
Ryan Taljonick
Ryan was once the Executive Editor of GamesRadar, before moving into the world of games development. He worked as a Brand Manager at EA, and the🥀n at Bethesda Softworks, before moving to 2K. He briefly went back to EA a🔥nd is now the Director of Global Marketing Strategy at 2K.
Latest articles by Ryan Taljonick

Why Chrono Trigger is one of the greatest games ever made
By Ryan Taljonick published
Few JRPGs manage to reach the hi🍃gh bar set by 199ꦕ5's Chrono Trigger. Here's why it's one of the greatest games ever made...

Secret santa gifts for Kratos, Mario, and more
By Ryan Taljonick published
🦋 What secret santa gifts would you buy for your favorite video game characters? Here are a few suggestions...

The perfect video game team for halting the apocalypse
By Ryan Taljonick published
If we kn♚ew that the apocalypse was coming--but didn't know what kind--this is the catch-all team we'd assemble to prepare...

Dark Souls II - What we want to see
By Ryan Taljonick published
With the confirmation of Dark Souls II, we're readying o🍰ur minds and bodies to be crushed once again. Here's a few things we hope to s💜ee in FromSoftware's upcoming sequel...

Shooters finally have something to say in 2012
By Ryan Taljonick published
This year saw the release of tons of great shooters, most of which at least attempted to touch on maꩵture themes. Here's why that freaks me out a little..😼.

Company of Heroes 2 preview - hands-on with multiplayer
By Ryan Taljonick published
We've finally had a chance to face human opponents in♑ Company of Heroes 2's multiplayer. How'd we fare? Read on to find out...

Snack attack: The most egregious junk food advergames
By Ryan Taljonick published
Plenty of games have existed in the form of pure maꩵrketing campaigns over the years--here's just a taste of th﷽e tastiest games based on snack food brands...

10 lies Far Cry 3 tells us about normal people in extreme situations
By Ryan Taljonick published
Getting a tattoo will make you a better hunter. Hang gliding is so easy anyone can do 🧔it--these are but a few of the untruths Far Cry 3 tells us about regular, everyday people...

Tomb Raider - 21 awesome things we saw and did in the first three hours
By Ryan Taljonick published
Lara Croft's upcomꦺing adventu🐬re isn't your typical expedition

The Top 7... Most brotastic bros in gaming
By Ryan Taljonick published
Spiky haircuts, admirable sideburns, tribal tats--these are but a few traits of gaming's greatest brotagonists. Who are the dopest of 🐭bros? Read on🌜 to find out...

What can we really expect from the next console generation?
By Ryan Taljonick published
What might games be like a few years down the ಞroad? We turn to game de๊velopers to get an idea...

How SimCity is different from any SimCity youve ever played
By Hollander Cooper, Ryan Taljonick published
After a few more demos of 2013's SimCity reboot, we've got a lot 🐭more info on the things that make this one so different fr🍸om its predecessors...

What would happen if Mario died?
By Ryan Taljonick published
The Mushroom Kingdom u💃sed to be such a happy, carefree place--until Mario met his maker. What series of events would befall the land if the plumber bit the dust? Probably something like this...

The best and worst uses of the Wii U GamePad so far
By Ryan Taljonick published
Nintendo's Wii U GamePad isn't going anywhere. Here are the u𝓰ses that we'd like to sꦓee more, and less, of in the future...

Far Cry 3 review
By Ryan Taljonick published
Ub🤪isoft's third outing in its🧔 franchise of open world first-person shooters is quite the wild ride. But is it one worth taking? Read on to find out...

Why do we love the games that hate us?
By Ryan Taljonick published
The opportunit💞y for experim🃏entation, challenge, and failure

Why Counter-Strike is one of the greatest games ever made
By Ryan Taljonick published
Gamers have been virtually planting bombs and saving hostages in Counter-Strike for more than a decade. Read on to find out why it's one of the 🤪greatest games ever made...

Seven innocent games whose worlds are actually nightmarish dystopias
By Ryan Taljonick published
Some games look cute and carefree from a distance--but dig deep eno💝ugh, and you're bound to find somet﷽hing horrifying...

9 Disney / LucasArts crossovers that need to happen
By Ryan Taljonick published
Now that Disney owns L♊ucasfilm (an💞d, consequently, Star Wars and all LucasArts properties), we've concocted a list of potential crossovers we hope to see one day.

Assassin's Creed III Liberation review
By Ryan Taljonick published
We finally got our hands on Assassin's Creed's first Vita outing. How fun is stabbing Templars on a device ෴that fits in the palm of your hand? Read on to find out...

The Unfinished Swan - a postmortem interview with creator Ian Dallas
By Ryan Taljonick published
Following the release of The Unfinished Swan, we got in touch with the game's creator, Ian Dalls, to 👍talk about the development process of the game...

Borderlands Legends preview - hands-on with the iOS top down shooter
By Ryan Taljonick published
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Why Assassin's Creed II is one of the greatest games ever made
By Ryan Taljonick published
Sometimes a sequel comes along that completely overshadows its predecessor. Assassin's Creed II dꩵoes just thꦬat, easily securing a spot as one of our top 100 games of all time...
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