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.

Ready For The Yeti? Far Cry 4 DLC Review

The Far Cry 4 Valley of the Yetis DLC is a standalone adventure for the main game that introduces a new defensive type of gameplay and a terrifying new creature. What’s not to like?

Let’s Play Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown

Hoi Chummers! Let’s Play the first few single player levels of Shadownrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown with a rat shaman named Herr Maus at the head of the team.

Let’s Preview Rooms: The Unsolvable Puzzle

Rooms: The Unsolvable Puzzle from Handmade Game is out on May 1st, but we got an exclusive preview play-through of some of the innovative new levels. See if we can noodle out a few of these impossibly fun puzzles.

Game of Thrones: The Sword in the Darkness Hits Hard

Episode Three of Game of Thrones: The Sword in the Darkness by Telltale Games introduces some new characters, deeper mysteries and surprises. It’s the best of the series so far, and that is saying a lot given how good this series is becoming.

Let’s Play Ironcast!

Come follow the fight in Ironcast as we attempt to defend England from a massive invasion of French steampunk mecs in this innovative new game that combines tactical combat, role-playing and match three gameplay.

Let’s Play Joe’s Diner Horror Adventure

Joe’s Diner is a horror adventure game from Germany that challenges players to try and survive the night shift in a haunted restaurant. Come and see if our editor can survive the night, or will he end up on the menu instead?

Game of Thrones: The Lost Lords Finds Adventure

Game of Thrones: The Lost Lords is the second episode in what is turning out to be another amazing Telltale Games series. This time we get to set foot across the narrow sea and high up on The Wall as the series keeps getting better.

Getting Into Groove With Pix The Cat

Its arcade action this week as we review the brand new Pix the Cat game for the PC and PlayStation. Warning: disco ducks, crazy cats and tons of twitch-based gameplay lies ahead!

The Long Dark Offers A Beautiful, Quiet Apocalypse

The Long Dark is a beautiful game that challenges players to try and survive alone in the Canadian wilderness where your primary enemies will be the cold, starvation and wolves.

Blast From The Past With Avernum 2: Crystal Souls

Avernum 2: Crystal Souls is the remake of Exile 2 from way back 1996. It has the same deep role-playing gameplay as the original, but is now wrapped in a shiny new shell ready for modern systems.