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.

Destiny Seamlessly Marries Console First Person Shooters with MMOs

After fighting through hoards of The Darkness, alone and with friends, we finally return to review Destiny, one of the most anticipated games of the year, and one that combines shooters and MMO action into a glorious package.

PC Gaming Making A Comeback, Is Here To Stay

Those who predicted that PC gaming would die off were quite wrong (though it looked like they might be correct for a while) as gaming on the PC enjoys a huge resurgence in popularity. Fire up those PCs, because gaming on the PC is here to stay.

Reaper of Souls Revives Diablo III For Consoles

Diablo III Reaper of Souls finally makes the jump from the PC to console platforms, where amazing graphical and gameplay improvements plus new characters and levels blend into a perfect shared experience.

Spintires Brings Russian Twist To Off-Road Trucking

Spintires is a realistic simulation where players have to wrestle huge Soviet-era industrial vehicles through muddy and treacherous conditions while trying to log in inhospitable Siberia.

Battle Fleet 2 Takes WWII Gamers To Action Stations

Battle Fleet 2 pays homage to the turn-based naval battle games of yesteryear, but also exceeds them in quite a few ways. No armchair admiral will want to be without Battle Fleet 2 in their collection.

Rush For Glory Proves That Defense Makes Good Offense

Rush for Glory is a traditional tower defense type of game, but with a few nice twists added in to make things interesting, like permanent upgrades that affect every level after purchased.

The Halfway Point for Games

Believe it or not, 2014 is more than halfway over. To celebrate, we discuss some of the games that have captured our fancy, and ask you what titles you’ve most enjoyed…so far.

Blast Off For Mobile Tower Defense With Space Run

Taking a static concept like tower defense onto a moving platform like a space ship is what Space Run is all about. It really turns the genre onto its head and is quite refreshing, if a bit on the challenging side.

What Do We Play On A Long Holiday Weekend?

Howdy everyone. You may not notice this at first, but I’m not Chella, though I play one on TV. Not really. Only Greg Crowe here at GiN actually appears on TV. But I do fill in for Chella when she’s on vacation. She spent the last week at the Glastonbury Festival over in England, which […]

My Date With Destiny

Recently Bungie pulled back the curtains a bit on the upcoming Destiny game with a three day Alpha. What we found inside the beautiful and deadly world wasn’t quite a shooter and not really an MMO either, but something unique, and at times, pretty wonderful.