
Katie Wickens
Having been obsessed with game mechanics, computers and graphics for three decades, Katie took Game Art and Design up to Masters level at uni and has been writing about digital games, tabletop games and gaming technology for over five years since. She can be found facilitating board game design workshops and optimising everything in her path.
Latest articles by Katie Wickens

Best M.2 SSDs for gaming in 2025: my top picks for blazing fast storage
By Jeremy Laird last updated
High speed Our choices for the best NVMe M.2 SSDs give you blisteringly fast load times.

Turtle Beach Stealth 600 (Gen 3) review
By Katie Wickens published
Battery hero A great everyday headset that's certainly worth the price tag.

PowerColor Alphyn AH10 review
By Katie Wickens published
Wire-free A wireless gaming headset that brings the bare minimum, but omits one too many important quality of life features.

The best gaming projectors: These are the beamers I'd use for my home gaming theatre
By Jacob Fox last updated
Beam me up Bigger and more portable than monitors, grab one of these projectors for the ultimate home gaming experience.

Soundcore Liberty 5 earbuds review
By Katie Wickens published
Good buds Stunning, versatile simplicity with an audible edge.

AceZone A-Blaze review
By Katie Wickens published
A-Blaze! A quality gaming headset fit for marathon gaming sessions.

Turtle Beach Stealth 500 review
By Katie Wickens published
Fast charger Stealth by name… affordable by nature.

Asus ROG Harpe Ace Mini wireless mouse review
By Katie Wickens published
Smol A super speedy, stylish little rodent.

Gigabyte Aorus and MSI Titan laptops eat your heart out: This nearly 10 pound gaming laptop mod is even chonkier and has all the power of, er, a PS5
By Katie Wickens published
News I'm not sure we can even call this a gaming laptop.

I'm dumbfounded at the ridiculous designs at the Case Mod World Series this year
By Katie Wickens published
News Mechs, retrofuturism, and… internal organs?

Cyberpunk 2077 update promises 'up to 33%' higher frame rates on Arrow Lake and at the very least we gained 8% in the benchmark
By Katie Wickens published
news It's a free performance boost either way!

Official MSI benchmarks put the Claw 8 AI+ handheld at 20% higher performance than the current best gaming handheld
By Katie Wickens published
news Clawing for the crown, in comes a potential Lunar Lake contender for the best gaming handheld.

13-year-old that made a killing creating a crypto and then dumping it gets 'revenge pumped', family doxxed, and even dognapping rumours emerge
By Katie Wickens published
news Gen Z QUANT teenage crypytocoin creator suffers some serious backlash.

Turtle Beach Kone II Air review
By Katie Wickens published
Top notch A well-rounded, wireless gaming mouse with very little to complain about.

Lenovo Legion 7i (Gen 9) gaming laptop review
By Katie Wickens published
What battery? RTX 4080 | Intel Core i9 14900HX | 32GB DDR5-5600 | 2x 1TB SSD | $2,729 | £2,584

Corsair TC100 Relaxed gaming chair review
By Katie Wickens last updated
Chill A relaxed gaming chair at a very relaxed price.

RedMagic Titan 16 Pro gaming laptop review
By Katie Wickens published
Illusory Great for rendering, but with a bit of a strange GPU/CPU pairing.

MSI Crosshair 16 HX gaming laptop review
By Katie Wickens published
How much?! A chunky funky gaming laptop with high refresh and a lovely 16:10 panel.

Optoma UHZ55 projector review
By Katie Wickens published
Beaming A speed-demon of a long throw projector that will empty your pockets just as fast.

Fantasy becomes reality in Neverness to Everness, a supernatural, urban, open-world anime game built in UE5
By Katie Wickens published
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Gigabyte Aorus 17X (2024) gaming laptop review
By Katie Wickens published
Spine tingling A 17-inch monster gaming laptop worth breaking your back over.

How to stability test your PC
By Katie Wickens last updated
Ask PC Gamer There's no point in having an overclocked system that continually crashes. Here's how to stability test.

PC graphics options explained
By Katie Wickens last updated
GFX Understand what graphics options mean, and which to choose.
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