Logan Nye

Logan was an Army journalist and paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. Now, he’s a freelance writer and livestreamer who writes about military culture, tech and history. In addition to covering video games for Military.com, he discusses military topics and plays games on Saturdays at Twitch.tv/logannyewrites. He's a Groundbreakers member for Fisher House Foundation, a top-rated military and veteran nonprofit: fisherhouse.org/groundbreakers.

Latest Articles

This Disorienting Horror Video Game Tries to Capture the PTSD Experience

Post Trauma is a fresh horror game with all the design elements that made 1990 classics like the Silent Hill and Resident...

A screenshot from the Borderlands 2 video game.

12 Retro Video Games to Bring You Closer to Your First Sergeant (If That’s Something You Want)

Here are 12 games to shake the dust off to try to put yourself in your salty senior noncommissioned officer’s worn-out old...

These Fitness Video Games Might Actually Help Your PT Score

You do some workouts, take some steps, throw some imaginary balls, and the game gives you a quick burst of dopamine to keep...

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5 Video Games Worth Using as ‘Hip-Pocket Training’

There’s a thing in the Army called hip-pocket training. It’s training, usually at the noncommissioned officer (NCO) level...

(Airman 1st Class Timothy Kim/U.S. Air Force photo)

How Tabletop War Games Build Strategy and Community

Where modern games such as “Risk” reduce the complicated mechanics from those early games to make them easier to play...

The 10 Best Video Games to Drop You into Medieval and Fantasy Warfare

Want to enjoy a nice weekend of castles, damsels and armored himbos? Grab a controller and pull up a chair; we’re going to...

What if Future Wars Were Fought by Mercenaries and Giant Robots?

“MechWarriors 5: Clans” and its new expansion, “Ghost Bear: Flash Storm,” imagines intergalactic combat in 3050 with a...

The (fictional) Second Battle of Harper's Ferry, ca. April 2025. (Reddit User GeorgeSquarshington)

An Alternate-History Channel on Reddit Is Gaming Out a Shockingly Realistic Second US Civil War

Alternate history is fiction that imagines what would be different if some specific event was changed. A new alt-history...

'Call of Duty: Black Ops II' Is Coming True in Weird Ways

Black Ops players are noting some weird coincidences between the 2025 in the game and the real 2025, such as stock-market...

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