
Wes Fenlon
Wes has been covering games and hardware for more than 10 years, first at tech sites like The Wirecutter and Tested before joining the PC Gamer team in 2014. Wes plays a little bit of everything, but he'll always jump at the chance to cover emulation and Japanese games.
When he's not obsessively optimizing and re-optimizing a tangle of conveyor belts in Satisfactory (it's really becoming a problem), he's probably playing a 20-year-old Final Fantasy or some opaque ASCII roguelike. With a focus on writing and editing features, he seeks out personal stories and in-depth histories from the corners of PC gaming and its niche communities. 50% pizza by volume (deep dish, to be specific).
His lasting legacy on this earth may be using WASD wrong for his entire life.
Latest articles by Wes Fenlon

Silksong players are leaving condolences for the family of a late Hollow Knight fan who created a boss for the game before dying of cancer in 2020
By Wes Fenlon published
News Seemingly no one's mad that the fan-made boss is wiping the floor with them.

Borderlands 3 Shift codes: Every active Shift code and how to redeem them
By Lauren Morton, Wes Fenlon last updated
Prepare An updated list of the latest Borderlands 3 shift codes for Golden Keys, and how to unlock special loot.

Holiday gaming plans in shambles as Slay the Spire 2 gets delayed to March 2026
By Wes Fenlon published
News Expect the deckbuilding sequel to be substantially bigger than the first, even when it arrives in early access.

9 metroidvanias to play if you've realized Hollow Knight: Silksong just isn't for you
By Shaun Prescott published
Same 'vainia If fleas, beetles and needles aren't your thing, there's a world of possibilities out there.

Where to find Silver Bells in Hollow Knight: Silksong
By Wes Fenlon published
Ring-a-ling Here's the quickest way to complete the Silver Bells quest.

How to beat Silksong's Widow boss, the speedy spinstress
By Wes Fenlon published
Hell's bells Tips for the Widow boss fight in Hollow Knight: Silksong's first act.

Stuck on Silksong's obnoxious big bug boss Moorwing? There's a cheeky way to kill him in 30 seconds—or skip the fight altogether
By Wes Fenlon published
News Moorwing, snorewing. Don't waste your time on this fool.

Now that the wait for Silksong is over, gamers can get back to their true calling: asking for Half-Life 3 in the chat
By Wes Fenlon published
HL3 when? That was a nice diversion.

Is Silksong everything we hoped? 5 PC Gamer writers react to the first hours of Team Cherry's extraordinarily hyped sequel
By Lincoln Carpenter published
First notes Were those six years of Silksanity well spent?

Stardew Valley's Eric Barone is in the Hollow Knight: Silksong credits for voicing a mystery character
By Wes Fenlon published
News Future EGOT winner Eric Barone?

Hollow Knight: Silksong live launch coverage: It's finally here
By Wes Fenlon, Kara Phillips last updated
Live All the launch day news, reactions and Silkposting after the seven year wait for Silksong comes to an end.

Silksong PC features: Ultrawide, 16:10 for Steam Deck, uncapped framerate and more
By Wes Fenlon published
Specced out Silksong comes equipped with most of the features we'd want from a 2D action game.

The best indie games on PC
By Jody Macgregor last updated
Small but mighty These are the best indie games you can play on PC.

If you're hungry for a co-op Borderlands 4 appetizer, give Big Daddy roguelite Abyssus a try
By Wes Fenlon published
Brinelite An extremely snackable combination of fun roguelite powers and snappy first-person shooting.

Delays to escape the shadow of a launch like Silksong are about way more than just day 1 players: 'Every game has to fight and use whatever edge they've got available to stay visible'
By Wes Fenlon published
Interview Ysbryd Games founder Brian Kwek and Gamesight's Adam Lieb break down the minefield that is trying to keep a game visible.

Hollow Knight: Silksong for just $20? In this economy? It sounds too good to be true, but GameStop says it's so
By Wes Fenlon published
News Stop! Stop! The other games are already dead!

Hollow Knight's creators didn't want to be constrained by the 'metroidvania' label, but they accidentally set a standard that every game since—even Silksong—has to reckon with
By Wes Fenlon published
Beknighted Like Stardew Valley, Hollow Knight is the rare successor to totally eclipse its inspirations.

Crossword lovers in mourning as the New York Times commits its latest unspeakable act: Paywalling the Mini puzzle
By Wes Fenlon published
News The popular daily puzzle is now seemingly an exclusive for NYT Games subscribers.

The best free PC games
By Shaun Prescott last updated
Freebies Forever Our frequently updated selection of the best free games right now.

How to design a great Metroidvania map
By Wes Fenlon last updated
Cartography The creators of Hollow Knight describe how they built a complex, interconnected world, from sketches to final game.

Inside the Chinese PC gaming industry as it gets ready to dominate the next decade: 'We have to work harder, we have to make the games even better'
By Wes Fenlon published
Watch What we saw and learned from spending time on the ground at a massive gaming event in Beijing.

Exactly 20 years after it was released exclusively in Japan, the Cowboy Bebop PS2 game is now playable in English
By Wes Fenlon published
News Better late than never.

How to use a PS3 controller on PC: Wired or Bluetooth
By Wes Fenlon last updated
Guide A step-by-step guide to using the DualShock 3 in Windows via Bluetooth or plain old USB.
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