
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

Seeing the absolute state of memory pricing, Chinese DIY community opts for DDR3 motherboards instead
By Jess Kinghorn published
News You can play Arc Raiders on 10-year-old hardware, but would you want to?

Move over Ball x Pit—I just found a website that maps the location of over 51,000 and counting of the world's public pinball machines
By Jess Kinghorn published
News From Soho down to Brighton, I intend to play them all.

Major memory module manufacturer says: 'Trust me, we're not laughing our way to the bank'
By Jess Kinghorn published
News 'If you're going to buy memory, now might be a good time,' says Patriot marketing manager as prices still haven't peaked.

With memory in short supply, Gigabyte unveils high-capacity set-up that can support up to 256 GB of DDR5-7200 and is bound to cost the prettiest of pennies
By Jess Kinghorn published
News No signs of slowing down.

Lian Li offers purely aesthetic replacements for its white PSU power cables because they 'carry a noticeable purple hue'
By Jess Kinghorn published
News The customer is always right in matters of taste.

In a bid to meet the memory supply crisis head on, SK Hynix announces it will invest nearly $13 billion into fresh AI packaging facility
By Jess Kinghorn published
News But shortages still won't be alleviated any time soon.

It looks like even power supplies and CPU coolers are set to rise in price, but AI isn't to blame this time
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Getting into heavy metal.

Unfortunately, all of that doomsaying last year was correct and SSD prices are surging as a result of the memory crisis
By Jess Kinghorn published
News The best time to buy an SSD? Yesterday.

The 1 TB Lexar NM790 is the most sensibly priced SSD for gaming I've seen in weeks
By Jess Kinghorn published
Deal Hark, an almost sensibly priced SSD, milord!

Seems like everyone forgot the 'Consumer' part of the Consumer Electronics Show this year
By Jess Kinghorn published
CES 2026 Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.

Samsung estimates record-breaking $13 billion profits and says memory apocalypse tainted prices are 'inevitable'
By Jess Kinghorn published
News 20 trillion won, nil.

Micron isn't done with consumer SSDs after all, unveiling a PCIe 5.0 QLC drive that should be both affordable *and* fast
By Jess Kinghorn published
CES 2026 QLC, not QVC.

HyperX is showing off a gaming headset prototype packed with brain wave monitoring EEG tech to better get your head in the game
By Jess Kinghorn published
CES 2026 There's no getting away from the scourge of the skill issue, though.

InWin's latest 'signature' case looks not unlike a futuristic egg but requires more than a simple crack to open
By Jess Kinghorn published
CES 2026 Egg-cellent.

Phison's E37T controller could make PCIe 5.0 SSDs faster, cooler and *get this* slightly less pricey
By Jess Kinghorn published
CES 2026 Finally, some good news.

What games did you play over the holidays?
By Robin Valentine published
HAPPY NEW YEAR One last look back at the Christmas break.

Gigabyte loudly and proudly says it's 'AI Forward' at CES 2026
By Jess Kinghorn published
CES 2026 But is less more?

Project Ava is a holographic AI assistant that promises to watch your every move to offer both gaming advice and 'wardrobe tips'
By Jess Kinghorn published
CES 2026 A-I don't know about this.

The Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 redesign is spoiling for a rematch against the Razer Blade 16, featuring a beefy RTX 5090 and improved cooling
By Jess Kinghorn published
CES 2026 Happy New Year, indeed.
Cherry may be down but it isn't out with two new 'more than magnetic' TMR gaming keyboards
By Jess Kinghorn published
CES 2026 Friendship ended with induction switches?

Here are 2025's six highest rated hardware, enjoying tippy-top review scores—plus six dishonorable mentions
By Jess Kinghorn published
Class of '25 From the tippy-top to the flippy-flops, 2025 was a cracking year for hardware.

I enjoy touching all the hardware bits that pass through PCG's offices, but this bit of kit was all but made for my upsettingly small baby hands
By Jess Kinghorn published
Gear of the Year And yes, it is purple.

PC Gamer Hardware Awards: 2025's wildcards—the best of the rest is full of surprises
By Jess Kinghorn published
Gear of the year Wildcards keep us guessing every year, shedding light on the hardware hits that don't easily fit into a neat category elsewhere.
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