Author: John Breeden II

John has spent his journalism career covering just about everything, from small-town meetings and crime scenes to Capitol Hill and the U.S. Congress. He got his start writing about games and technology with a computer column called On the Chip Side, which grew to more than 1 million in circulation and ran in newspapers across several states. Today, John is an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of experience. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, Newsweek and many other publications, and he writes a regular technology and government column for Nextgov/FCW and hosts security and educational webinars for FedInsider. He is also the founder of the Tech Writers Bureau and the chief editor of GameIndustry.com. He still loves disappearing into games, whether that means crawling through Baldur’s Gate dungeons deep into the night or planning one more big offensive in the latest wargame.

A Realistic RPG with Dirty Fingernails: Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Kingdom Come: Deliverance is one of the most realistic, historically accurate RPGs ever created. Journey into a world where you are anything but a hero, and try to scratch and survive as a peasant in a muddy, dirty, impoverished medieval kingdom. It’s actually great fun!

Building an Accessible Apocalypse with Cedar Games

Cedar Games is a five-person studio based in Cologne that is pushing some really big ideas, like an apocalyptic RPG that is customizable enough to be loved by casual gamers, hardcore role-players, PvP warriors and sim-loving crafters. Find out what strange magic is going into the development of their premiere Z-Alert game.

Avalon: The Journey Begins Offers Challenging Space Adventure

Clearly a labor of love for developer NewHopeGames, Avalon: The Journey Begins features a deep story and some complex space-exploration of an interesting, procedurally-generated universe that more technical players will likely adore, though this is not a casual experience by any measure.

Divinity: Original Sin 2 is Best PC RPG in Years

Divinity: Original Sin 2 is a wonderful RPG that checks all the right boxes. It’s got an engaging story, gorgeous graphics, deep tactical combat, detailed characterization, and is even open to player modding. If you have ever loved PC-based RPGs, this one will remind you why.

Spinning and Winning with Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy

Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy are both staple videogame versions of the popular television shows. The latest game iterations from Ubisoft come in a dual pack for consoles, upping their game and providing a good value for those who love gameshows.

Let’s Play Kingdom: New Lands

We are taking a look at Kingdom: New Lands this week, a new side scrolling strategy game from developer Noio and publisher Raw Fury. You read that right, it’s a side scrolling strategy game. While that might seem odd, the simple controls conceal a bevy of interesting and deadly strategic choices.

Our Hopeful 2018 Game Wishes

With 2017 wrapped up, we wanted to take a few moments to dream about some of the titles that have been promised to gamers in 2018. Surely not all of them will live up to their hype, but if at least some do, it will be a great year filled with unbelievable gaming goodness.

Flying High With a Bomber Crew Video Review

Bomber Crew is the latest game from developer Runner Duck that puts you in control of bomber crew members at the outset of World War II. We take to the skies in the Gameindustry.com Lancaster Bomber with a secret weapon – we’ve painted the plane in brilliant rainbow colors!

The Evil Within 2 Ramps up Spooky Goodness

While the original was interesting, The Evil Within 2 is truly a next-generation survival horror adventure. Gameplay is an awesome mix of exploration, stealth, combat and frights, set in both claustrophobic mazes and nearly open-world, monster-infested towns. The world will thrill you, if you dare to enter.