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
Nintendo blocks Steam release of Wii emulator Dolphin
By Wes Fenlon last updated
News The GameCube & Wii emulator developers say the Steam release is "indefinitely postponed."
A magical Windows XP activation tool has been hiding in plain sight on Reddit for the last year
By Wes Fenlon published
News This mysterious method for bypassing Windows XP's activation process is making headlines now, but may actually be years old.
Somebody check if hell's frozen over, because 2010s voxel RPG Cube World is back
By Wes Fenlon published
News The once-promising indie voxel RPG has resurfaced as Cube World Omega.
With 2 new missions, I'm ready to jump back into Warhammer 40K: Darktide
By Wes Fenlon published
News Fatshark has slowly been patching up Darktide, and now it's time to expand.
How is AI going to change game development?
By Wes Fenlon published
Podcast Developers from Hardspace Shipbreaker studio Blackbird Interactive talk about the realistic possibilities of AI in gaming.
Metal Gear Solid 3's remake announcement can't hold a candle to one of the best game trailers of all time
By Wes Fenlon published
Snake Eater Metal Gear Solid 3's original reveal remains an untouched masterpiece.
The Metal Gear Solid 3 remake is coming to PC
By Wes Fenlon last updated
News Snaaaaaaake Eater.
First Dragon's Dogma 2 gameplay sure looks like Dragon's Dogma
By Wes Fenlon published
News At long last.
Thanks for everything, WinRAR: Windows is finally getting native RAR support
By Wes Fenlon published
News It's taken decades, but Microsoft has come around to more zip formats including 7z, tar and gz.
Exoprimal is a throwback to weird, experimental early 2000s Capcom
By Wes Fenlon published
Hands-on Exoprimal could pass as a Hideki Kamiya joint, at least until you look at the battle pass.
Don't you dare drop the number from the next Final Fantasy name, Square Enix
By Wes Fenlon published
News FF16 producer Naoki Yoshida suggested the possibility of no more numbers. A terrible idea!
A fight in the Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom mod scene has revealed the ugly side of emulation fandom
By Wes Fenlon published
news Stolen mods and plagiarism accusations stunt the burgeoning Tears of the Kingdom mod scene's growth.
Are Zelda players okay?
By Wes Fenlon published
News Korok torture seems to be the new Zelda pasttime. Welcome to sandbox freedom, Nintendo players.
Vice City turns 20 on PC—here's our original 93% review from 2003
By Wes Fenlon published
Anniversary "Vice City runs smoothly and beautifully, although it's scarcely worth playing if you're not using a halfway decent machine."
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom mods have already unlocked the framerate to 60 fps—but you shouldn't use them just yet
By Wes Fenlon published
News There are still some bugs to work out, and the currently available mods have an unfortunate link to piracy.
The race to perfectly emulate Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is on, and already extremely promising
By Wes Fenlon published
News Both Nintendo Switch emulators have released patches in Tears of the Kingdom's first 24 hours. It's quite playable already.
FPS roundtable: Apex Legends, Hunt: Showdown and Deceive Inc. devs dish on competitive shooters
By Wes Fenlon published
🎙️ We brought together the designers of some of our favorite shooters of the last few for 80 action-packed minutes.
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's leak has turned into one giant mess for the emulation community
By Wes Fenlon published
News Piracy, malware, and confusion have dominated the last week as the real release date draws near.
8 overlooked games you might've missed in 2023 (that are rather good)
By Evan Lahti published
👀👀 The Case of the Golden Idol, Stranded Dawn, Dredge, Cultic, and a surprising Pokémon-like with an amazing soundtrack.
There might be more Star Wars games in development than you realize
By Tyler Wilde published
coming soon(ish) An open world Ubisoft game, a Respawn FPS, another shot for Amy Hennig, and more.
I'm so used to old Steam, new Steam's menus kinda freak me out
By Wes Fenlon published
Opinion After so many years, even small changes to Steam really throw me for a loop.
PC gamers are getting really, really fed up with one sh*tty port after another
By Wes Fenlon published
Stutter city It sure seems like there's something wrong with practically every major big-budget release on PC these days.
Street Fighter 6's story mode really is a low-rent Yakuza game and I love it
By Wes Fenlon published
That's rad Capcom found the perfect goofy tone for its first proper Street Fighter adventure.