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.

Driving Forward With Dying Light: The Following

Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition takes the urban parkour running mechanic out into the countryside, and trades in those running shoes for a supped-up, zombie-ramming dune buggy.

Movie Magic: Hitman Agent 47

Movies based on videogames have a checkered history, but Hitman Agent 47, the second attempt at a Hitman-based movie, really tries to pay homage to the game even as it presents a somewhat typical Hollywood action flick.

A Newspaper Noir: Let’s Play The Westpoint Independent

In The Westport Independent, players take on the role of a newspaper editor in a fictional country around 1949. A war has just ended. The government wants to censor newspapers. Rebels are blowing stuff up. Reporters are divided. Can one editor keep it together?

Let’s Play: Tharsis, Space Horror…With Dice

We deploy into space to take a look at the punishingly difficult Tharsis game from developer Choice Provisions, where survival all comes down to the roll of a D6. How long did we survive in the cold, dark of space, with only our dice to keep us company?

Fun and Frustration with Age of Decadence

Age of Decadence bills itself as one of the most difficult RPGs ever created, and for the most part, it lives up to that self-professed reputation. Whether or not this is a good thing, or horribly bad, is however up to the tastes of the individual gamer.

More Witchy Moves With The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone

While the core gameplay was really amazing, The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone DLC improves upon it in almost every way. New stories, new amazing environments, new romance, new powerful boss battles and even new Gwent cards await inside Hearts of Stone.

Adoring Fallout 4 On The PlayStation 4

Having looked at Fallout 4 on the Xbox One and the PC, we round out our coverage with our review of how Fallout 4 does on the PlayStation 4. Will it earn a clean sweep on all platforms? Hint: probably.

A Worthy Wasteland With Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut

Fixing a lot of the little mistakes of the original, Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut really improves in all areas. It also takes the game onto consoles for the first time, where we found a surprisingly smooth interface for a game with such deep PC-only roots.

Let’s Play A Deadlands Noir: That Old Time Religion

Happy Halloween! We dive into the black and white world of That Old Time Religion, a story based game set in the Deadlands RPG world. Created by SmiteWorks, it follows the adventures of Detective Harvey Jenkins as he takes on demons, cultists and general dark forces in 1935’s New Orleans.