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Doc Burford

Doc Burford

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Nov 1

what does it mean for the act of play to have meaning?

There’s this moment in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain where Skull Face, the game’s big bad, explains his actions. He believes that…

what does it mean for the act of play to have meaning?

Doc Burford

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Sep 17

i completed 52 games and 8 pieces of downloadable content in 2017.

In March 2018, I ended up in the ER. I had been working far, far too much and too hard and it turns out I had a congenital heart defect…

i completed 52 games and 8 pieces of downloadable content in 2017.

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Aug 25

it’s not enough to build something, part 2: you must be aware that someone will play the video game

Years ago, a teen pitched an idea to me: “what if you wrote a story about an alien from the perspective of an alien?”

it’s not enough to build something, part 2: you must be aware that someone will play the video game

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Jul 6

it’s not enough to build something, part 1

Some years ago, before I entered the industry, I had a minute disagreement with someone in the comments section of a Kotaku article. I was…

it’s not enough to build something, part 1

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Jun 1

have you heard of the wizard’s game?

According to the date of my first post, it was about seven months ago when I came up with The Wizard’s Game. The idea was simple: if you…

have you heard of the wizard’s game?

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Apr 27

digimon is one of the most important things in my life, and i will endeavor to tell you why

I’m going to try to do something that I find challenging, which is to tell you what I like about something and why.

digimon is one of the most important things in my life, and i will endeavor to tell you why

Doc Burford

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Mar 29

why samurai are cooler than klingons

Before this, I used to climb cliffs, drive down to Southern Kansas and fly rockets, go skiing every once in a while. I’ve been whitewater…

why samurai are cooler than klingons

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Mar 1

a hundred dollar video game? yeah, right

So, a while back, I saw someone had the bright idea to say that a $100 video game was where games were headed. As someone who has done a…

a hundred dollar video game? yeah, right

Doc Burford

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Feb 1

i completed 69+3 games in 2025, so here’s 81 reviews

Man. 2025, huh? I had some pretty big, bad things happen, which earned me a lot of burnout. My health is deteriorating, and I can’t afford…

i completed 69+3 games in 2025, so here’s 81 reviews

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Dec 28, 2025

okay here’s the one about planescape

Over the years, I have taken some commissions to write about various video games. One of those was to write about Planescape: Torment, and…

okay here’s the one about planescape

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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