About

Hi, there! Thank you for visiting NERDSHOCK HQ , a personal little corner on the worldwide web dedicated to gaming culture & geeking out.

In Short

My name is Aleida Samallo (1984). I’m a Gamer, Geek & Digital Hermit. I live together with my boyfriend and our two cats in my hometown in one of the quiet northern provinces of The Netherlands. I love awesome movies, binge-worthy shows, delicious tunes & epic videogames.

The NERDSHOCK Project

After running personal blogs for many years, I wanted to move away from an online diary format and go the independent lifestyle blog route. It inspired the birth of the NERDSHOCK Project at the end of 2012 with the official launch of NERDSHOCK HQ at the start of 2013. Over the years the main website changed from a blog to a hub only featuring my old unboxing and gameplay video’s.

Life had kept me busy and prevented me from spending much time at HQ. I also started to prefer sharing my thoughts via Twitter, living more in the moment. I still wanted to return to HQ and for its tenth anniversary I planned on doing a major overhaul of the website. At the start of 2024 I finally relaunched HQ. Slowly, but surely I’m getting this show back on the road.

Please hang in there with me & enjoy your stay!

Love,
Aleida