Author: Vincent Mahoney

Vincent is a game reviewer, graphic designer, illustrator and insurance agent: He wears many hats, but none of them properly cover his bald spot. His long-term goal is to publish a comic of the story he and his wife created together. He grew up playing action-platform games such as Super Mario, Metroid, Mega Man, Contra and Castlevania, but discovered his love for RPGs through Super Mario RPG and Final Fantasy VI, then embarking upon a quest to play every RPG he possibly can. At over 200 RPGs and counting the quest is not going so well, and there are buster swords, giant cats, eight virtues and personae appearing to him in his sleep. Please send help.

Save State Battles the Robot Masters of Mega Man One

Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney writes this week about being confined to bed with a bad flu and playing Mega Man One from the Mega Man Legacy Collection.

Tapping Into TMR Tech With the New Blitz 2 Controller

If you are tired of analog stick drift, then you need a controller that uses TMR technology. We tested the Blitz 2 from BigBig Won, one of the first to incorporate TMR tech, and really put it through its paces with some top titles.

Unleash Your Inner Animal in MoonFire Visual Novel RPG

The world of MoonFire: A Seeker’s Saga is an interesting one where anthropomorphic creatures rule, and players are the last surviving human. It’s an interesting visual novel that also has heavy role-playing elements and skill checks for added spice.

Starless Abyss Is a Lovecraftian Sci-Fi Space Masterpiece

Starless Abyss is a unique roguelike where players are charged with jumping fleets of spaceships across realities to fight eldritch horrors. It’s a brilliant mesh of sci-fi, horror and roguelike deck building that offers unlimited spacefaring adventures.

Save State Brings Horror to the Homefront With Home Safety Hotline

Not every horror title has to be an action-packed fight to the death. This week Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney enjoys the subtle horror of working in a call center for customers with mysterious monster problems in Home Safety Hotline.

Worry Less and Play More With an Ultimate Bluetooth Budget Controller

Many gamers wear out their controllers pretty quickly, but replacing them can be complicated and expensive. To help out, we tested a new 8bitdo Ultimate 2C Bluetooth budget controller for Nintendo Switch which punches well above where its price would suggest.

Save State Is Blown Away by Tetris-Based RPG Flowstone Saga

When Flowstone Saga combined RPG elements with Tetris to form a colorful and expansive campaign world, it really caught Save State columnist and GiN’s veteran RPGer Vincent Mahoney flatfooted but in a very good way.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Plays Like a New Indy Movie

Just like in a great Indiana Jones movie, the year is 1937 and lots of really bad people are searching the globe for an ancient, world-altering power called the Great Circle. In the title Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, only a charismatic archaeologist with a quick whip and a quicker wit can stop them.

Enjoy A Special Rhyming Save State Holiday Column

Filled with holiday cheer and maybe too much eggnog, Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney pens his entire holiday column this year in a glorious (he made us say that) rhyming style.

Diving Back Into Deep RPG Action With Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Ten years after the previous title in the series, developer BioWare finally released the next great RPG in the Dragon Age series, Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Although it changes a lot, Veilguard maintains the core RPG goodness that made the series so fun to play.