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.

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.

Sony talks about games, TV, movies and all things PlayStation at E3 Expo

Sony kicked off their E3 Expo Conference this year by showing all the games, peripherals and original content that will be available for PlayStation gamers of all stripes.

Microsoft Conference Focuses On Games First At E3 Expo 2014

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 Adds Needed Realism To City-building Genre

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.

Georgia Makes Tax Breaks For Game Developers A Law

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 […]