Burden of the NPC

Every gamer knows the feeling of dread: the mission objective shifts, and suddenly you are forced to protect a fragile, excruciatingly slow non-player character (NPC) as they wander blindly through a warzone. The "e;escort mission"e; is universally despised, yet developers have continued to force them into blockbuster games for decades. The Burden of the NPC explores the profound disconnect betw...