
Andy Edser
Andy built his first gaming PC at the tender age of 12, when IDE cables were a thing and high resolution wasn't. 26 years later (yes he's getting old), he now spends his days writing about and reviewing graphics cards, CPUs, keyboards, mice, gaming headsets and much, much more. You name it, if it's PC gaming hardware he'll write words about it, with opinions and everything.
Latest articles by Andy Edser

PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming headset of 2025
By Andy Edser published
Gear of the year It's been a helluva year for gaming headsets, but which of our three contenders will take the ultimate prize?

The Fractal Design Scape feels like a gaming headset from the future, which makes it the best thing I've tested in 2035. I mean, this year
By Andy Edser published
Gear of the Year I've seen the light, and I don't want to go back.

PC gaming has a pricing problem, and the memory crisis is compounding it in a way that's utterly heartbreaking for our hobby
By Andy Edser published
Hard times Money, money, money.

Avowed didn't rewrite the RPG rulebook in 2025, but it still gave me some of my biggest gaming 'wow' moments of the year
By Andy Edser published
🏆 Call me shallow if you must. In fact, I encourage it.

Nvidia has built location tracking tech that uses the 'confidential computing capabilities' of its AI chips to prevent smuggling, according to a Reuters report
By Andy Edser published
News GPU, where are you?

The 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship went way, way harder than it needed to with its wrestling-style intros and I'm so here for it
By Andy Edser published
News Let's get ready tooooooo... spreadsheet.

This Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses detector helpfully lights up the word 'glasshole' when the specs are nearby, just so we're all aware of exactly what we're dealing with
By Andy Edser published
News Also, nice hat.

'I expect the vibes out there to be rough for a bit': Sam Altman calls for a 'code red' alert at OpenAI as Google's Gemini 3 gives it a scare
By Andy Edser published
News I assume it was followed by a siren, an exploding command console, and Klingons off the starboard bow.

This sneaky malware variant has been caught using fake Windows Update screens to trick users into installing info-stealing software themselves
By Andy Edser published
News The PC equivalent of holding the door open for the burglar on their way in.

Google needs to double its AI serving capacity 'every six months' and scale 'the next 1000x in 4-5 years' according to an internal presentation
By Andy Edser published
News Seems totally achievable, good luck with that.

The SpongeBob SquarePants Limited Edition Xbox controllers are made for goofy goobers and you can't convince me otherwise
By Andy Edser published
News Plus there's an Elite version for... well, I'm not sure who.

'I like boring, and boring to me is no super exciting new features that will break machines for millions of people around the world' says Linux creator Linus Torvalds
By Andy Edser published
News A lovely shade of beige.

A vital rare earth element you've probably never heard of has surged in price by nearly 1,500% this year and it's essential for global chip manufacturing
By Andy Edser published
News A very rare earth, apparently.

Five things I always tell people before they buy their first gaming mouse
By Andy Edser published
Rodents My guide to buying the right gaming mouse for you.

Five things I always tell people before they buy their first gaming headset
By Andy Edser published
Headgear If you're eyeing up potential headset purchases, you've come to the right place.
Microsoft's updated anti-cheating measures go far beyond Secure Boot, including 'Remote Attestation' for online system verification
By Andy Edser published
News Cheaters never prosper. I mean, they do, but they shouldn't.

I don't know how I missed this playable Windows 95-era 3D Maze screensaver, but it's making me feel like I'm tripping out, man
By Andy Edser published
News The endless walls of my perception, they're melting as we speak.

Despite Intel dropping the desktop CPU ball this year, its share of the market fell by just 4.9%—while AMD still lags significantly behind on mobile
By Andy Edser published
News Existing OEM agreements to the rescue, it seems.

'We're facing [what has] never happened before: HDD, DRAM, HBM, NAND... all in severe shortage in 2026' says Silicon Motion's CEO as memory prices continue to soar
By Andy Edser published
News Good news, everyone! I mean, terrible news, everyone!

$1 billion AI company co-founder admits that its $100 a month transcription service was originally 'two guys surviving on pizza' and typing out notes by hand
By Andy Edser published
News And that tall guy buying a movie ticket was just two mischievous kids in a trench coat.

A Wall Street Journal investigation claims to have tracked how 2,300 Nvidia Blackwell AI chips made their way to China via an Indonesian telecoms provider
By Andy Edser published
News A hop, a skip, and a jump across the ocean.

Best PC joysticks in 2026: These are my top picks for everything from flight sims to space shooters
By Dave James last updated
Locked On The best PC joysticks take you to new heights.

AMD's FSR 4 Redstone Ray Regeneration update finally arrives in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, which is better late than never
By Andy Edser published
News Good things come to those who wait. Probably.
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