Hello, I’m Doc Burford. Most of you know me as a guy who makes video games and writes about them. It’s true! I do those things! But… a long time ago… I used to fly model rockets. I think it’s a little twee to talk about one’s past in an…

I don’t get much out of other people’s dreams. The human brain is a vast neurological labyrinth of fat and nerves and electrochemical impulses that, during moments of unconsciousness, gifts its person with bizarre sequences of human imagination. You close your eyes, you drift off to sleep, and you experience…

I knew people liked Metroid Prime. I knew people said it was magnificent, that it was best of the best. In 2009, some guy named Michael Thomsen told ABC news that it was gaming’s equivalent to Citizen Kane, triggering a whole wave of “are games art?” …

So, over the years, auteur theory discourse rears its ugly head, and a whole lot of people offer an opinion that makes complete and total sense: it sucks when a gigantic project with thousands of people working on it is credited to a sole visionary, when we know that person…

A while back, I replayed Mass Effect; my politics have shifted more towards the left since I last played it about four years prior, and I found myself decidedly less enthusiastic towards the game than in my prior outings. …

this is a repost from my old blog No genre ever truly dies, but the walking simulator does appear to be on life support. The Chinese Room, a studio that developed nothing but walking simulators, laid off most of its staff and hit pause earlier this year. Fullbright, which sold…

I have this friend who considers himself a professional in his field. When he encounters other professionals acting unprofessionally, he reacts with some reserved disgust, as well he should. I’m like that too. Everyone I care to know is like that, because it’s a sign of pride; frustration at a…

yes. it’s time again. PREVIOUSLY, ON “BUNDLE CRUFT DEATH MATCH!” So, well… there you have it! That’s 30 games. Of those 30 games, we’re getting rid of 19. That’s 63%. Lower than our average of 78%, but there was some really, really good stuff here, especially Rebel Galaxy, which I…

So, I wrote the last one about destiny with a kind of finality. At the time, it was because Bungie was going in a direction that meant I couldn’t stick with the game. I wanted to; believe me, I wanted to. It was Marathon that got me through living in…