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.

Stupendous Sleuthing

One of Jerry Orbach’s last roles is as his famous Law and Order detective in this excellent game adaptation of the hit show.

Readying For War

Like its predecessor, Hearts of Iron 2 will let you control nearly every aspect of your chosen country during World War II. Victory or defeat is solidly in your hands.

An EverQuest II Holiday

Our chief editor finds himself suddenly addicted to EverQuest 2 this week. But given the quality of the online game world, who can blame him?

Once Upon a Time

The Bard’s Tale is one of those rare titles that offer action, combat and an engaging story in a humorous RPG that never takes itself too seriously.

Scrapland Offers Superb Surprises

Scrapland is poised to take the standard RPG genre and turn it on its ear. For both RPG and action gamers, Scrapland is pure treasure.

Medieval Mayhem

Medieval Conquest is a humorous real-time strategy game that lets you coax your heroes to battle in a storybook world.

Silent And Deadly

It’s not quite October yet, but Silent Hill 4 brings us a bag of really creepy stuff. It advances the series well without losing any of the horrific flavors.

Crusader Is Royally Good

Crusader Kings is one of the most detailed strategy games ever created, and challenges you to lead your kingdom through the Dark Ages.

Psi-Ops is Brains and Brawn (literally)

Take a good shooter platform and add the ability to make special attacks with your mind, and you have one heck of a fun shooter with nearly limitless replay value.

King me!

With the launch of Crusader Kings just a few days away, we talked with Paradox Entertainment about what to expect from their latest strategy masterpiece.