Ted Litchfield
Ted has been thinking about PC games and bothering anyone who would listen with his thoughts on them ever since he booted up his sister's copy of Neverwinter Nights on the family computer. He is obsessed with all things CRPG and CRPG-adjacent, but has also covered esports, modding, and rare game collecting. When he's not playing or writing about games, you can find Ted lifting weights on his back porch. You can follow Ted on Bluesky.
Latest articles by Ted Litchfield

The 11 Elden Ring Nightreign DLC features that would surprise and delight the biggest FromSoftware fans
By Tyler Colp published
Wishlist Don't worry, poison swamp is on the list.

This FPS is basically Spongebob meets Duke Nukem, and it's only $10 on Steam
By Ted Litchfield published
news Captain Wayne - Vacation Desperation is the destination.

'Most of the innovation in gaming has happened on PC' says EVE Online studio boss: 'When I love a game, it's so deeply PC'
By Ted Litchfield published
news "On PC, we still see a lot of experimentation."

'A big document of stealth' requested by Todd Howard from a designer of one of the best stealth games of all time was the blueprint for Skyrim's most beloved playstyle
By Ted Litchfield published
news Garrett from Thief crouch walked so Dark Brotherhood assassins could run.

25 great Steam games you probably missed in 2025—from freebies to $40
By Ted Litchfield published
sleeper hit Too many games.

Legendary game designer, programmer, Space Invaders champion, and LGBTQ trailblazer Rebecca Heineman has died
By Ted Litchfield published
news Heineman's cancer fundraiser is now collecting for her funeral.

My favorite horror game of 2025 sounds like a literal nightmare because its composer sampled the creaking of an old house and a metal saw scraping 'an instrument that sounded horrifying yet could have been made in feudal Japan'
By Ted Litchfield published
news That explains it.

The Blood of Dawnwalker's latest gameplay trailer starts out looking like a Witcher spinoff, then the main character starts walking on walls
By Ted Litchfield published
news Wind's howling.

One artist is reimagining the first Metal Gear you've never played as an anime follow-up to The Phantom Pain
By Ted Litchfield published
news Operation Intrude N313.

Walton Goggins and Aaron Moten make surprise appearance at New Vegas fan convention in the real-life Goodsprings, remind us that Fallout season 3 is already confirmed
By Ted Litchfield published
news So says Ghoulgins.

Former id Software artist argues performance and optimization are 'as much of an art problem' as a tech one: 'Killzone 2 looks incredible today. FEAR looks incredible today'
By Ted Litchfield published
news Defect lead Emanuel Palalic thinks leaning into this mindset from early development will leave the game optimized as well as pretty.

To celebrate Fallout: New Vegas' 15th birthday, one mad lad lugged a CRT and an Xbox 360 to the fan gathering at the real Goodsprings to play the game outside the Prospector Saloon
By Ted Litchfield published
news It's actually the Pioneer Saloon in our non-retro-futuristic (boring) timeline.

'Do people even go to the main menu anymore in their games?' The Outer Worlds 2's player-roasting main menu was almost sunk by console gamer habits
By Ted Litchfield published
news Power down at night, people.

You haven't truly experienced PC gaming until you've done these 8 things
By Andrea Shearon published
Relatable If you know, you know.

A new Baldur's Gate 3 mod restores cut dialogue where Withers gets gently bullied by a child
By Ted Litchfield published
news Nice naturals, Bone Man.

I've already been getting my hopes up for The Expanse game from RPG factory Owlcat, and its main theme just skewered my Mass Effect-loving lizard brain
By Ted Litchfield published
news The quickest way to my heart: Swelling, uplifting synths.

Mick Gordon is asking 'how heavy can we get it?' in his first full game soundtrack since Doom Eternal: 'I'm really exploring the extremes of distortion with this project'
By Ted Litchfield published
news "It's celebrating that deformity, almost like some form of rebellion."

FromSoftware's parent company let it slip that we'll get Elden Ring Nightreign DLC by March at the latest
By Ted Litchfield published
news The time is ripe.

OG Fallout artist Leonard Boyarsky says The Outer Worlds 2 almost had its own 'old school Obsidian' evil ending, but it took too much effort for too little payoff: 'I love making these types of games, but it is very stressful'
By Ted Litchfield published
news Two big factions, plus endings for siding with one, both, or neither was enough.

Pillars of Eternity's 10-year anniversary turn-based mode will sidestep the biggest issues I was worried it would have, and you can try it this week
By Ted Litchfield published
news Pillars 1's turn-based mode enters public beta testing on November 5

Doom designer Sandy Petersen alleges former Xbox boss Don Mattrick killed Ensemble Studios and its Halo MMO to protect his personal stock bonus: 'Don started as an EA hatchet man so what would you expect?'
By Ted Litchfield published
news A BFG blast of a tweet.

'Skinballs,' a Saints Row test NPC that looks like four floating scoops of ice cream, has been preserved as part of a museum collection
By Ted Litchfield published
news Skinballs.

Beloved boomer shooter Dusk celebrates coming to Xbox with new 'Dusk Gulch' level riffing on Halo's best multiplayer map
By Ted Litchfield published
news Killamanjaro
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