Defeating Bad Voice Acting With Platforming And Food Puns

This week, Vincent takes on his JRPG arch nemesis in Arc Rise Fantasia while chowing down on delicious Elite Chef Brigade. It is a tantalizing tale of bad voice acting, al dente food puns, and surprisingly fun games that most gamers would never know about.

Pondering The Death Of Mario and Fire Emblem

This week Neal takes a look at the concept of artificial scarcity within Nintendo and how this cold reality effects their game releases going forward. This includes the recent death of Mario and the removal of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon.

Do Some Games Make for Good Therapy?

This week the skirmisher takes a brief look at how some casual games like Animal Crossing can act as therapy for people with certain health issues.

Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Brobots

This week Vincent looks at a GameCube robot smashing game and an PlayStation rougelite and realizes that maybe, just maybe, it might be time to take a small break from the rougelites. It’s time for One Step From Eden and Custom Robo this week.

What’s the Best Kind of Video Game Character?

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This week our Skirmisher Neal Sayatovich is contemplating characters, specifically the three main types of characters we find and develop in video games. He’s trying to decide which kind he likes best, and invites you do to do the same.

CS:GO Upcoming Tournaments

CS:GO is thriving at the moment. Last year it lost some momentum with canceled tourneys during the pandemic. But this year, its set to come roaring back with lots of new events on the schedule.

Save State is Maid in China This Week

This week our Save State columnist becomes Pauline Bonaparte in Banner of the Maid (which he accidentally bought) and then goes dual sword slicing in the critically underappreciated Now More Heroes 2.

In Loving Memory: Greg Crowe, King of Games

It is with great sadness that we have to report on the death of our friend and longtime GiN Features Editor Greg Crowe. He was truly a master gamer, and an even better person. Come celebrate the life of the amazing Greg Crowe with us this week.

Snap Backlog to Reality, Ope There Goes Gravity

We all make mistakes. For our Save State columnist, it was getting a PlayStationTV to play Gravity Rush. (It couldn’t) But now he takes on Gravity Rush remastered as well as Luminous Arc. It’s redemption week on Save State!