between game developers on Twitch, on the hottest PC games to be released this upcoming month.

Tuesday, 29 March 2016 00:00

The Overpowered Noobs

Thursday, 11 August 2016 00:00

Lost Castle Early Access Interview

Lost Castle is an action RPG beat'em up with roguelike elements and randomized dungeons.

Thursday, 28 July 2016 00:00

Super Button Soccer Interview

Super Button Soccer is a fast paced action/strategy game where you compete against human or CPU players in exciting online and offline soccer matches, collect cards and build your ultimate fantasy team!

Fast head-to-head fighting like you’ve never seen. Welcome to Ember Strike. Join the first PVP fighter of its kind! Ember Strike is the perfect mix of speed and action with live, competitive, head-to-head battles. Collect and upgrade a team of unique fighters and strike down your opponents in a totally unique mix of hardcore fighting, mini-games, and puzzle action. Steal moves, throw Strikes, reign destruction on your enemies!

Wednesday, 06 July 2016 00:00

The Should We Cover It Show?! Ep. 30

We're back once again with another night of waterfalls, running streams and ghosts! We go through the best (and worst) that Steam has to offer so you don't have to! On top of that, we give away game keys to some of the hottest indie and AAA games. For PC Gamers, by PC Gamers!

Attacking G2A is anti-populist, it’s an assault on the downward spiral that the company brilliantly managed to create against all odds, fighting quasi-monopolies by increasing competition among suppliers, which consequently and undeniably led to a decrease in the inflated cost of gaming. Let’s not forget, shall we, that it is thanks to resellers that indie devs can do what they love best: play games, and lots of them.

Demetrios is a full-length adventure game packed with silly humor. 8 to 12 hours of fun!

Wednesday, 08 June 2016 00:00

Coffin Dodgers Interview

Pimp up your mobility scooter and take on the Grim Reaper and his Zombie army in a race for your soul. Armed with a variety of homemade weapons and gadgets, battle your way through 13 unique & exhilarating tracks. Can you survive the retirement village?

With AAA Anonymous, we discuss our latest AAA game addiction for a handful of months, until the next one replaces it. This episode is a Special Tomb Raider, in celebration of the PC release of Rise of the Tomb Raider.

Friday, 05 February 2016 00:00

XCom 2 - AAA Anonymous Epi. 3

With AAA Anonymous, we discuss our latest AAA game addiction for a handful of months, until the next one replaces it. This episode is the first of our series on XCom 2, in celebration of the PC release this week.

Friday, 27 May 2016 00:00

The Should We Cover It Show?! Ep. 26

Watch it Live Every Tuesday night at 9:30PM Eastern, on twitch.tv/opnoobsonline. Game Giveaway Every Week!

Friday, 27 May 2016 00:00

Dr. Spacezoo Early Access Interview

Rescue exotic space animals from a corrupt AI in Dr. Spacezoo, a chaotic twin-stick precision shoot-em-up for 1-4 players. Or reduce them to gibs. Your call, monster.

Monday, 16 May 2016 00:00

Rocket Fist Interview

Rocket Fist is an arena game with crazy robots in chaotic rocket fist battles. Aim against your frenemies and prove your dexterity by killing each other with rocket propelled fists in this frenetic mix of dodgeball and billiards!

Tuesday, 10 May 2016 00:00

Fragments of Him Interview

An emotional and immersive game about a man named Will and the people close to him. Experience his life through a story about love, memories and hope.

A unique blend of space sim, RPG and 4X games. Conduct research and construction in your own gigantic space station, command your war fleets and heroic companions to invade enemy territory, build up your stronghold, trade, mine, salvage and remind your enemies why they fear you.

Monday, 25 April 2016 00:00

Blizzard Doesn't Follow

When Blizzard Entertainment announced that Project TITAN had been shut down, my disappointment went deep. Not because I might be stuck with World of Warcraft another decade, but more so because that studio known to define gaming trends had tossed the towel at their attempt to revolutionize an aging genre, instead seemingly reverting to a solution others have been excessively complimented on, the one that embraces walking the beaten path, the one that all too easily follows, in defining game dynamics and features, the dull philosophy of "let's add a fresh coat of paint to this relic called RPG."

Saturday, 16 April 2016 00:00

Gurgamoth Interview

Gurgamoth is a flying fighting game where the level is your weapon. Each match is lightning quick and focuses on intense flying combat and getting in your opponent's head. The controls are simple, but the mechanics and interesting levels bring out the game’s depth.

Tuesday, 05 April 2016 00:00

Bunker Punks Early Access Interview

Bunker Punks is a roguelike first-person shooter set in a dystopian future. You control a group of revolutionaries, raiding corporate strongholds for supplies, weapons and armor. Customize your bunker, strengthen your gang and overthrow the corporate government.

