Author: Neal Sayatovich

Neal loves the twists, turns and scares of a well developed horror game. He believes that the depth and personality of the characters will make or break a game. Neal isn't a huge fan of excess blood and gore and commends Doom 3 for it's fear factor despite the lack of blood.

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.

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.

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.

Beholder 3: A Dark World in Which Player Choices Matter

Beholder 3 asks some tough questions, like how far you would go to save yourself and your family when your entire society seems to be aligned against you. It’s a dark game for sure, but another bright spot in this critically acclaimed series.