Celebrating the joy that all different kinds of videogames can bring, our Save State column is written by longtime gamer and GiN reviewer Vincent Mahoney. He plays way too many games to be able to officially review them all, but we can tap into his amazing gaming world and learn about some hidden gems right here in Save State!
Referencing all kinds of great movies from the eighties and nineties like The Evil Dead and Terminator is just one thing that drew Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney to Outer Terror. There are also side quests, comics, power-ups and plenty of horde-slaying weaponry.
This week Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney is in gamer heaven because Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has released its Future Redeemed DLC. Vincent has been playing the Xenoblade series since 2010, and according to him, it just keeps getting better.
Where was Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney when his power went out again this week? Playing Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon on his Steam Deck in the dark, which made living without lights, heat and other modern comforts a little more bearable.
This week Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney tries to get the term labyrinthine platformer to catch on whenever he is not overly mesmerized by all the amazing colorful effects in 9 Years of Shadows.
Our Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney is feeling a little bit under the weather this week, but it’s nothing that some chicken soup and Super Alloy Ranger can’t cure.
This week, Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney steps into the zombie apocalypse with State of Decay 2 on Steam. This edition of the title also includes all three add-on packs so there’s lots of zombie apocalyptic fun to be had while roaming around in State of Decay 2’s zombie sandbox world.
Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney enjoys classic RPGs, and he goes back and plays them regularly. But what is even better? When they get remade, like with Tales of Symphonia Remastered that he takes a look at this week.
Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney enjoyed checking out the Wandering Sword demo, a Chinese martial-arts RPG with great pixelated graphics and impressively unique gameplay.
While anxiously waiting for Fire Emblem Engage’s release, Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney went on a quest to obtain Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War, a title that was only ever released in Japan. He somehow found one and enjoyed its deep customization in a series that was way ahead of its time.
The three most popular genres right now for indie games are survival, roguelites and metroidvanias. But sometimes, developers find a mysterious way to mix all three genres and come up with something brilliant. In this week’s Save State column, Vincent Mahoney plays with a perfect example of that in Rogue Legacy 2.
