What do busted freezers, Sonic the Hedgehog trading cards and retro Dreamcast adventures have in common? They all collide in this week’s Save State as Vincent Mahoney dives back into Sonic Adventure 2, a title that still delivers speed, style and chaos in 2025.
Fresh Look columnist Neal Sayatovich writes this week about his enjoyment of the unique turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which has players leading an action-packed quest to try and save the people of Lumiere.
This week Save State’s Vincent Mahoney tests out the 8bitdo Ultimate 2 Bluetooth, a Nintendo Switch friendly gamepad with a slick dock, solid performance and just enough differences to stand out from its counterparts.
Looking for a rhythm title with personality and depth? Rift of the NecroDancer hits all the right beats. Vincent Mahoney, filling in for Fresh Look this week, breaks down why it’s a must-play for fans of the rhythm genre.
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.
The Stop Killing Games movement is pushing back against the troubling trend of publishers shutting off game servers and rendering titles unplayable. Fresh Look columnist Neal Sayatovich has some thoughts about that.
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.
Looking for a new kind of fireworks this July 4th weekend? Fresh Look columnist Neal Sayatovich this week explores the terrifying tension and early-access chaos of Bodycam’s new zombie mode.
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.
A new Magic: The Gathering set inspired by Final Fantasy sends Fresh Look columnist Neal Sayatovich back to the Xbox 360 era where paradigm shifts are fast, plot twists are baffling and Lightning somehow lives in Valhalla.