Dan User Profile
Dan is the founder, owner, and lead editor of Nerdburglars. With over three decades of gaming experience tracing back to the 8-bit era and an enduring love for franchises like The Legend of Zelda, they have spent a lifetime analyzing the evolution of interactive entertainment. Today, they oversee the site’s editorial direction, specializing in deep-dive franchise retrospectives, industry news analysis, and hardware reviews, ensuring Nerdburglars delivers authoritative, high-quality content for core gamers.
RECENT POSTS
Guide To Lag Switches In Video Games
If you are someone who spends time playing online video games, you have heard of the term "lag switch" and have been thinking to yourself, what is a lag switch? The short version is they are one of the worst...
What Happened To Machinima
I remember a time when gaming videos always had the Machinima logo when they started up. I never really put much thought into it as I never really paid much attention to what it was at the time. Turns out...
Differences Between Returnal & Deathloop
The rising popularity of roguelike-inspired games has introduced gamers to an array of interesting takes on the groundhog day style looping system. A world where you die and everything resets, but you often retain some information or items that will...
Fallout Bobblehead Shelf
Fallout 3 was the first game that I played in the franchise and I have been a huge fan ever since. There is just something I find so captivating. Having built up a collection of Fallout bobbleheads over the last...
Why is Dolby Atmos Not On PS5?
Dolby Atmos is the most exciting format available to those looking to get an awesome home theatre system setup. The Xbox Series X has native support which will allow those with Atmos-enabled AV receivers and soundbars to take advantage of...
Wooden Hylian Shield From Zelda
Following my first attempt at creating any sort of gaming merch out of wood, I decided I would use the last of the wood I bought for the Windwaker shield, to make the Hylian shield. I kind of knew that...
Wind Waker Shield Carving
I recently got a small workshed set up in the back garden and decided to start making use of it. Since gaming merch can often be expensive and hard to find, I decided I would have a crack at making...
How Hard Is Returnal?
Determining whether a game is hard can be a rather subjective question. Someone who kicks ass in racing games might suck playing Call of Duty and someone great at roguelikes might suck at racing games. Everyone has genres they are...
Returnal First Impressions: Getting Beat Down Hard
All of us are very excited to see what games Sony are going to pull out of the magic hat this generation. With games like Horizon and Ratchet & Clank on most people's immediate release radar, Returnal may be one...
Spider-man: Miles Morales PS4 v PS5 Comparison
Spider-man: Miles Morales is the biggest exclusive we have for the PS5 at the moment. It is a fantastic game and with the release on the PS5, we now get some bonus graphical fidelity. With the game also being available...
POPULAR POSTS
Steam Deck Tips for Busy Gamers
The Steam Deck is often discussed like a portable gaming PC, but its biggest advantage is simpler than that: it lets you play when life…
RELATED ARTICLE POSTS
Is CachyOS Worth Trying for Gaming on Older Hardware?
If you have an older PC gathering dust and you want to breathe new life into it for gaming, you may have stumbled across CachyOS.…
IMAGINE POSTS
Punch Out Characters In Real Life
Punch-Out works because every boxer is larger than life. They are not realistic athletes so much as readable arcade opponents, each built around a joke,…
