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.

Cuphead Explained and Reviewed

Cuphead is a brilliant indie title that has taken the gaming world by storm, but it’s also designed to be extremely difficult and packed with unforgiving, old school boss battles. Find out in our review if Cuphead is your cup of tea, or just another porcelain poser.

Three Developers Who Are Getting Gaming Right

Mass Effect characters

As gamers, we love to complain about developers and publishers when they screw up, or when they turn seemingly tone deaf to our requests and demands. But sometimes, they get it wonderfully correct. Here are three recent examples of smart efforts to do great games right.

Battle of the Blizards: The Long Dark Story Part 2

Having found the medicine for our injured friend, the next part was so simple. Head south along the broken tracks and deliver the life-saving prize. But in The Long Dark, nothing is easy. Three blizards and five wolf packs swept in to bar the way.

Supreme Ruler: The Great War Epic Belgian Defense

In this playthorugh of BattleGoat Studios Supreme Ruler The Great War, we take on the role of Belgium, which heroically held out against Germany’s ten times larger army for a month, and arguably saved Paris from a quick capture. Can we do better?

First Look: Combat with Wartile’s Tactical Minitures

Let’s Play Wartile! This game takes all the fun of tactical miniature-based combat and makes it available to everyone with no huge arena, open basement or game store lobby required. We grab some Viking miniatures and take them on their first few quests in this medieval tactical wargame.

Let’s Play New Horror RPG Darkwood

Let’s Play Darkwood, a creepy new survival horror adventure with a throwback, top-down interface, a dangerous world to explore, and vastly changing environments based on a day and night cycle. It also happens to have a really nice, if totally bizarre, plot and story.

Let’s Play The Long Dark’s New Story Mode

The story mode for The Long Dark did not receive the best reception, but we really love it! Follow along as we brave everything that winter can throw at us. Unlike that other show, winter is not coming. It’s here!

Supreme Ruler: The Great War Achieves Strategic Victory

Set at the dawn of modern warfare, Supreme Ruler The Great War challenges armchair generals not only to fight and win World War I, but also to develop the tactics, technology and infrastructure to make such a victory possible. Play, fight, and shape the basis for today’s modern world.

Grand Theft Auto V Helping Cars to Drive Themselves

Up next, driverless police cars. Now that is a scary thought.

Often cited negatively for being too violent, Grand Theft Auto V and its underlying simulation technology is now assisting government and private industry in rapidly developing cars and trucks which can safely drive themselves, with no humans required.