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.

A Trading Empire

A new service aims to bring together buyers and sellers of used games in a safe, open and fair format where everyone gets more for their money. Learn all about Gamestaq this week.

Dragon Age’s Expanding Epic

Dragon Age has become known for having a ton of DLCs. But Dragon Age: Awakening is the cream of the crop, giving us a new story and a standalone adventure worthy of the main game.

A Riotous Good Time

This holiday season could be one of the best the game industry has ever had, with great games and innovative peripherals all around. But it could also be one of the last.

Falling Into The New Fallout

Fallout: New Vegas rolls onto the scene, and somehow it’s able to surpass even its much loved predecessor. Could this be the mythical perfect sequel?

An Arcade Adventure

Coniclysm is a little five dollar game that harkens us back to the arcade games of old, and it has a killer soundtrack that is better than the game itself.

K&L 2 Presents A Dog Eat Dog World

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days offers a pure shooter set in the gritty streets of Shanghai, China. Although it doesn’t really advance the genre, it does offer a wild and oh so bloody ride.

DLC Second (or first) Chances

Downloaded Content (DLC) has given a lot of older titles a second chance with gamers, or in some cases, a first chance for new players to try out a gem they might have missed. We look at Dragon Age: Origins and Rampart.

An Offer You Could Probably Refuse

Mafia II takes players on a unique ride through the ranks of the American mafia in the 1940s and 50s, but being a made man isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and neither is this game.

An Old School That Rules

It’s been a long time since we found a truly old school RPG worth the bytes that programmed it. But Eschalon Book II restored our faith and made us believe in classical magic once again.