Monday, 04 April 2016 00:00

Shardlight Interview

A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon! A young woman stricken with a deadly plague searches for a cure in a hostile world.

Friday, 01 April 2016 00:00

Gremlins, Inc. Interview

This is an intense strategy board game in a steampunk world of corrupt capitalist gremlins who compete for money, political power and prestige. Save and invest, steal and extort, arrest and get arrested – in single-player and multiplayer modes, with ranks and ladders. Unleash your inner gremlin!

Tuesday, 15 March 2016 00:00

Pesadelo - Regressão Interview

A cemetery filled with hostile creatures. A church that will not save you. Complex puzzles. The return to the school where everything began. And a fragile, intelligent girl with a thirst for revenge.

Tuesday, 15 March 2016 00:00

OPN Essentials The Solus Project

The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...

Tuesday, 15 March 2016 00:00

Fortified Interview

Fortified is an explosive strategy shooter where players will defend the Earth against a menacing Martian invasion in the 1950s. Play as one-of-four pulp inspired heroes as they fight swarms of terrifying robots with an arsenal of Cold War era weapons and experimental technology.

Tuesday, 15 March 2016 00:00

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime Interview

Explore a neon galaxy in your very own battleship in this 1- to 4-player couch co-op adventure. Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is a video game developed by Asteroid Base for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Playstation 4, Linux, and Xbox One. The project is part of the ID@Xbox program.

Tuesday, 15 March 2016 00:00

tinyBuild Games Interview

tinyBuild is an American video game publisher and video game developer that is primarily associated with the games No Time to Explain and SpeedRunners. Based in Bothell, Washington, with a development studio in Utrecht, Netherlands, the company was founded by Alex Nichiporchik, Luke Burtis and Tom Brien.

Tuesday, 15 March 2016 00:00

Helldivers Interview

HELLDIVERS™ is a hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter from the creators of Magicka. As part of the elite unit called the HELLDIVERS, players must work together to protect SUPER EARTH and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.

Tuesday, 15 March 2016 00:00

Legends of Callasia Interview

Choose your faction. Choose your heroes. Choose your troops. Conquer lands, create kingdoms, and destroy your enemies. All the lands of Callasia are yours to dominate in this original simultaneous multiplayer strategy game.

Tuesday, 15 March 2016 00:00

Orion: A Sci-Fi Visual Novel Interview

A science-fiction visual novel centered on the implications of time travel, artificial intelligence, and humanity's ascent to the stars.

Tuesday, 15 March 2016 00:00

Starpoint Gemini 2: Titans Interview

Starpoint Gemini: Titans is an addition to the existing stories where players will be able to pick up where they stopped and simply continue on playing. Titans will give you a small taste of what Starpoint Gemini: Warlords, our next big project, is trying to achieve.

Tuesday, 15 March 2016 00:00

Song of Horror Interview

Song of Horror is an old school inspired, third person survival horror, evocative of the eternal fear of what cannot be understood. Take control of up to 16 characters who have been dragged, throughout time, into a story for which they are not prepared.

Tuesday, 15 March 2016 00:00

Black & White Bushido Interview

Black & White Bushido is an arena fighting game between light and shadow samurai. Battle for control of the light or the dark in multiple arenas, hiding from your foes and striking when they least expect it.

Tuesday, 15 March 2016 00:00

Overpower Interview

Destroy your enemies in this competitive medieval arena brawler! Choose between 4 classes each with custom loadouts, 9 levels, 5 game modes, and earn your place on the leader-board with an icon and title based on your skill level. Choose a class and join the ranks today!

Friday, 01 April 2016 00:00

The Should We Cover It Show?! Ep. 18

Watch it Live Every Tuesday night at 9:30PM Eastern, on twitch.tv/opnoobsonline, Game Giveaway Every Week!

Thursday, 31 March 2016 00:00

Far Cry Primal - AAA Anonymous Epi.4

With AAA Anonymous, we discuss our latest AAA game addiction for a handful of months, until the next one replaces it. This episode is the on the release of Far Cry Primal, our biggest disappointment to date this year.

Thursday, 31 March 2016 00:00

Das Tal Interview

Das Tal is the world’s first Open World Survival Arena - we’re bringing together MOBA tactics and Sandbox MMO strategy. Our goal is to make MMOs fun again for PvP fans. No more grind. No more pay-to-win. No more tab-targeting. We are creating a game designed to be compatible with the busy life of an adult gamer. Das Tal rests on the three defining pillars; Meaningful Conflict, Skill-Based Combat, and Constantly Changing Worlds.

Sunday, 01 May 2016 00:00

The Division - AAA Anonymous Epi. 5

With AAA Anonymous, we discuss our latest AAA game addiction for a handful of months, until the next one replaces it. This episode is the on the release of The Division, and the pleasant surprise we found in its arrival.