What’s your favorite single moment in a video game? Like… what moment do you look back on fondly, what moment gets you to evangelize the… — What’s your favorite single moment in a video game? Like… what moment do you look back on fondly, what moment gets you to evangelize the game to everyone who will listen? When I ask people this question, without fail, each and every one tells me about their favorite story beat.

Hi, everyone. I’m Doc Burford, and for a long time, I’ve been making, consulting on, and explaining video game design to people. Today, I’d… — Hi, everyone. I’m Doc Burford, and for a long time, I’ve been making, consulting on, and explaining video game design to people. Today, I’d like to let you in on a little secret: because video games are an art form, they can be understood. Over the years, as I’ve discussed…

What a year. Instead of reflecting on it like a lot of people will and saying things like “wow, what a year,” I’m going to tell you this: I… — What a year. Instead of reflecting on it like a lot of people will and saying things like “wow, what a year,” I’m going to tell you this: I shipped a video game despite it all, alongside the fine folks at Mischief, particularly one of my best buds in the…

You’re going to have to trust me on this one. — You’re going to have to trust me on this one. It happened at GDC. We were walking through the expo hall — I couldn’t afford a pass to the talks — and we were talking about a game. “What happened with that?” one of us asked. I won’t tell you…

This piece was originally slated for another publication a few years ago. It didn’t get published. So here it is. Republished from my now… — This piece was originally slated for another publication a few years ago. It didn’t get published. So here it is. Republished from my now defunct Tumblr blog. Screenshots are all ones I took when playing Bloodborne. This time, I’m confident I have him. Father Gascgoine has been plaguing me for…

So! I wrote an article about why NFTs are bad for game design (please read it first). Tons of discourse, lots of really good feedback, and… — So! I wrote an article about why NFTs are bad for game design (please read it first). Tons of discourse, lots of really good feedback, and a handful of cryptobros in my mentions. A couple cryptobros really, really, really think I’m wrong and keep trying to posit a really weird…

Right, so, you’ve probably read a bunch of great stuff from other people on why NFTs are bad, but I also know how reading things on the… — Right, so, you’ve probably read a bunch of great stuff from other people on why NFTs are bad, but I also know how reading things on the internet works, maybe you haven’t. So, here’s the really simple version… (but first: hey ya’ll, I’m sick! like really sick! I just had…

hi, so there’s A Discourse floating around and I’ve been thinking about it because it’s about How People React To Things, and that doesn’t… — hi, so there’s A Discourse floating around and I’ve been thinking about it because it’s about How People React To Things, and that doesn’t just mean how we, as artists, make things people react to, but how we react to the feedback from all of this. I am an artist…

Hi, I’m Doc, and I write games, and people seem to like the writing I do, because over the years, I’ve received literally hundreds of… — Hi, I’m Doc, and I write games, and people seem to like the writing I do, because over the years, I’ve received literally hundreds of messages from people asking me how to write, and for some reason, I’ve got a lot of recent queries about this, so I should probably…