Robert Purchese
Senior Staff Writer
Bertie is senior staff writer and Eurogamer's Poland-and-dragons correspondent. He's part of the furniture here, a friendly chair, and reports on all kinds of things, the stranger the better.
Feature | "With great accessibility comes great inclusivity"
The community shaping the future of accessibility in games.
Feature | Courage and stupidity: The real-life story behind winemaking game Hundred Days
"For me it was an adventure."
Feature | Walk through an endless airport in Interminal
Heavy duty free.
Feature | Call of the Sea: Lovecraft, new studios, and the legacy of Myst
"It isn't a descent into madness, it's a rise to sanity."
Feature | The new Dark Alliance game is out in June, and we've played it
It's a positive showing, but no longer has local co-op.
Feature | Music Week: Understanding 'music's eclectic daredevil', Olivier Deriviere
Composer of Vampyr, A Plague Tale, Streets of Rage 4 and many more.
Feature | Neurodeck tackling phobias and mental health is both refreshing and a concern
Plus, a wild dream about Tom Cruise.
Feature | Survival adventure The Eternal Cylinder is wonderfully, dazzlingly bizarre
Think Spore, but with a world-spanning rolling pin.
Feature | Tomas Sala and The Falconeer, a story of self-discovery and escape
"I do sometimes wonder if I'll ever be able to tap into that again."
Feature | Mu Cartographer and the irresistible pull of mapping alien lands
Shall I project a world?
Feature | Kung fu, injuries and delays: Catching up with Biomutant
The last o' fuzz.
Feature | Climbing inside fear with the makers of Little Nightmares 2
How do you make something scary?
Feature | Building awful ski resorts with dangerous slopes in Snowtopia
Will fondue nicely.
Feature | The Sokpop Collective, an alternative vision of game development
They release a game every two weeks - but how?
Feature | Someone should make a game about: Black Dog folklore
Woof good graphics.
Feature | What does magic mean to you?
Stupefied.
Feature | The games we're looking forward to in 2021
Time loops, cyber kitties, glass-cannon witches, squirrels...
Feature | 2020s best games reimagined old ideas in new worlds
Bertie's best games of 2020.
Feature | Unto the End is like a side-scrolling Souls game, but bleaker
"Set aside any expectations or assumptions."
Feature | The Sacrifices show games can take on politics, and it's so refreshing
Goodbye set-dressing, hello discussion.
Feature | The Van Helsing team unveils dark fantasy XCOM-alike King Arthur: Knight's Tale
You won't Avalon wait to play it.
Feature | Getting an unexpected education in Oblivion
Worts and all.
Feature | Someone should make a game about: Muscle Men
The small rubber kind.
Feature | Arena has completely changed my mind about Magic: The Gathering
Cardly believe it.
Feature | What if we could shuffle plot twists each time we played?
"No, actually I'm not your father."