As a journalist John has covered everything from rural town meetings to the U.S. Congress and even done time as a crime reporter and photographer.|His first venture into writing about the game industry came in the form of a computer column called "On the Chip Side," which grew to have over 1 million circulation and was published in newspapers in several states. From there he did several "ask the computer guy" columns in magazines such as Up Front! in New Mexico and Who Cares? in Washington D.C. When the Internet started to become popular, he began writing guided Web tours for the newly launched Washington Post online section as well as reviews for the weekend section of the paper, something he still does from time to time.
His experience in trade publications came as a writer and reviewer for Government Computer News.
As the editor of GiN, he demands strict editorial standards from all the writers and reviewers. Breeden feels the industry needs a weekly, reliable trade publication covering the games industry and works tirelessly to accomplish that goal.
Munchkin is a beloved classic card game that is very popular with role-players. It offers a perfect mix of hilarious items, spells and monsters to collect and fight, and highly competitive gameplay. And it’s now available on Steam as Munchkin Digital, with mobile versions incoming soon.
Keeping the narrative side of the Borderlands series alive, New Tales From The Borderlands features all of the irreverent humor from the original title, but is packed with all new characters, exciting storylines and a few nice extras.
Rebirth is the third DLC for Iceflake Studio’s Surviving the Aftermath, where players try to turn a struggling post-apocalyptic colony into a major new city. Rebirth adds a new blighted enemy, a separate research tree for upgrades, new buildings and the ability to finally heal the wasteland.
The Diablo IV beta opened its gates of hell over the weekend so that players could jump in and explore the prologue and Act 1 of the upcoming action RPG. Although there were some expected connectivity issues, the beta itself was incredibly fun to play, which bodes well for the full summer launch.
Players in Aces and Adventures will combine traditional poker hands from a 52-card deck with others depicting spells and magical abilities in a unique card battler that is easy to pick up and play but difficult to master – just like you’d want in a deckbuilding adventure.
Anemoiapolis is one of the most unique horror games that we have encountered in a long time because other than a few obligatory jump scares, it entirely centers on the unsettling feeling of being alone in both strange and mundane environments.
Company of Heroes 3 continues a long tradition of real-time strategy World War II games going back almost 20 years. This newest installment adds a detailed campaign map, new abilities and units, and a new RTS platform that is primed for even more expansions and DLCs.
As one of the most detailed World War II tactical wargames to be released in years, Second Front does a good job of balancing unit complexities, strategy and accessible gameplay. Strategy gamers will want to quickly enlist for Second Front.
Keys From The Golden Vault is a surprising and fun new adventure supplement that can be dropped into any existing Dungeons and Dragons campaign to add thrilling heist missions to the standard dungeon crawling. And the scenarios can work as standalone adventures or become the backbone of an entire campaign.
Certainly one of the most unusual shooters to come out in years, High On Life is a title that features an incredibly detailed and bizarre world filled with weird, angry and downright hilarious aliens where even your guns come armed with snarky comments and witty banter.
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