
Jess Kinghorn
Jess has been writing about games for over ten years, spending the last seven working on print publications PLAY and Official PlayStation Magazine. When she’s not writing about all things hardware here, she’s getting cosy with a horror classic, ranting about a cult hit to a captive audience, or tinkering with some tabletop nonsense.
Latest articles by Jess Kinghorn

Turns out Janet Jackson's laptop-crashing cursed bassline was the scourge of notebook makers for at least half a decade
By Jess Kinghorn published
News No struggle, no progress.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says AI generates 'fantastic' Python code, and that it now creates 'maybe 20 - 30% of the code ... in some of our projects'
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Hey, who commented 'purple monkey dishwasher' in here?

Be Quiet! Dark Mount modular mechanical keyboard review
By Jess Kinghorn published
Overshadowed A modular keyboard desperate for the spotlight.

Be Quiet! Light Mount mechanical keyboard review
By Jess Kinghorn published
Quietly de-lightful A full-size sound-dampened board exuding far from quiet confidence.

Our favorite budget VR headset beats the old Quest 2 hands-down, and at $269 right now it's cheaper than it's ever been before
By Jess Kinghorn published
Deal The Meta Quest 3S is still donning the VR crown and cowl.

California is running out of license number combinations, making for wheelie quite a lot of cars
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Reel 'em in with puns, then hit 'em with climate grief.

AI Overview is still 'yes, and'-ing completely made up idioms despite Google's best efforts to restrict it
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Taking the Mickey.

AMD says it will be talking all things gaming and AI at Computex in May, and that could set the stage for the more affordable RX 9060 graphics cards
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Not throwing in the towel.

Behold! A single QR code containing a miniaturized take on Doom: 'literally the entire game'
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Asking the question that never gets old.

There's no two ways about it—I love the Lumon blue, retro styling of this Severance-inspired keyboard
By Jess Kinghorn published
News A trackball? In MY keyboard? I'll roll with it.

The LA Times gives mealy-mouthed AI the last word on its opinion pieces
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Is it raining? Yes—and also no.

Scientists have created a random number generator that's truly random—and no, that's not an easy thing to do at all
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Now when you curse the RNG gods, you can really mean it.

Turns out a bit of pixelation won't cover your back (or front) as it's actually very easy to de-censor videos
By Jess Kinghorn published
News 'Think twice' is still good advice.

Be Quiet's created the quietest mechanical gaming keyboards I've ever used, offering the striking benefit of not annoying everyone in a five meter radius
By Jess Kinghorn published
News The hardware team agrees these quiet keebs are worth shouting about.

This absurdly generous Newegg bundle gives you an AMD Ryzen 5 9600X CPU, 16 GB of DDR5 RAM, AND Monster Hunter Wilds all for just $230
By Jess Kinghorn published
Deal I've hunted down a bargain for you.

Potential Steam Deck prototype spotted in the wilds of eBay with AMD Picasso APU—and an asking price of $3,000
By Jess Kinghorn last updated
News Wilder still, it looks like someone has already bought it.

Adorable or terrifying: Researchers unveil tentacular marine exploration drone prototype guaranteed to set off your Subnautica flashbacks
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Me? I want to give this soggy science experiment a great big hug.

Some lucky Redditors are getting 50-series cards below MSRP thanks to a weird Walmart quirk
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Aren't you glad I didn't say 'one weird trick'?

New two-way brain-computer interface has returned motion AND sensation to a paralysed test patient: 'Right now, we just know the results are significant and leading to functional and meaningful outcomes'
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Breaking: Brain chips might one day be useful and not existentially terrifying.

Japanese railway turns to 3D printed replacements for ageing shelters that can be built in less than 6 hours
By Jess Kinghorn published
News If only my local council could 3D print some efficiency…

Microsoft has now fired the employees who publicly protested the company supplying AI tech to the Israeli military
By Jess Kinghorn published
News BDS also calls for Xbox and Game Pass boycott.

AOC announces a slew of high refresh rate 1080p and 4K monitors for under €300 each
By Jess Kinghorn published
News *Sips* Ahhh, refreshing.

AOC announces its own 600 Hz monitor offering though the thought of such a high refresh rate just makes my eyes water
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Eyes peeled.
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