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!
In this week’s Save State, Vincent Mahoney enters the fridge and comes out swinging in Leftovers KO!, a hand-drawn boxing game where expired food fights back. With a wild Nickelodeon-style art direction and challenging, timing-based combat it’s a slugfest worth digesting.
This week, Save State’s Vincent Mahoney trades his retro reviews for a rescue mission: reviving a dead 3DS cartridge, diving into flash memory issues and discovering how fragile classic Nintendo 3DS cartridges really are.
The Switch 2 is here and so is another anti-gravity racer launch title. This week Save State’s Vincent Mahoney drifts, boosts and barrel-rolls his way through Fast Fusion, a spiritual successor to F-Zero GX. Some things never go out of style, especially if they hover.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet made Save State Columnist Vincent Mahoney motion sick back in 2022. Now? They might be the best games in the series. Thanks, Switch 2. Save State dives into the comeback that nobody expected.
As possibly one of the most ambitious visual novels ever created, The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy packs in over 150 hours of gameplay, multiple endings and even strategic combat. This week Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney is enjoying its campus.
This week Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney celebrates a turn-based RPG that has more emotional impact than a French Noir film. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has players leading an action-packed quest to try and save the people of Lumiere.
Save State’s Vincent Mahoney writes about Wild Arms Alter Code: F, which is a classic JRPG set in an apocalyptic western-punk landscape that was released for PlayStation 2.
Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney has been enjoying Monster Hunter Wilds and its first major update long enough for him to host a masterclass on the tips and tricks of hunting success.
One of the more bizarre titles in the Final Fantasy realm, Theatrhythm Final Bar Line is a rhythm action title that includes 385 tracks from the Final Fantasy series and Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney writes about it this week.
Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney continues his tour of the Mega Man universe this week with the title that many consider to be the best of the original series: Mega Man Three.
