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some loosely organized thoughts about dialogue sysin games

think of this as me trying to find out what parts of dialogue choices are load bearing game design and what else can be done with dialogue.

6d ago

some loosely organized thoughts about dialogue sysin games

6d ago

building a better first person shooter part 3: enemy mine

So! First, we talked about a specific subgenre of first person shooter, loosely starting with Unreal and Half-Life and dying off around…

Oct 12

building a better first person shooter part 3: enemy mine

Oct 12

the way of the gun: part 2 of building a better shooter

So! Last year, I wrote a thread on social media talking about how much I missed a specific style of first person shooter — they just don’t…

Aug 31

the way of the gun: part 2 of building a better shooter

Aug 31

first person shooters are extremely fun, but the industry rarely makes the ones i like anymore

There’s something about that anticipation as your dropship passes over open ocean and the fighting on the beach comes into view…

Aug 3

first person shooters are extremely fun, but the industry rarely makes the ones i like anymore

Aug 3

let’s reconsider how we talk about video games

There’s that moment before a tornado where the humidity gets unbearable, the sky — which is often mostly gargantuan cumulonimbus towering…

Jul 6

let’s reconsider how we talk about video games

Jul 6

copyright rules, ai drools, and plagiarism is for suckers who have no soul

Have you ever had a conversation with someone over a topic you know a great deal about, but the person you’re talking to definitely…

May 11

copyright rules, ai drools, and plagiarism is for suckers who have no soul

May 11

so i finally played ffxv

originally published august 26, 2018

May 10

May 10

how do you make a great video game quest?

originally published september 30, 2018

Apr 27

how do you make a great video game quest?

Apr 27

people always ask why games are so violent, so let’s give ’em an answer

The other day, I got tagged into a discussion about violence in games. If people want to know my thoughts on the matter, I should do my…

Mar 9

people always ask why games are so violent, so let’s give ’em an answer

Mar 9

i did not like kingdom come: deliverance, so here’s my unpublished review from 2018 about it

There are some games you just can’t put down, and other games you’ve agreed to write about, so even if you want to put them down, you…

Feb 9

Feb 9

Doc Burford

Doc Burford

I do some freelance work, game design consulting, and I’ve worked on games Hardspace: Shipbreakers and created games like Adios and Paratopic.

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