Jody Macgregor

Jody Macgregor

Weekend/AU Editor

Jody's first computer was a Commodore 64, so he remembers having to use a code wheel to play Pool of Radiance. A former music journalist who interviewed everyone from Giorgio Moroder to Trent Reznor, Jody also co-hosted Australia's first radio show about videogames, Zed Games. He's written for Rock Paper Shotgun, The Big Issue, GamesRadar, Zam, Glixel, Five Out of Ten Magazine, and Playboy.com, whose cheques with the bunny logo made for fun conversations at the bank. Jody's first article for PC Gamer was about the audio of Alien Isolation, published in 2015, and since then he's written about why Silent Hill belongs on PC, why Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale is the best fantasy shopkeeper tycoon game, and how weird Lost Ark can get. Jody edited PC Gamer Indie from 2017 to 2018, and he eventually lived up to his promise to play every Warhammer videogame.

Latest articles by Jody Macgregor

Henry, shirtless and damp, bellows from a pond
If you've ever had your shoes stolen in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, that was apparently PC Gamer's fault, sorry

By Jody Macgregor Published

News Chris Livingston's fault specifically.

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Roblox Reality comparison
Roblox wants AI to make its games photorealistic, but the devs making those games aren't sold on the idea: 'I don't think that your average player right now wants to do that'

By Jody Macgregor Published

News Games like 99 Nights in the Forest appeal to kids because of the way they look, not in spite of it.

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A werewolf with a necklace of teeth
The next World of Darkness game to be revealed is a Werewolf metroidvania, and I respect the hustle

By Jody Macgregor Published

News They've led by showing gameplay, let's see how that plays out for them.

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An image of Age 234 in the Riven soundtrack's gatefold, created with AI by Robyn Miller
Riven co-creator defends his use of AI art: 'Any artist can take a brush and, without thinking, an artist can create slop'

By Jody Macgregor Published

News The vinyl soundtrack's release should have been a moment to celebrate, instead it's been marked by controversy.

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A deer with staring eyes against a dark red background
With a peak player count of 14.2 million, 99 Nights in the Forest has an audience other multiplayer games would kill for: 'To find these behemoth playerbases you need to be on a platform like Roblox'

By Jody Macgregor Published

Big Blox "Kids are on Roblox, and that's where the players are," says developer Alec Kieft.

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Big Blox
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Playing Deus Ex: Invisible War like it always should have been

By Jody Macgregor Published

Counting beans Don't mention the (invisible) war.

Counting beans
Warcraft 3
Warcraft 3 Legacy is finally back on Battle.net

By Jody Macgregor Published

News And you don't have to install Warcraft 3 Reforged to launch it.

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The Juggernaut pulls an angry face
Marvel once caused a problem for Capcom by insisting 'Juggernaut can't jump'

By Jody Macgregor Published

News He did walk over a chasm, but was possessed by an Asgardian spirit at the time.

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You're not crazy, that one sewer puzzle in Half-Life 2 really was harder 22 years ago

By Jody Macgregor Published

News Vindication.

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Graf Boris Todbringer, with an eyepatch and a helmet that looks like a castle, faces his beastman nemesis
The Empire's most OTT lord finally gets his due, portrayed by a YouTuber hamming it up in Total War: Warhammer 3

By Jody Macgregor Published

News Summon the Elector Count.

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Space Marine pointing in Total War: Warhammer 40,000 image
Total War: Warhammer 40,000 will have destructible terrain elements: 'That forest, if you don't like it, you don't have to keep it'

By Jody Macgregor Published

News Extreeminatus.

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A band of orcs in the desert
Gothic Remake will be just as strict on murder as the original, and if you get caught NPCs will remember 'you're kind of a rude guy'

By Jody Macgregor Published

News Perhaps even a rude dude.

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Heavily armored guards protect the Old Camp
Gothic Remake is committed to the original's immersive open world: 'You don't have a minimap, we very strictly kept that'

By Jody Macgregor Published

Alte Schule They considered "a card minigame, or maybe some fishing" but decided against stuffing it with filler.

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Alte Schule
An elite guard in her PS2 variant
For Return to Castle Wolfenstein's 25th anniversary, modders are bringing its console-exclusive levels to PC at last

By Jody Macgregor Published

News I did Nazi that coming.

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Arueshalae, the ascending succubus ranger
Owlcat's had some unusual problems writing romance: 'we realized we had three female romanceable characters, and all three were cannibals'

By Jody Macgregor Published

News I can fix them.

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An Average Day At The Cat Cafe
The best browser games

By Jupiter Hadley Last updated

Browse the best A collection of great games you can play right in your browser.

Browse the best
Bright fungus grows over a dark spacesuit
I thought this sci-fi mystery looked cool, but my interest dropped when I realized it's another multiplayer survival-crafting game

By Jody Macgregor Published

News Blind Descent is aimed at people less miserable than me.

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Quintorius, a loxodon wizard, casts a spell on an elephantine statue
Magic: The Gathering's next wizard university set feels like going back to school, because we sure are going to have to learn a lot of mechanics

By Jody Macgregor Published

News Secrets of Strixhaven is authentic to the educational experience. In a fun way.

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Iszara and Falicia, superimposed over a map on a loading screen
Almost 28 years later, the mystery of what's under women's skirts in Elder Scrolls spin-off Redguard has finally been solved

By Jody Macgregor Published

News I know you've all been dying to find out.

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Haymar Devos, a scarred Guard veteran in a red bandana
Owlcat reveals two new 40K companions, one for Rogue Trader and one for the upcoming Dark Heresy

By Jody Macgregor Published

News I'll be honest, one of these seems much cooler than the other.

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Mario and Yoshi and Luigi
Zohran Mamdani turns philanthropy and corporate greed into an extended Mario Kart metaphor: 'Government is Yoshi'

By Jody Macgregor Published

News Blue shells actually are an ideal model for how the economy should work.

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Gustave looks sad
Charlie Cox has finally played Clair Obscur: Expedition 33—a bit

By Jody Macgregor Published

News The star of Stardust and Daredevil previously admitted to not having tried the game he stars in.

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Neil Newbon in Dungeon Masters
Wizards of the Coast's official D&D actual-play series will feature Neil Newbon and Devora Wilde from Baldur's Gate 3 among its players

By Jody Macgregor Published

News No, he won't be playing Astarion, though they are going to Ravenloft.

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A 3d-printed hot dog controller
Yes, technically you can play World of Warcraft with hot dogs

By Jody Macgregor Published

News But just because you can doesn't mean you should.

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A raider sporting a full beard in Arc Raiders.
About 30% of Arc Raiders players focus on PvE, and Embark's happy with that: 'We want to instil hope in the player'

By Jody Macgregor Published

News Over 95% of players use the proximity chat.

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