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.

Wild Times in Ghost Recon Wildlands

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands is one of the largest open-world shooters ever created, giving players the ability to fight a guerilla-style war with whatever weapons and tactics they choose. It’s a truly unique and exciting experience that is different every time.

Sniper Elite 4 Makes a Crack Shot

While lots of games are adding sniper elements these days, only Sniper Elite 4 truly focuses on it with realistic shooting mechanics, smart enemies and an action-packed plot that is sure to make any long-range shooting enthusiast very happy.

An Episodic Victory for HITMAN

Now that the episodic HITMAN game is available on a single disk, we thought we would re-release the review we did of the entire series. The final episode concluded with an epic final level in Hokkaido, Japan that seemed like something out of a James Bond movie. But now gamers can pick up all six of them in one swoop. Should they?

Star Trek Online: Season 12 – Reckoning Now Available

Today, Perfect World Entertainment Inc., a leading publisher of free-to-play MMORPGs, and Cryptic Studios announced Star Trek Online: Season 12 – Reckoning is now available on PC. The update celebrates a very special milestone for the 100% free-to-play MMORPG based on the iconic Star Trek franchise, as the game celebrates its incredible 7th Anniversary. To […]

Being Bad is so Good in Tyranny RPG

Unlike most role-playing games, Tyranny puts you in the role of a villain working for an even more corrupt government. It’s a refreshing change of pace with a very deep story, lots of great gameplay, and a plot where your choices really do matter.

Create Your Own Heroes with Skylanders: Imaginators

The new Skylanders: Imaginators allows players to create their very own heroes, and if that was all it did, it would still be awesome. But Imaginators is packed with so much more. Both our adult and kid testers have declared that this is the best Skylanders yet.

Loving Classic Video and Olympic Summer Games

It seems like all the GiN columnists are on vacation. Editor John Breeden is again at the helm, this time for Chella. He’s catching Olympic fever this week, but perhaps more so for those classic track and field games of yesteryear.

Looking for Pie in the No Man’s Sky

Will you be joining us out in that big, lonely expanse of space?

With Todd on vacation, editor John Breeden takes up the videogame dreaming this week with his musings and desperate wishes for an amazing No Man’s Sky game. Are you planning to join him in the most massive sci-fi universe ever created?

Making Martian Magic with The Technomancer RPG

The Technomancer follows the Mars War Logs game, but improves over it in almost every single way. If you are looking for a good action-oriented sci-fi RPG, The Technomancer has quite a lot going for it as you try to survive and thrive on the red planet.

Exploring Harran in the Dying Light Nightmare Row Novel

The story behind Dying Light Nightmare Row dives more deeply into the history of Harran during the zombie outbreak, and spotlights many important details from the game which were probably missed while parkour running across rooftops dodging hordes of infected.