As a journalist John has covered everything from rural town meetings to the U.S. Congress and even done time as a crime reporter and photographer.|His first venture into writing about the game industry came in the form of a computer column called "On the Chip Side," which grew to have over 1 million circulation and was published in newspapers in several states. From there he did several "ask the computer guy" columns in magazines such as Up Front! in New Mexico and Who Cares? in Washington D.C. When the Internet started to become popular, he began writing guided Web tours for the newly launched Washington Post online section as well as reviews for the weekend section of the paper, something he still does from time to time.
His experience in trade publications came as a writer and reviewer for Government Computer News.
As the editor of GiN, he demands strict editorial standards from all the writers and reviewers. Breeden feels the industry needs a weekly, reliable trade publication covering the games industry and works tirelessly to accomplish that goal.
Regardless of the role-playing game, the game master will need to be proficient in a diverse set of skills like storytelling, hosting, conflict resolution, diplomacy and management. The Ultimate RPG Gameplay Guide can give both novice and expert GMs a solid plus-five bonus toward their success.
The GreedFall RPG presents an interesting colonial-like setting where factions that master magic, firearms, science or ritual powers are all struggling for control of an island that is critical to their survival. It’s up to your character to decide who is right while shaping this fascinating world’s destiny.
Book Review- The Necronomnomnom: Recipes and Rites from the Lore of H. P. Lovecraft
Just in time for a Halloween dinner or party, The Necronomnomnom Recipes and Rites from the Lore of H. P. Lovecraft cookbook brings us some ingeniously scary looking foods that are sure to spellbind every guest’s palate.
If you are just getting into playing Dungeons and Dragons, or want to help someone along who is, the new Dungeons & Dragons Essentials Kit has everything they need to play the world’s greatest roleplaying game including dice, basic rules, a starter adventure module and even a DM screen.
The deceptively simple FAR: Lone Sails game will have you lumbering across a beautiful but dead world in your behemoth of a vehicle, just trying to make it to the end of the road, wherever that may be for your little, lonely main character.
The Sanator: Scarlet Scarf game is a graphic novel with a dark story where you make decisions that affect the main character and the game’s world, sometimes in definitive ways. But it also has a unique mechanic that forces players to eventually see all possible paths, plus one hidden ending.
The second official DLC for BATTLETECH, Urban Warfare brings fighting mechs into the big city, where everything is destructible and games of cat and mouse using the new ECM warfare modules can last for hours on end. It’s a brief but good addition to the core game.
Set in the dark streets of Paris and seen through the rainy windows of a busy night shift taxi, you play a driver with a silver tongue in the Noir-like adventure Night Call. Talk to your passengers. Observe the world around you. And don’t get framed for your own attempted murder.
Make Your Own Pixel Art is a fun guide to help young people get started making art and animations with pixels, and forming the basis for either a hobby or even full career in game design.
The Acquisitions Incorporated supplement for Dungeons and Dragons is packed with the same kind of wacky, over the top corporate humor found in the famous Penny Arcade podcasts and comics of the same name. If you love those, then this is your game.
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