Neal and Vincent Are Back in The GiN Lounge
After a year hiatus, GiN’s Neal Sayatovich and Vincent Mahoney are back in the GiN Lounge this week with their unique perspectives on gaming news, and they talk about the latest Fire Emblem title, Fire Emblem Engage.
Revisiting Endiness and The Legend of Dragoon
This week, Neal Sayatovich is Fresh Look’s guest columnist for his wife, Michelle. Neal relives some fond childhood memories by diving into The Legend of Dragoon, one of the first contemporary role-playing games, and a title that was recently ported over to the PlayStation 4 and 5.
Fun With Maze Blaze And Colorful Rays
Maze Blaze is a colorful shooter that brings to mind arcade games of yesteryear, while also using all the horsepower of modern consoles or gaming PCs in order to deliver a sense-overloading, colorful experience filled with blazing lights and sound as you run and gun through endless, chaotic levels.
Fresh Look Examines Sony’s PlayStation Plus Classics Catalog
This week, Neal Sayatovich is Fresh Look’s guest columnist for his wife, Michelle. Neal takes a look at Sony’s newly improved classics catalog with titles like The Legend of Dragoon and Dark Cloud 2. For those who enjoy classic titles, PlayStation Plus is becoming quite the destination.
Pokemon Violet Second Take Review
We covered the fun but flawed Pokémon Scarlet and Violet when initially released, but there is more than one fan of the series among the GiN reviewer crew. So, while Neal Sayatovich agrees with his colleague Vincent Mahoney, he still wants to offer his own take focusing on Pokémon Violet.
Fresh Look’s Year End Gaming Review
This week, Neal Sayatovich is Fresh Look’s guest columnist for his wife, Michelle. Neal takes a look at the year in gaming, and he shares with us his picks for the biggest highlights and deepest disappointments of 2022.
Fresh Look Examines That Bah Humbug Feeling From Top Games With Bugginess
Recent high profile game releases like Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and Cyberpunk 2077 have exposed a real problem with modern titles. Perhaps because of unrealistic deadlines, high technical requirements and a lack of playtesting, many video games are swarming with bugs these days.
Scoping out the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Single Player Campaign
We’ve covered the awesome Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II multiplayer action, and now it is time to dive into the single player campaign. Sometimes the single player side of Call of Duty games gets shorted in favor of multiplayer, but not this time. The single player campaign is one of the best of the entire series.
Mario and Rabbids: Sparks of Hope Takes Aim at Turn-Based Strategy
Mario and his Rabbids friends are out to save the universe in the new Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope game, which pits the good guys against some traditional Nintendo enemies in fluid tactical combat that would certainly give XCOM a run for its money.
Three Perspectives on the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Beta
Over the past two weekends, Activision opened up a Call of Duty Modern Warfare II beta to the press and other invited guests. GiN had a handful of reviewers, columnists, and podcasters in the thick of the action. This is what three of them found in this thoroughly modern take on shooters.