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.
Leading off the E3 Expo conference this year, Microsoft stressed that it would be all about the games, and then delivered a solid 90 minutes of AAA, indie and exclusive titles that would soon be landing on the Xbox One and Xbox 360.
Banished is a fun medieval city-building simulation where you don’t have to worry about things like monsters or bandits. You’ll have enough on your hands trying to ward off starvation, disease and winter’s chill.
State of Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed House Bill 958 into law this week, a move that provided a host of competitiveness initiatives aimed at bringing more development and businesses to the state. Bundled among the other initiatives was a measure that provides significant tax breaks for video game developers who choose to work within the state. According to state officials, Georgia’s game and digital media industry is growing rapidly. That growth is fueled by a comprehensive suite of business assets that Georgia is able to offer game companies, including a pipeline of creative and technical talent, competitive incentives and … Continue reading Georgia Makes Tax Breaks For Game Developers A Law→
Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny have a new friend down in South Park – you! As the new kid in town, you have to fight Mongolian Hoards, aliens, monsters and hobos in a role-playing like quest to become cool.
From Watchdogs to The Division, we examine all the games that players should be looking forward to in the first half of 2014. We also talk about some of the games that have already made a splash like Titanfall and Thief, as well as indie games like Banished, Gone Home and Banner Saga.
While many rebooted games seem to favor more casual players, the new Thief takes a different approach. With slower and less forgiving gameplay, it will likely appeal to its hardcore fans more than to new players. And that’s just fine with us.
The original Shadowrun Returns was a pretty good game, and nice recreation of the pen and paper RPG. Now with the Dragonfall module, everything is bigger, better and intense as only a shadowrun can become.
The XCOM: Enemy Within expansion is far more than just a DLC. It fundamentally changes the game in new and amazing ways, making it fresh and fun all over again.
With Timewaster Billy feeling under the weather, Chief Editor Breeden straps on his leather flying helmet and takes to the skies with Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol, a pretty perfect casual war game.
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