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.

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 […]

Come On Down To South Park

Cartman says hi!

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.

Up And Coming Games

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.

The New Thief, Stealing Hearts And Coins

Garrett

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.

A Dragon-Sized Sequel

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.

Space Is Invaded, Again

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.