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Mina the Hollower Digs Deep Into Retro Adventure Greatness
In Mina the Hollower, developer Yacht Club Games trades Shovel Knight’s side-scrolling action for a tough-as-nails isometric adventure inspired by The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, classic Castlevania and some Bloodborne-esque risk.
Town to City Builds a Cozy Voxel World Worth Settling Into
Galaxy Grove’s Town to City is a relaxing voxel city-building sim that trades stress and micromanagement for warmth, creativity and simple town-building joys. For anyone looking for a cozy builder that values imagination over pressure, Town to City is well worth settling into.
Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes Turns Desperation Into Great Strategy
With tense fleet management, excellent real-time battles and a constant stream of hard choices, Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes captures the desperation, paranoia and pressure of the TV series better than most other licensed type games ever do.
R-Type Dimensions III Gives a Tough Classic a Flashy Remaster
R-Type Dimensions III, the remastered version of R-Type III: The Third Lightning, captures the visual punch and old-school intensity of the SNES classic, but frustrating hitbox issues keep it from being the definitive version just yet.
007 First Light Delivers Bond at His Best
With a sharp young James Bond, an espionage-heavy story, flexible mission design and action sequences worthy of the films, 007 First Light feels less like a licensed game and more like a great Bond movie that happens to be playable.
Constance Gives a Fresh New Coat of Paint to Metroidvanias
Constance may not reinvent the labyrinthine platformer, but its hand-drawn world, relatable story and polished exploration make it an easy title to recommend.
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Player Perspectives
Save State: Celeste Has More to Offer Than Tough Platforming
This week Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney writes about how Celeste combines tight controls, optional high-level challenges and a touching story into one of the most rewarding indie platformers of the past decade.
Fresh Look: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Is Still Worth the Trip
Fresh Look columnist Neal Sayatovich this week enjoys the action-adventure title Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. A deep sale finally gave him the excuse to try Fallen Order, and he describes his amazing Star Wars experience.
Save State: Vincent Has a Shell of a Good Time With TMNT: Splintered Fate
Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney takes a look at TMNT: Splintered Fate and finds a fast, colorful roguelite that borrows smartly from Hades, adds co-op chaos and becomes especially hard to resist when found at the right price.
Event Coverage
Ron Kipling Williams Captures the Costumes and Community of Balticon 60
From costumes and crowds to creativity and convention-floor energy, Ron Kipling Williams captures the fun, color and welcoming spirit of Balticon 60 in a lively highlights video from Baltimore’s long-running sci-fi and fantasy gathering.
Ron Kipling Williams Brings BlerDCon 2026’s Cars and Bars Energy to Life
GiN’s own Ron Kipling Williams puts viewers right in the middle of BlerDCon 2026 with a fast-moving highlight reel packed with energy, music and familiar faces from across the convention floor.
AwesomeCon 2026 Finally Felt Awesome Again
After a few uneven rebuilding years, AwesomeCon 2026 returned with the kind of star power, packed programming and show-floor energy that made it feel like a must-attend convention again.
Event Coverage
Ron Kipling Williams Captures the Costumes and Community of Balticon 60
From costumes and crowds to creativity and convention-floor energy, Ron Kipling Williams captures the fun, color and welcoming spirit of Balticon 60 in a lively highlights video from Baltimore’s long-running sci-fi and fantasy gathering.
Ron Kipling Williams Brings BlerDCon 2026’s Cars and Bars Energy to Life
GiN’s own Ron Kipling Williams puts viewers right in the middle of BlerDCon 2026 with a fast-moving highlight reel packed with energy, music and familiar faces from across the convention floor.
AwesomeCon 2026 Finally Felt Awesome Again
After a few uneven rebuilding years, AwesomeCon 2026 returned with the kind of star power, packed programming and show-floor energy that made it feel like a must-attend convention again.
PAX Unplugged Day One: Dice, Storytelling and a City Built for Play
GiN hit the ground running at PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia, where the convention's crowds enjoyed tabletop gaming and standout panels. From Gloomhaven creator Isaac Childres’ inspiring keynote to packed exhibitor halls and welcoming community spaces, the show was already firing on all cylinders right from the start.
Interviews & Editorials
What Convention Accessibility Really Looks Like at AwesomeCon
AwesomeCon 2026 showed how far convention accessibility has come, while also revealing the small but important changes that could make future events even more inclusive and fun for everyone.
BlerDCon’s Tabletop Room Was a Critical Hit With Players
Bigger space, more gaming and a stronger sense of community helped make BlerDCon 2026’s tabletop gaming area one of the convention’s biggest success stories this year.
Zazie Beetz Brings They Will Kill You Buzz to BlerDCon
BlerDCon attendees got a sneak peek of They Will Kill You, the upcoming horror film starring Zazie Beetz, along with behind-the-scenes insight into its kung fu influences, practical effects and blood-soaked style.
Simon the Sorcerer Returns: Origins Reconjures the Magic and Mischief
The legendary Simon the Sorcerer series is back with Origins, a lovingly hand-drawn prequel that blends the charm of 1990s adventure games with modern storytelling. GiN sat down with its developer Massy Calamai to talk about bringing Simon back to...
