Katie Wickens
Screw sports, Katie would rather watch Intel, AMD and Nvidia go at it. Having been obsessed with computers and graphics for three long decades, she took Game Art and Design up to Masters level at uni, and has been rambling about games, tech and science—rather sarcastically—for four years since. She can be found admiring technological advancements, scrambling for scintillating Raspberry Pi projects, preaching cybersecurity awareness, sighing over semiconductors, and gawping at the latest GPU upgrades. Right now she's waiting patiently for her chance to upload her consciousness into the cloud.
Latest articles by Katie Wickens
![BulwarkHD's HD 4K Beard mod in use for Starfied.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iuCCzVRNijTfq8cphhecDD-320-80.jpg)
Starfield beards just got a whole lot more detailed with this mod
By Katie Wickens published
news 4K beards for the high res, rugged spacer.
![Tales of the Shire teaser trailer screenshot.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kZYtMWuBLpGbmrhJ3X3ZrP-320-80.jpg)
The official Lord of the Rings special effects studio is making a cozy hobbit game
By Katie Wickens published
news Time to live out your dreams of playing a hobbit in Tolkien's Shire.
![Cities Skylines 2 dedicated turning lanes screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/w2dG2RthrBkTkLbpAx4gBS-320-80.jpg)
Cities: Skylines 2's newest road tool has me way too excited
By Katie Wickens published
news Colossal Order has gone 'ahead' and added a new road tool for creating dedicated turning lanes.
![A spaceman on an alien planet](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZcFsii8SMHbUGgL3WLhv85-320-80.jpg)
Starfield modder plans to improve Inner Monologue mod with custom personal commentary
By Katie Wickens published
news Soon you may be able to get into your Starfield character’s head with a little more roleplay.
![Baldur's Gate 3 concept art](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/C2XKyw869xwMVe9tZEXx4b-320-80.jpg)
Baldur's Gate 3 lead character artist reassures amateurs it's 'in the artists' nature to doubt ourselves'
By Katie Wickens published
news Larian's recent Artblast is an attempt to inspire amateur game artists.
![Unicorn Overlord trailer screenshots](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HSkXbqJSs3U7YwjUSRrYHF-320-80.jpg)
This JRPG with the Persona devs backing it was the coolest Nintendo Direct announcement that could actually come to PC
By Katie Wickens published
news They're calling Unicorn Overlord the "rebirth of tactical fantasy RPGs."
![Enhance storefront in Starfield.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XcC583if7JU49BmsGHQJFN-320-80.jpg)
How to change your appearance in Starfield
By Katie Wickens published
Face off Get tatted or change up your character at cosmic enhancement clinics.
![The Apollo Lunar landing site in Starfield.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BExTGjKLHmD4uLcuK85kXH-320-80.jpg)
How to find the Apollo Landing site in Starfield
By Katie Wickens published
cosmic tourism One small snow globe for man, one great photo op for mankind.
![The war room-like bridge of the spaceship Constant in the First Contact quest.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jLzwaP4Lk4P6EJU4w7zEja-320-80.jpg)
How to complete First Contact in Starfield
By Katie Wickens published
Paradise found? Decide the colonist's fate in this Fallout-style quest.
![Starfield's Louisa and Zoe back to back](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cCCxAsiYQSBzY6Zn2hv5J8-320-80.jpg)
How to complete Alternating Currents in Starfield
By Katie Wickens published
Back breaker Electrical engineering to the max.
![Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden extended trailer screenshots](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LkrjzkHZaZn3BDbkvjMkkK-320-80.jpg)
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden's new extended gameplay trailer is giving me the ethical sweats
By Katie Wickens published
news Countless moral dilemmas are bound to ensue.
![Costanza Starfield character preset from dunce13](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/U2cymYxztRzGfSBZTk6RGV-320-80.jpg)
The first of what will one day be thousands of character presets to hit Starfield's Nexus Mods page is, naturally, George Costanza
By Katie Wickens published
news Seinfeld characters in Starfield, because why the heck not?
![An astronaut in a space suit waves to a large bug](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RDQ9tXfD48qM5xf2x6RJ4n-320-80.png)
Pete Hines on Starfield: 'We could make a safer, less buggy, less risky game if we wanted to'
By Katie Wickens published
news The number one game development doctrine: It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.
![Artwork from the upcoming Project: Blue Moon TTRPG](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qzoEkm7hFSZCFFvzxYx6H3-320-80.jpg)
The artwork for this Japanese-inspired TTRPG gives me shivers
By Katie Wickens published
news More info just dropped on the new tabletop game from the creators of the Cyberpunk RED TTRPG.
![Snow over a city.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8mcQvCCXt7Md2dGW7RPLQ4-320-80.png)
Cities: Skylines 2 is getting the science of hailstorms all wrong
By Katie Wickens published
Hail and well met My icy heart calls for more scientific accuracy!
![Citizens on a first date in Cities: Skylines 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TbFE5tFZf8CBiJjQ7khJCn-320-80.jpg)
Chirper might actually be useful for keeping track of your citizens' 'Lifepaths' in Cities: Skylines 2
By Katie Wickens published
NEWS Stalk your Cims with the new Lifepath Journal feature.
![Underlab screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jpuGbUL3d29XJ2K4s6QB6P-320-80.jpg)
Deep sea deception game Underlab is Among Us but with flamethrowers
By Katie Wickens published
News From the developers of Project Winter comes a multiplayer tale of underwater tomfoolery.
![Lae'zel, face covered in blood, stands in the Astral Plane](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/irRoeQH8qnDqjJSNJsEgc9-320-80.jpg)
David Gaider says Baldur's Gate 3 is a 'monumental achievement'
By Katie Wickens published
News Though, of course the game isn't without issue.
![The MSI Katana 15](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KwJJsM7idh5CamErMGoXnJ-320-80.jpg)
An RTX 4070-powered gaming laptop for less than most with an RTX 4060
By Katie Wickens published
deal The M in MSI stands for mmmm tasty gaming laptop.
![Nvidia RTX 4080 graphics card](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CEuuyy265j98NwGzEGtYDU-320-80.jpg)
The price of graphics cards really hammers home my biggest issue with transhumanism
By Katie Wickens published
Ideal prices? We don't just need better gaming PCs, we're working towards better versions of ourselves—for a price.
![Tesla 2021 Model S interior](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UEKVTCJeKSZHgP9ZRaW4rn-320-80.jpg)
'Unpatchable' vulnerability in Tesla's AMD chips allows free access to the cars' paywalled features
By Katie Wickens published
news A flaw on the AMD chip means penny-pinching Teslas can indeed be jailbroken.
![Last wishes: delete my browser history.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QDVvUW2aCuBfXCnyJuuoWk-320-80.jpg)
Opera GX assumes you're dead after 14 days 'or using a different browser. In that case, you'll just be dead to us'
By Katie Wickens published
news Goodnight, sweet prince. Fear not, your internet history will be forgotten.